The Scoop on Ice Cream

It’s one of the most complex food products you’ll ever consume: a
thermodynamic miracle that contains all three states of
matter—solid, liquid, and gas—at the same time. And yet no birthday
party, beach trip, or Fourth of July celebration is complete
without a scoop or two. That’s right—in this episode of Gastropod,
we serve up a big bowl of delicious ice cream, topped with the hot
fudge sauce of history and a sprinkling of science. Grab your
spoons and join us as we bust ice-cream origin myths, dig into the
science behind brain freeze, and track down a chunk of pricey whale
poo in order to recreate the earliest published ice cream
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