Making drinks with liquid nitrogen.

[noonwitch]

This sounds too dangerous for me to be around when I've been drinking.

I would imagine that at some point, nitrous oxide is produced in the process. I wouldn't necessarily consider that a bad thing in and of itself, as long as no one has an open flame around it. But it isn't contained, like it is in a balloon, can or tank.

[Gingersnap]

If a little LN coated the cubes, it would just sublimate in a few seconds. Cool effect and slightly clouded glassware. Your frozen gin cubes would not turn into some kind of lethal frozen weapon. Once they were out of the LN environment, they would instantly work at becoming the ambient temperature and that happens very fast. If a cube hit your tongue, nothing would happen since the cube and your tongue are nicely warm and wet (comparatively). From a physics point of view, there's a huge difference between a gin ice cube and a frozen metal stop sign. ;)

Feel free to make awesome party drinks - you'd be in more danger driving to the party than you would be playing around with gin ice cubes. :)

[BadCat]

If a little LN coated the cubes, it would just sublimate in a few seconds. Cool effect and slightly clouded glassware. Your frozen gin cubes would not turn into some kind of lethal frozen weapon. Once they were out of the LN environment, they would instantly work at becoming the ambient temperature and that happens very fast. If a cube hit your tongue, nothing would happen since the cube and your tongue are nicely warm and wet (comparatively). From a physics point of view, there's a huge difference between a gin ice cube and a frozen metal stop sign. ;)

Feel free to make awesome party drinks - you'd be in more danger driving to the party than you would be playing around with gin ice cubes. :)

Yeah, they also did frozen tequila shots. Froze Herdura tequila and a splash of lime in the liquid nitrogen. Popped the whole frozen "cube" in their mouth.

[Wei Wu Wei]

I think that show is Quantum Kitchen...

ahhh I saw a commercial for this show and I was wonderingv what sort of stuff they would be doing on it

[BadCat]

This deserves extensive research on my part. Thanks, BC.

If it helps, that fag from "Chopped" was on the show...I don't know his name.

[Gingersnap]

Yeah, they also did frozen tequila shots. Froze Herdura tequila and a splash of lime in the liquid nitrogen. Popped the whole frozen "cube" in their mouth.

Trust me, anybody who has access to LN plays with it (at least in lab environments). Movies and TV have made it seem like a cup of LN will instantly flash-freeze a human or an ordinary living room set. Not so.

Like most things, dose is everything. 2500 gallons of LN is one thing, flinging around a half a cup is something else. :D

[Articulate_Ape]

If it helps, that fag from "Chopped" was on the show...I don't know his name.

Thanks, man.

[Articulate_Ape]

If a little LN coated the cubes, it would just sublimate in a few seconds. Cool effect and slightly clouded glassware. Your frozen gin cubes would not turn into some kind of lethal frozen weapon. Once they were out of the LN environment, they would instantly work at becoming the ambient temperature and that happens very fast. If a cube hit your tongue, nothing would happen since the cube and your tongue are nicely warm and wet (comparatively). From a physics point of view, there's a huge difference between a gin ice cube and a frozen metal stop sign. ;)

Feel free to make awesome party drinks - you'd be in more danger driving to the party than you would be playing around with gin ice cubes. :)

You can be a real buzz-kill, ya know that? :mad:

[Calypso Jones]

I saw it. and i got the impression that it didn't necessarily mean good taste...just creative presentation.

[fettpett]

There is a reason that only 5% of cooks use LN in cooking, it's a pain in the fucking ass and you don't get a lot of food