The Joy Of Ice Cream’s Texture

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The Joy Of Ice Cream’s Texture

7/16/21 by NPR

Web player: https://podcastaddict.com/episode/125825300
Episode: https://play.podtrac.com/npr-510351/edge1.pod.npr.org/anon.npr-mp3/npr/dailyscience/2021/07/20210715_dailyscience_sci_pod_-_science_of_ice_cream_-_final.mp3

July is National Ice Cream Month — and Sunday, July 18 is National Ice Cream Day (in the US)! Flavors range from the classics — vanilla and chocolate — to the adventurous — jalapeño and cicada. But for some people, including ice cream scientist Dr. Maya Warren, flavor is only one part of the ice cream allure. So in today’s episode, Emily Kwong talks with Short Wave producer Thomas Lu about some of the processes that create the texture of ice cream, and how that texture plays into our enjoyment of the tasty treat.

Upcoming Holidays – July 25, 2021

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  • Next Sunday is August 🌻 – Aug 1
  • Four Sundays until Buck Moon 🌕 – Aug 22
  • 14 Sundays until Halloween 🎃 – Oct 31
  • 16 Sundays until Average High is 50 🍂 – Nov 14
  • Four months – Thanksgiving 🦃 – Thursday Nov 25
  • 19 Sundays until Repeal of Prohibition Day 🍺 – Dec 5
  • 21 Sundays until Cold Moon 🌕 – Dec 19
  • Five months – Christmas 🎅 – Saturday Dec 25
  • 22 Sundays until Boxing Day 🥊 – Dec 26

Good Evening – July 25, 2021

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Good evening! Night 3 of summer vacation. 🌇

Today I got moved into the campsite ⛺ that I’m hoping to camp in for the balance of the week. It’s a nice quiet campsite with vehicle access so I can use my camper shell rather than the tent like last night.

Stayed close to camp today, doing a lot of day drinking, 🍻 reading 📖 and listening 👂🏻 to podcasts. Burritos 🌯 for dinner tonight. No cell service here, so I won’t be playing with my phone all evening 📱 which is nice. I’d rather just enjoy the solitude. Also hiked to Teeter Pond and to one of the pastures to observe the sunset.

High level smoke haze and 74 degrees at the Finger Lakes National Forest. There is a west-northwest breeze at 6 mph. 🍃. The dew point is 64 degrees.

The sunset 🌇 wasn’t too great at all. The sun was very red and faded away into the clouds high above the horizon. I was pretty disappointed 😥 about it especially after walking down the very muddy Backbone Trail to an even muddier pasture. Really needed my barn boots 👢. Next time if I hike back for the sunset.

Camping Along Hope Falls Road

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It has been a few years since I've camped back along Hope Falls Road, north of Spectulator but it was a nice change to go somewhere in the Adirondacks different. Hiked back to Tenant Creek Falls twice during the weekend, and then out to Wilcox Lake. East Stoney Creek had a decent amount of water for cooling off in it but the currents were pretty strong.

Agricultural Easements In NYS

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Yesterday I posted a map of conservation easements in the Adirondacks. Most of them are timber easements which by definition are quite large. Agricultural easements, which focus on preventing farm land development are much smaller typically as individual farm patcels are much smaller in New York State. Many of the easements are in high development, high tax areas like the Hudson Valley, especially the Taconics but also development rights have been purchased for areas with particularly high quality soils like the Genesee Valley.

Data Source:USGS Protected Areas Database. https://www.usgs.gov/core-science-systems/science-analytics-and-synthesis/gap/science/pad-us-data-overview?qt-science_center_objects=4#