I did an Ice Cream lab with Ivy, Erika, and Liam. We created chocolate ice cream using unsweetened cocoa powder, heavy whipping cream, whole milk, vanilla, and sugar. It was so far the easiest lab I’ve done and it tasted pretty good (except for the chunks of unsweetened cocoa powder…).
First, Ivy, Liam, and Erika went to buy heavy whipping cream and whole milk. I was left to mix the products we had so far. I mixed everything together with Morgan keeping me company. When they came back, we mixed the cream and milk into the mixture and began to heat it. I thought it was kind of weird that we were heating it, but we followed the instructions and in the end it tasted good. We mixed it until it looked alright and shared it with some people in the class. The ice cream was pretty good, but it had gross chunks of cocoa powder still in it and everyone avoided them. It was fairly easy to make, but our whole group wasn't that organized.
I believe that the temperature caused the phase changes from a liquid to a solid. The bowl we got out of the freezer was mixing the chocolate-y liquid around, causing it to distribute the cold temperature throughout the bowl. I noticed this because we spilled a little on the side of the bowl and it froze, looking like ice cream. It was pretty sweet (no pun intended haha)!
The ice cream tasted good to me, but some people weren't a fan of it... I wish the cocoa chunks were mixed better and didn't go into the mix because they tasted nasty. We should've taken them out before we put it into the mixer. Personally, I feel like I did most of the work because I was the most hands on with it. I was mixing it, while everyone was just watching.
I thought working with three people was pretty tough. I wouldn't want to pair up with more than three group mates because there's not enough work for everyone to do. It was just ice cream and fairly easy to do.
If I could do this again, I wouldn't do as much work as I did. I felt obligated to do all these things because no one else would. Personally, I would also change the recipe because the cocoa powder was, again, nasty. Next time, I would pick one other person to do it with, instead of three other people.
One thing I learned from this lab was that I'm really good working alone because I got a lot of stuff done while my group mates were shopping. I also learned to remember to buy things ahead of time, instead of buying the items last minute.
First, Ivy, Liam, and Erika went to buy heavy whipping cream and whole milk. I was left to mix the products we had so far. I mixed everything together with Morgan keeping me company. When they came back, we mixed the cream and milk into the mixture and began to heat it. I thought it was kind of weird that we were heating it, but we followed the instructions and in the end it tasted good. We mixed it until it looked alright and shared it with some people in the class. The ice cream was pretty good, but it had gross chunks of cocoa powder still in it and everyone avoided them. It was fairly easy to make, but our whole group wasn't that organized.
I believe that the temperature caused the phase changes from a liquid to a solid. The bowl we got out of the freezer was mixing the chocolate-y liquid around, causing it to distribute the cold temperature throughout the bowl. I noticed this because we spilled a little on the side of the bowl and it froze, looking like ice cream. It was pretty sweet (no pun intended haha)!
The ice cream tasted good to me, but some people weren't a fan of it... I wish the cocoa chunks were mixed better and didn't go into the mix because they tasted nasty. We should've taken them out before we put it into the mixer. Personally, I feel like I did most of the work because I was the most hands on with it. I was mixing it, while everyone was just watching.
I thought working with three people was pretty tough. I wouldn't want to pair up with more than three group mates because there's not enough work for everyone to do. It was just ice cream and fairly easy to do.
If I could do this again, I wouldn't do as much work as I did. I felt obligated to do all these things because no one else would. Personally, I would also change the recipe because the cocoa powder was, again, nasty. Next time, I would pick one other person to do it with, instead of three other people.
One thing I learned from this lab was that I'm really good working alone because I got a lot of stuff done while my group mates were shopping. I also learned to remember to buy things ahead of time, instead of buying the items last minute.