Jolt Country

Wise Old Woman wrote:My ice cream is icy. This is probably the most common problem with home made ice cream. And it's caused by large ice crystals forming in the mixture as it freezes. Large ice crystals are usually the result of either too much water in the mix or excessively long freezing time.

In the ASS wrote:Breyers has been making ice cream since 1866, but if you look closely, ice cream isn't ice cream anymore. It's frozen dairy dessert. ... The change in name is because Breyers changed the ingredients and legally they can no longer call their product ice cream.

Kill me... Please.. wrote:In order to qualify as ice cream, a product must meet two criteria:

1. Ice cream must contain a minimum of 10% dairy milkfat.

2. Ice cream must have no more than 100% overrun and weigh no less than 4.5 lbs. per gallon.

But what the heck is "overrun," you ask? Well, overrun is the amount of air that is whipped into the ice cream base during freezing and is usually presented by a percentage. For example, with 100% overrun, for every gallon of ice cream base you would wind up with 2 gallons of finished ice cream.

RetroRomper wrote: Wed Jun 24, 2020 6:12 am I haven't eaten ice cream in years: I drink it.

RetroRomper wrote: Wed Jun 24, 2020 9:14 amLetting ice cream melt at room temperature preserves the ice crystals, so you either crunch into barnacles of ice or waste time crushing them down.

RetroRomper wrote: Wed Jun 24, 2020 1:20 pmChrist man, haven't you ever disgraced your body before?

pinback wrote: Wed Jun 24, 2020 1:45 pm I have to side with Billy here:

1. They sell ice cream at the store.

2. Just eat the goddamn ice cream, you freak.

Good topic, though!

Tdarcos wrote: Wed Jun 24, 2020 10:35 pm

pinback wrote: Wed Jun 24, 2020 1:45 pm I have to side with Billy here:

1. They sell ice cream at the store.

2. Just eat the goddamn ice cream, you freak.

Good topic, though!

Retro might be right. Next time you stop at the grocery store, err I mean supermarket, see how many frozen products in the "Ice Cream" section actually say "Ice Cream" on the label. It might be less than you think.

Try picking up a bottle of regular, non-diet soda with sugar in it. Chances are, if you can find any that does not contain "high fructose corn syrup" (HFCS), and does have sugar, it's almost certainly imported from Mexico, where HFCS is banned.

It's like this. Have you had a can of Pringles Potato Chips? Not unless you opened a 25-year-old can, you haven't. Legally, because it uses dried, flaked potatoes (the same process used to create instant mashed potatoes) Procter & Gamble can't call Pringles "potato chips," anymore as actual potato chip makers complained to the FTC, because "potato chips" are made from potatoes sliced and cooked. Pringles are technically "potato crisps." They're quite tasty, but legally they're not potato chips.

Tdarcos wrote: Wed Jun 24, 2020 10:35 pm Try picking up a bottle of regular, non-diet soda with sugar in it. Chances are, if you can find any that does not contain "high fructose corn syrup" (HFCS), and does have sugar, it's almost certainly imported from Mexico, where HFCS is banned.

Tdarcos wrote: Wed Jun 24, 2020 10:35 pmPringles are technically "potato crisps." They're quite tasty, but legally they're not potato chips.

Casual Observer wrote: Thu Jun 25, 2020 4:22 am

Tdarcos wrote: Wed Jun 24, 2020 10:35 pm regular soda with sugar in it it's almost certainly imported from Mexico, where HFCS is banned.

Paul, its not because mexico banned corn syrup its because our government hugely subsidizes corn production making that the cheapest option. said corn syrup was cheaper by like 100 times when youre talking train tankcars. There are plenty of premium us made sodas besides Mexican Coke