WEBVTT - 9 Deliciously Frosty Facts About Ice Cream

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<v Speaker 1>Guess what gave? What's that mango? So have you ever

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<v Speaker 1>noticed that Ben and Jerry's flavors are really chunky, Like

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<v Speaker 1>they always have big pieces of banana or pretzels or

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<v Speaker 1>chocolate in them.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I mean they do make chunky monkey, right, so

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<v Speaker 2>at least that'd better be pretty chunky.

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<v Speaker 1>So when I was younger, I was always kind of

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<v Speaker 1>thrown off by that style of ice cream, and I

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<v Speaker 1>was kind of curious how they developed it. And apparently

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<v Speaker 1>it's all because of Ben from Ben and Jerry's. According

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<v Speaker 1>to their site, he has anosma, meaning he doesn't have

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<v Speaker 1>a great sense of smell and he barely has a

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<v Speaker 1>sense of taste too, So for him, like his love

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<v Speaker 1>of ice cream is mostly textural, like he loves the

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<v Speaker 1>creamy mouthfeel. He likes those like big, delicious, crunchy treats

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<v Speaker 1>that are mixed in And so that's how they came

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<v Speaker 1>up with it, and over the years fans fell in

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<v Speaker 1>love with that consistency too. But that's just the first

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<v Speaker 1>of nine facts were dishing out today about ice cream.

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<v Speaker 1>Let's dive in hey their podcast listeners, I'm Monga's particular

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<v Speaker 1>and my co host Will Pearson is out today sunning

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<v Speaker 1>himself at the beach. But don't worry, I've got our

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<v Speaker 1>research superstar Gabe Luesy a with us on the line.

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<v Speaker 1>Hey Gabe, Hey, thanks for having me on. Yeah, of course.

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<v Speaker 1>And we also have sitting behind that soundproof glass wearing

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<v Speaker 1>his mister Softy T shirt, or as they call it

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<v Speaker 1>in China, mister soft heart. Apparently there's no word for

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<v Speaker 1>softie in China. That's our friend and producer Tristan McNeil. So, Gabe,

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<v Speaker 1>I know we're doing an episode on ice cream today.

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<v Speaker 1>Are you an ice cream guy?

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<v Speaker 2>Like?

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<v Speaker 1>Do you have a go to flavor?

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<v Speaker 2>I am definitely an ice cream guy, like all good

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<v Speaker 2>hearted people.

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<v Speaker 1>And American people.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I like all good hearted American Now, yeah, my

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<v Speaker 2>favorite flavor is probably cookies and cream. I could go

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<v Speaker 2>for just about anything except chocolate. Not a chocolate guy.

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<v Speaker 1>Really, I wouldn't have guessed that. I am mostly a

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<v Speaker 1>mint chocolate chip guy, though I'll eat most flavors. And

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<v Speaker 1>I'm actually not sure if I've told you this, but

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<v Speaker 1>my grandfather actually had an ice cream factory in India. U. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>he had to drop out of college because his parents

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<v Speaker 1>passed away, and then he did this correspondence course on

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<v Speaker 1>electricity by mail, like from the States, and it was

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<v Speaker 1>like a text school from America or something. And he

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<v Speaker 1>taught himself to wire things and he ended up building

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<v Speaker 1>like a little ice factory, and then he branched out

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<v Speaker 1>into ice cream too, and it was called Tamalia ice cream.

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<v Speaker 1>But that's awesome, I know. I mean, my cousins got

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<v Speaker 1>to enjoy it, but it was all gone by the

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<v Speaker 1>time I was a kid. But the most amazing thing

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<v Speaker 1>to me was that when he used to come to

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<v Speaker 1>the States, he was confused by the way Americans eat

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<v Speaker 1>ice cream, because we eat it all year round, and

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<v Speaker 1>how in India they only have it during the summer.

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<v Speaker 1>Is that during the monsoons when it's super cold, they

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<v Speaker 1>won't eat ice cream. It's just cultural or something. But

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<v Speaker 1>I kicked this off with a Ben and Jerry's fact.

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<v Speaker 1>So what do you have for us?

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<v Speaker 2>Well, I just read about this amazing ice cream from

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<v Speaker 2>Spain called Chameleon.

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<v Speaker 1>So I'm already in drinued. What flavor is Chameleon?

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<v Speaker 2>Well, thankfully it's not chameleon, but it's basically this Willy

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<v Speaker 2>Wonka style ice cream, where like the color changes as

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<v Speaker 2>you lick it and that also changes the flavor too.

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<v Speaker 1>That's crazy. So it sounds amazing and like something for

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<v Speaker 1>my dreams. But how come I haven't heard of this? Like,

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<v Speaker 1>is it a new flavor?

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, well, it's actually been around since twenty fourteen. It

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<v Speaker 2>was created by this former physicist named Manuel Lenaris who

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<v Speaker 2>was pursuing a degree in quote creating artists in ice cream.

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<v Speaker 1>That's what the La Time says.

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<v Speaker 2>At least, I guess it's a major at this Spanish

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<v Speaker 2>culinary institute.

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<v Speaker 1>Huh. But anyway, I've only seen.

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<v Speaker 2>Pictures of the ice cream, but it's really beautiful, like

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<v Speaker 2>at least one of the shades is. It's this gorgeous

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<v Speaker 2>shimmery purple and pink color. And it has a bunch

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<v Speaker 2>of flavors that come through too. There's a strawberry, cocoa, almonds, banana, pistachio, vanilla,

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<v Speaker 2>and even caramel. What But the reason you haven't heard

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<v Speaker 2>about it is that the inventor is still waiting for

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<v Speaker 2>the patent to come through. Before you know it goes

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<v Speaker 2>wide scale. And also, Kahlion isn't his only flavor. He

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<v Speaker 2>has this other one he's working on. It's just for

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<v Speaker 2>adults though it has all these Peruvian and African herbs

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<v Speaker 2>in it, and it's supposed to be an aphrodisiac.

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<v Speaker 1>So I always think it's funny when people try to

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<v Speaker 1>mix medicine into ice cream. Like I actually pulled a

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<v Speaker 1>fact about this. I saw this thing on life hacker

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<v Speaker 1>where someone had made this peptobismal ice cream to deal

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<v Speaker 1>with hangovers, which I know, to me, it just makes

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<v Speaker 1>me nauseous think about it. But there's also a Korean

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<v Speaker 1>version that sounds way better. Apparently, like hard drinking is

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<v Speaker 1>such a common thing in South Korea that hangover cures

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<v Speaker 1>are actually like one hundred and twenty five million dollar industry.

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<v Speaker 1>It's it's just insane to me. Yeah, But in that

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<v Speaker 1>mix of like drugstore cures, there's actually an ice cream

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<v Speaker 1>bar that's called Yandio Bar. I don't know how it's

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<v Speaker 1>actually pronounced, but the name translates to hang in there,

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<v Speaker 1>which is so positive. But it's it's a grapefruit flavored

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<v Speaker 1>ice cream bar with some special raisin juice in there too.

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<v Speaker 1>It supposedly works wonders, And I mean for me, like

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<v Speaker 1>what with or without a hangover? I'd be down to

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<v Speaker 1>try like a grapefruit and vanilla ice cream. But what

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<v Speaker 1>what do you have next?

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<v Speaker 2>Well, how about a fact about astronauts. And this isn't

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<v Speaker 2>about astronaut ice cream. You know that that freeze dried

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<v Speaker 2>monstrosity that they try to trick you into eating of planetariums. No,

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<v Speaker 2>this is this is about the real ice cream than

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<v Speaker 2>astronauts occasionally to try on mission.

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<v Speaker 1>That's really funny.

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<v Speaker 2>You know.

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<v Speaker 1>I wanted to start this thing where we would serve

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<v Speaker 1>astronauts Sundays where it's just there's astronaut ice creams crumpled

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<v Speaker 1>up with some chocolate sauce on top of it and

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<v Speaker 1>whipped cream built time. I felt like that would do

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<v Speaker 1>really well on Instagram. But so I thought astronauts used

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<v Speaker 1>to complain about like missing ice cream in space, Like

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<v Speaker 1>I didn't realize it was actually a thing that they

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<v Speaker 1>get to eat. Yeah, they do.

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<v Speaker 2>And I mean for years, NASA had this list of

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<v Speaker 2>the top three foods that their astronauts missed the most

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<v Speaker 2>in space, and you know, it was fizzy drinks, pizza,

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<v Speaker 2>and ice cream. But Atlas Obscura did this story and

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<v Speaker 2>apparently every once in a while is a special treat.

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<v Speaker 2>Astronauts now get real ice cream and it's sent to

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<v Speaker 2>them at the International Space Station, and I was curious,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, why is it such a big deal? And

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<v Speaker 2>and you know the reason to have ice cream in space,

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<v Speaker 2>like why isn't it allowed? And actually the reason is

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<v Speaker 2>you need freezer space to store the ice cream. And

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<v Speaker 2>you know, because astronauts are using this limited freezer space

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<v Speaker 2>on board, they you know, they have to make room

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<v Speaker 2>for blood and urine samples and I don't know other

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<v Speaker 2>experimental stuff and it's just hard to you know, save

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<v Speaker 2>room for ice cream. But now now there's a workaround.

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<v Speaker 2>And that's because when shipments and supplies are sent up

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<v Speaker 2>to the space station, people will now you know, often

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<v Speaker 2>sneak a few pints of ice cream into those containers

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<v Speaker 2>for the astronauts. But here's the catch. You know, because

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<v Speaker 2>there is no freezer space, they have to eat the

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<v Speaker 2>ice cream pretty quickly upon delivery. So you know what

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<v Speaker 2>ends up happening is, you know, they throw these little

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<v Speaker 2>zero gravity ice cream parties whenever the ice cream comes up.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh that's amazing. I kind of love that. So here's

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<v Speaker 1>something that's a little less joyous but still funny to

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<v Speaker 1>be So I was looking at this book The Victorian City,

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<v Speaker 1>which is about everyday life in Dekenzie in London, and

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<v Speaker 1>in the eighteen fifties, ice cream was obviously like a

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<v Speaker 1>big luxury and could buy a little taste of ice

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<v Speaker 1>cream and these Neapolitan ices from street vendors. But what's

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<v Speaker 1>funny is that apparently some of these folks started selling

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<v Speaker 1>fraudulent ice cream to kids. Instead of a serving of

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<v Speaker 1>ice cream, it was common for people to serve you

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<v Speaker 1>like scoops of mashed turnips instead. Oh, it'd be so disappointing.

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<v Speaker 1>You just took a spoonful.

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<v Speaker 2>Of ice cream on a hot day and it just

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<v Speaker 2>turned out to be mashed up.

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<v Speaker 1>I know. It almost feels like some parents' idea to

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<v Speaker 1>like trick kids into eating veggies. But the strange thing

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<v Speaker 1>is that people still use that trick today, like mashed

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<v Speaker 1>potatoes are often used as a stand in for ice

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<v Speaker 1>cream on film sets because ice cream is so melty.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh yeah, that's funny.

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<v Speaker 2>I love those food hacks, Like you know how people,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, you use glue as a stand in for

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<v Speaker 2>cereal milk on sets, and you know it's because it

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<v Speaker 2>looks better on film, and you know you can position

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<v Speaker 2>the cereal wherever you want it without worrying about it,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, floating away.

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<v Speaker 1>Huh.

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<v Speaker 2>But speaking of dripping ice cream, that's actually another thing

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<v Speaker 2>scientists have now fixed.

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<v Speaker 1>So I love that there are so many problems in

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<v Speaker 1>the world, but the one where fixed on focusing is

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<v Speaker 1>like melty ice cream.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, it really shows you where our priority slot. But

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<v Speaker 2>apparently this has been in the works for a while now.

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<v Speaker 2>A few years ago, British scientists figured out a way

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<v Speaker 2>to slow down the melting process a little bit by

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<v Speaker 2>adding this special protein that binds the air and fat

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<v Speaker 2>and water together. And then Japanese scientists took it and

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<v Speaker 2>they figured out a different way of doing this. They

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<v Speaker 2>actually used a liquid extract from strawberries that stopped the

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<v Speaker 2>water and oils from separating. So you know what you

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<v Speaker 2>got were these ice cream and popsicle treats that could

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<v Speaker 2>last three hours at a time and eighty degree heat

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<v Speaker 2>and all while still retaining their shape.

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<v Speaker 1>Wow.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, it's pretty amazing. And the ice cream isn't that

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<v Speaker 2>expensive either. That's probably the most amazing part. It's actually

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<v Speaker 2>only about four dollars a pop.

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<v Speaker 1>That's really incredible. I am curious what the texture of

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<v Speaker 1>it is like though.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, food and Wine reported that the Japanese weren't the

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<v Speaker 2>only ones making these advances. Like there's a grocery store

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<v Speaker 2>in Australia that has their own technique. They haven't revealed

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<v Speaker 2>what it is, but they turn out ice cream sandwiches

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<v Speaker 2>they won't melt in the Australian sun.

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<v Speaker 1>That's pretty crazy. So I guess we'll have a whole

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<v Speaker 1>variety of different non melty ice creams to try in

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<v Speaker 1>the future. But it is kind of weird to think that,

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<v Speaker 1>like kids in the future might not get ice cream

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<v Speaker 1>headaches because they can eat a cone as slowly as

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<v Speaker 1>they want, or like they'll never have sticky hands from

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<v Speaker 1>ice cream dripping all over them. And you know, you

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<v Speaker 1>and I will be telling our grand is these stories

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<v Speaker 1>like they're war stories. So I knew Clint Eastwood was

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<v Speaker 1>mayor of this beautiful town of Carmel in California, but

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<v Speaker 1>I didn't know that ice cream was actually one of

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<v Speaker 1>the first measures he brought up at his first city

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<v Speaker 1>council meeting. And at the time there had been some

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<v Speaker 1>sort of water shortage and so the city refused to

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<v Speaker 1>give an ice cream parlor a license on their main strip,

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<v Speaker 1>and Clint Eastwood's campaign was actually on getting rid of

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<v Speaker 1>this kill joy mentality and bringing back these street corners

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<v Speaker 1>where kids could happily eat ice cream again. I mean,

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<v Speaker 1>this is what you remembered from his youth and what

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<v Speaker 1>he wanted to bring back. But he also reinstituted the

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<v Speaker 1>pledge of allegiance before every meeting, which feels very Clint Eastwood.

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<v Speaker 1>And the article also pointed out, though, that he voted

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<v Speaker 1>to ban beachfront fireworks on July fourth, which sounds a

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<v Speaker 1>little antithetical to those other two things.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, so much for getting rid of the kill joy mentality. Wow,

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<v Speaker 2>I know, well, I know, We've got two more ice

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<v Speaker 2>cream facts to share, but before we do, let's take

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<v Speaker 2>a quick break.

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome back to part time genius. Abe. Do you know

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<v Speaker 1>what the grossest ice cream flavor served as a state

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<v Speaker 1>dinner has to be? No, what's that oyster? It was

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<v Speaker 1>oyster flavored ice cream. So Jake Cross and A Metal

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<v Speaker 1>Flaws did the story on the history of ice cream

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<v Speaker 1>in America. And Dolly Madison, who was you know, by

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<v Speaker 1>all accounts, the greatest host or hostess in Washington, d C,

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<v Speaker 1>used to serve oyster ice cream to guests who were

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<v Speaker 1>totally wowed by it.

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<v Speaker 2>Wow, I'm kind of surprised people kept coming to these

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<v Speaker 2>parties after that.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, I know. But actually, the other thing I learned

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<v Speaker 1>from the piece was that George Washington was really the

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<v Speaker 1>person who made serving ice cream at state dinners a

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<v Speaker 1>thing like he had a three hundred piece machine to

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<v Speaker 1>make and serve ice cream in his kitchen, and it

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<v Speaker 1>sort of became the ultimate sign of luxury if you

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<v Speaker 1>could serve ice cream at your dinners, because it was

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<v Speaker 1>just such an effort to make, and that's kind of

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<v Speaker 1>what kicked off America's obsession with it. So I don't know,

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<v Speaker 1>I think that's my last fact. But how do you

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<v Speaker 1>want to end this? Well, how about with a really

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<v Speaker 1>quick fact.

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<v Speaker 2>So you know Rupert Grint, right, m.

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<v Speaker 1>H Yeah, he played Ron Weasley in the Harry Potter movies.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh yeah, exactly. And you know, he grew up making

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<v Speaker 2>those movies. So when he passed his driving exam, he

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<v Speaker 2>was already worth a lot of money by then. And

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<v Speaker 2>you know, so one day people on set were talking about,

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<v Speaker 2>you know what sorts of fancy cars they were thinking

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<v Speaker 2>about buying with all their HP money, And for some reason,

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<v Speaker 2>Rupert's dream was to own an ice cream truck, and so,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, he got one and the first time he

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<v Speaker 2>took it out for a spin, he actually he went

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<v Speaker 2>to a pub and when he was leaving, all these

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<v Speaker 2>kids came up to him trying to buy ice cream.

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<v Speaker 2>And the problem was he hadn't bothered to stock any

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<v Speaker 2>in the truck, which is just like the world's biggest

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<v Speaker 2>tease right now. Totaling around in an ice cream truck

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<v Speaker 2>with zero ice cream on board, what did you think

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<v Speaker 2>would happen? But anyway, he sort of learned his lesson

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<v Speaker 2>after that, and now he keeps the van stocked with

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<v Speaker 2>you know, tons of popsicles, and there's even a working

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<v Speaker 2>soft serve machine on board, and so sometimes he just

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<v Speaker 2>drives around to villages and gives out free ice cream

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<v Speaker 2>to kids.

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<v Speaker 1>It's pretty awesome, right, Yeah, I mean that's great. I

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<v Speaker 1>mean it is funny. I told a story about people

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<v Speaker 1>tricking kids with mash turnips instead of ice cream, and

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<v Speaker 1>you told a story about Ron Weasley magically delivering ice

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<v Speaker 1>cream to village kids in his spare time. So I

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<v Speaker 1>do think you have to take home the trophy today?

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<v Speaker 2>Well, thank you so much. I think I know just

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<v Speaker 2>how I'll be celebrating.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, that's it for today's nine Things. Moving back with

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