I Scream, You Scream

By Vikram Tank on Day 5

Today was the last day of 5 in 5. I decided to take the time today and make an EL based wall lamp. However, my best intentions were thwarted by lack of time and the right material. I would normally have persevered on, but I think that EL material is way to expensive to get into without a lot of planning. So on to the backup plan. We had originally tried to get some liquid nitrogen to do shattering photographs and to try some food hacking. As there are a lot of safety issues with liquid nitrogen we were not allowed to bring it on the floor. I decided to go ahead and make ice cream anyway. I made Honey, lavender, habanero ice cream. The ice cream was totally made from scratch, and I took a quick trip to Whole Foods for the ingredients. I found most of them there, except the honey which I bought from Tremblay Apiaries in the Union Square Greenmarket.

When i got back to school I chopped the habanero and the lavender and separated the egg yolks. After that I added the rest of the ingredients about 2 cups heavy cream, 1 cup milk, and about a cup of honey to the pot with the lavender and habenero. Be careful when you’re working with the habanero as it’s very hot and the oils can stay on your skin for a long time. I cut a cross shape into the tip and put it in. Bring the mixture to a low boil and shut off. It’ll look weird, and then it’ll look good again. Then pour your mixture into an ice cream maker and follow its instructions. We used a Play’n Freeze Ice. The instructions say not to throw, but we didn’t have the instructions and played a 6 person game of hot potato. It was pretty good, but the 15 minute freeze time is a lie. For the love of milk, if you make ice cream get a cheap electric ice cream maker and go to town.All in all it was a sweet ending to 5 in 5.

August 1st, 2008