Yeah, ok, but blowing on something colder than you will warm it up.
I mean, you can see the ice crystals melt on ice cream if you blow on it. This will work. Your breath is at body temperature. It doesn't just make things cold, you're not Superman.
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It works best with soup because soup, being somewhat liquid, distributes temperature better. But yeah, works for ice cream
I think it works better for soup because soup is hotter to you than you are to ice cream.
And, moreover, when you blow on something, the air that hits the thing youre blowing on is much closer to the ambient air temperature than your internal body temperature.
I mean it works better for soup than for solid hot foods too. Still works for the latter, but takes a bit more to cool down the inside if it’s a thick piece.
Also works for your own hands (though I generally do not recommend eating those)
Maybe just the tips
No no, I've played this game before. Fool me once shame on you, fool me, ya can't get fooled again.
I feel like the moisture from your breath makes your hands colder overall.
Also works for soup because of evaporative cooling.
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I'd think that the ambient temperature of the air is more important than the temperature of your breath. Though it doesn't change much, since it's also higher than the temperature of the ice cream (usually)
If it’s not warmer ambient than ice cream, I think most people drink hot coffee or tea instead of eating ice cream.
I mean it should warm it up, you’re bringing the food closer to the temperature of your breath
Ambient temp mostly, but yes, it works that way.
Also try blowing air at your body in the sauna. It’ll burn lol
This reminds me of this story told to me a long time ago and I can't say how true it is.
Back in the day there's this dinner between Western and Chinese diplomats. They were served ice cream as dessert. The Chinese, having never seen it before, saw the wisp of condensation around the ice cream and thought it was steam. So he blew on it before eating it, and everyone at the table laughed at him.
Not letting them have the last laugh, he invited them to dinner the next day. For dessert, he served them Guilinggao (a jelly like dessert traditionally made with turtle shells and herbs, served hot). The Westerners thought it was cold and put some in their mouths right away and burnt their tongue.
I microwave my ice cream for like 10-20 seconds. I like everything slightly melted.
Ice cream sandos half melted are god tier
Mexicans fry ice cream. Not sure how that works though.
wait for real? wouldn't that completely melt down?
Nope just softens very slightly. A touch soupy.
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I've done this too xD