Liquid Nitrogen Ice Cream

[Ian W.]

ok, i'm here at brookhaven national labs, in the physics building. me, my friend, and our mentor were bored, so we were talking about different cool things to do with various substances. our mentor (a physicist) heard about making ice cream with liquid nitrogen. take milk, cream, sugar, flavoring, and LOTS of liquid nitrogen, mix, and voila, instant ice cream .

we haven't tried it out yet, but that's cause we just got all the stuff. has anyone else ever heard of making ice cream this way? it sounds really cool (ok, now that's a really bad pun, even by my standards). hopefully we'll be able to find lots of liquid nitrogen though. we actually have a camera, so i'll try to get pics posted . i'll also try to find the website that tells how to make it. and, if all works, maybe i can start a new ice cream franchise...