More Fun with Food and Science

During lunchtime on Wednesday of this week, the Chemistry Department will be having their annual Freeze-Off. During this event, teams of chemistry students create their own ice cream flavors and make the ice cream using liquid nitrogen. (This works because liquid nitrogen is extremely cold.) The flavors are tasted by a panel of judges and the team with the best ice cream wins. Making the ice cream is a lot of fun. It involves mixing cream, sugar, and whatever flavorings you choose into a big bowl and pouring liquid nitrogen over it. After a lot of stirring, you've made ice cream. They also serve hot dogs and hamburgers along with samples of the ice cream. I and the other students from my chemistry class this semester have a team this year and our ice cream is going to be amazing. I don't want to reveal our secrets so I can't say what our flavor is going to be; however, after tasting the ice cream that we made during our trial run, I can promise that it's going to be delicious. This end of the year party for chemistry students, professors, and anyone else who is interested in chemistry (and ice cream) is a great way to end the semester. It will take place in the science quad during lunch on Wednesday (4/27) and is going to be a lot of fun. If you have time, stop by and try some ice cream!