Does Ice Cream Taste Better When Licked?
Apparently so: "Flavour in ice cream is only released when the fat content–which carries the flavour–is warmed in the mouth to at least body temperature. During licking, the tongue is coated with a thin layer of ice-cream which is more quickly warmed and the flavour is detected by the large surface area of the taste buds present on the tongue." [via The Food Section]
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3 Comments:
I used to love licking ice cream off of ice cream cones until one day the ice cream scoop FELL OFF MY CONE and thankfully only rolled onto my pants...
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Licking soft serve out of a cone works fine, at least.
roboppy at 1:08PM on 11/04/08
Soft serve isn't as good as dense, rich hard-packed ice cream! You just have to make sure the ice creamer tucked the scoop in tightly. And if you let it melt a little, it settles into the cone even more.
Adam Kuban at 1:31PM on 11/04/08
Ahaha, I can totally imagine the ice cream rolling onto your pants Robyn...and then your facial expressions to follow!
Kathy YL Chan at 2:30PM on 11/04/08