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chhotiiVic is soooo excited about Baitcon, they insisted that we register last night so they could see how registration works and then they commandeered my laptop to read the entire baitcon.org website. It's good to see Vic so enthused about anything outside of Tumblr. Thank you, JB, for doing this.
Vic continues to be fired up about our, uh, weird ice cream flavor plans. "Cricket Road": kind of like Rocky Road, but with crickets instead of nuts. Yes, crickets. Roasted crickets and marshmallows are really a great combo. (We had a rice krispie treat bar with crickets in Quebec, and the crickets were the best part.)
My main anxiety is that, like with the bacon in the maple bacon ice cream, the crickets might absorb moisture between LN2 time and flavor-running time, and lose crunch. That was bad enough for the bacon but would be disastrous for the crickets, I think. With an animal protein that's so far outside the cultural norm, it has to be just absolutely perfect, or else the knee-jerk revulsion reaction comes welling back up.
So, here's a possible plan: to only put a tiny amount (about 4 oz. probably) into a yogurt container, and serve the rest of the batch immediately after LN2 mixing. (I'll ask around beforehand to see who's game to try some.) The batch in the yogurt container will not join the Running of the Flavors, but will just be an experimental sample for me and Vic to sample later to see how it holds up over time. If the concept is well-received, and if it holds up well enough over about 8 hours, a new batch can join the Running of the Flavors the next day or the next year.
Maybe for the less adventurous palate we'll make some straight-up chocolate and marshmallow ice cream. Like Rocky Road but with no crunchy ingredients. I haven't had Rocky Road in a long time, so, remind me: the marshmallow is not distinct pieces of marshmallow, but kind of continuous with the ice cream base, right? How would you do this, use marshmallow fluff and swirl it in at the last minute?
Vic continues to be fired up about our, uh, weird ice cream flavor plans. "Cricket Road": kind of like Rocky Road, but with crickets instead of nuts. Yes, crickets. Roasted crickets and marshmallows are really a great combo. (We had a rice krispie treat bar with crickets in Quebec, and the crickets were the best part.)
My main anxiety is that, like with the bacon in the maple bacon ice cream, the crickets might absorb moisture between LN2 time and flavor-running time, and lose crunch. That was bad enough for the bacon but would be disastrous for the crickets, I think. With an animal protein that's so far outside the cultural norm, it has to be just absolutely perfect, or else the knee-jerk revulsion reaction comes welling back up.
So, here's a possible plan: to only put a tiny amount (about 4 oz. probably) into a yogurt container, and serve the rest of the batch immediately after LN2 mixing. (I'll ask around beforehand to see who's game to try some.) The batch in the yogurt container will not join the Running of the Flavors, but will just be an experimental sample for me and Vic to sample later to see how it holds up over time. If the concept is well-received, and if it holds up well enough over about 8 hours, a new batch can join the Running of the Flavors the next day or the next year.
Maybe for the less adventurous palate we'll make some straight-up chocolate and marshmallow ice cream. Like Rocky Road but with no crunchy ingredients. I haven't had Rocky Road in a long time, so, remind me: the marshmallow is not distinct pieces of marshmallow, but kind of continuous with the ice cream base, right? How would you do this, use marshmallow fluff and swirl it in at the last minute?
