A Liquid Nitrogen Cocktail Party
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A Liquid Nitrogen Cocktail Party
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Re: A Liquid Nitrogen Cocktail Party
#2The article warns about the possible hazards, but it's worth reiterating: http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2012/oct/08/teenager-stomach-l...
Re: A Liquid Nitrogen Cocktail Party
#3The other thing I would worry about is the source of the liquid nitrogen. If you're actively adding LN to something you consume, I'd want to make sure I knew what was in it. I have a feeling that the LN suppliers for welding don't care if nasty stuff gets in their LN (stored in an unclean container).
Re: A Liquid Nitrogen Cocktail Party
#4The other thing I would worry about is the source of the liquid nitrogen. If you're actively adding LN to something you consume, I'd want to make sure I knew what was in it. I have a feeling that the LN suppliers for welding don't care if nasty stuff gets in their LN (stored in an unclean container).
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Re: A Liquid Nitrogen Cocktail Party
#5The article warns about the possible hazards, but it's worth reiterating: http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2012/oct/08/teenager-stomach-l...
Was about to post a link to the same thing.
As far as dangerous culinary experiences go, the risk if you get it wrong is up there with eating blowfish.
Do not be tempted to do this as your first experience in handling liquid nitrogen. Get to know the stuff first.
Re: A Liquid Nitrogen Cocktail Party
#6The article warns about the possible hazards, but it's worth reiterating: http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2012/oct/08/teenager-stomach-l...
That person consumed actual liquid nitrogen. The cardinal rule of culinary liquid nitrogen: don't ever serve a guest liquid nitrogen.
The nitro-muddling technique in L.I. is designed in multiple stages to prevent that from ever happening; for instance, if you shake a drink with LN still in it, you'll hurt yourself before you manage to serve a guest LN.
You're not wrong, though. You need to know what you're doing or you can hurt people. It's for that reason that we actually didn't play around with the stuff (freezing random stuff and shattering it, for instance); we just followed processes we knew would work.
Re: A Liquid Nitrogen Cocktail Party
#7The article warns about the possible hazards, but it's worth reiterating: http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2012/oct/08/teenager-stomach-l...
That person consumed actual liquid nitrogen. The cardinal rule of culinary liquid nitrogen: don't ever serve a guest liquid nitrogen. The nitro-muddling technique in L.I. is designed in multiple stages to prevent that from ever happening; for instance, if you shake a drink with LN still in it, you'll hurt yourself before you manage to serve a guest LN. You're not wrong, though. You need to know what you're doing or y…
The trouble isn't the recipe. The trouble is in people following it, while probably drunk.
Re: A Liquid Nitrogen Cocktail Party
#8Earlier quoted context omitted.
That person consumed actual liquid nitrogen. The cardinal rule of culinary liquid nitrogen: don't ever serve a guest liquid nitrogen. The nitro-muddling technique in L.I. is designed in multiple stages to prevent that from ever happening; for instance, if you shake a drink with LN still in it, you'll hurt yourself before you manage to serve a guest LN. You're not wrong, though. You need to know what you're doing or y…
The trouble isn't the recipe. The trouble is in people following it, while probably drunk.
Yes. The second cardinal rule: guests don't get to play with LN. Three people at our party were allowed to handle it. I mention this in the post, under "isolation".
Re: A Liquid Nitrogen Cocktail Party
#9Earlier quoted context omitted.
The trouble isn't the recipe. The trouble is in people following it, while probably drunk.
Yes. The second cardinal rule: guests don't get to play with LN. Three people at our party were allowed to handle it. I mention this in the post, under "isolation".
Did those three drink anything?