Comments on: Homemade astronaut ice cream instructions http://boingboing.net/2012/02/07/homemade-astronaut-ice-cream-i.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Tue, 21 May 2013 17:55:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Bookburn http://boingboing.net/2012/02/07/homemade-astronaut-ice-cream-i.html#comment-1340207 Bookburn Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:57:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=142687#comment-1340207 When my dad was a kid in the 60's, freeze-drying was all the rage for preserving biological specimens.  With the help of Grandpa, he hooked a vacuum to a canning jar via freezer and attempted to freeze-dry a bird for the science fair. The way he tells it, the school cafeteria cleared out pretty fast when one of the other kids opened up the project for a closer look.  He stressed the need to create a strong vacuum and have low enough temperatures to complete evacuate the water. When my dad was a kid in the 60′s, freeze-drying was all the rage for preserving biological specimens.  With the help of Grandpa, he hooked a vacuum to a canning jar via freezer and attempted to freeze-dry a bird for the science fair.

The way he tells it, the school cafeteria cleared out pretty fast when one of the other kids opened up the project for a closer look.  He stressed the need to create a strong vacuum and have low enough temperatures to complete evacuate the water.

]]> By: Ipo http://boingboing.net/2012/02/07/homemade-astronaut-ice-cream-i.html#comment-1340109 Ipo Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:44:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=142687#comment-1340109  Thought it was the crunchy texture.   Thought it was the crunchy texture. 

]]> By: GawainLavers http://boingboing.net/2012/02/07/homemade-astronaut-ice-cream-i.html#comment-1339783 GawainLavers Tue, 07 Feb 2012 23:26:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=142687#comment-1339783  Don't be silly, it just <i>tastes</i> like astronauts.  Don’t be silly, it just tastes like astronauts.

]]> By: Felton / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2012/02/07/homemade-astronaut-ice-cream-i.html#comment-1339779 Felton / Moderator Tue, 07 Feb 2012 23:24:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=142687#comment-1339779 Alternately:  "In space, no one can hear you scream for ice cream." Alternately:  ”In space, no one can hear you scream for ice cream.”

]]> By: Felton / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2012/02/07/homemade-astronaut-ice-cream-i.html#comment-1339772 Felton / Moderator Tue, 07 Feb 2012 23:21:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=142687#comment-1339772 Soylent cream? Soylent cream?

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2012/02/07/homemade-astronaut-ice-cream-i.html#comment-1339766 Antinous / Moderator Tue, 07 Feb 2012 23:14:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=142687#comment-1339766 Is it made from real astronauts? Is it made from real astronauts?

]]> By: Rachel Engel http://boingboing.net/2012/02/07/homemade-astronaut-ice-cream-i.html#comment-1339762 Rachel Engel Tue, 07 Feb 2012 23:10:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=142687#comment-1339762 testing testing

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