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Dippin' Dots: Curt Jones

2019-09-09 00:00:00 +0000 UTC ·1h 6m ·by Guy Raz / NPR
Dippin' Dots: Curt Jones
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About this episode

In the late 1980s, Curt Jones was working in a Kentucky lab, using liquid nitrogen to flash-freeze animal feed. He wondered if he could re-invigorate his favorite dessert by pouring droplets of ice cream into a vat of liquid nitrogen and – voila! – out came cold and creamy pellets that he soon brand