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Why does liquid nitrogen produce smother ice cream?

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The ice crystals in the ice cream form very rapidly due to the intense cooling effect of the liquid nitrogen. They do not have time to grow large. The "grit" you taste in cheap ice cream is made of large ice crystals. small crystals = no grit

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