Activated Charcoal Coconut (top) Key Lime Pie (bottom)
Activated Charcoal Coconut (top) Key Lime Pie (bottom)
Got this at an ice cream shop in Denver. It tasted great and was fun to eat.
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Interesting. What was the name of the shop? And what is activated charcoal coconut? I’m assuming it isn’t just charcoal since that would probably taste terrible haha
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I can't have the activated charcoal stuff because medications, but it looks so neat!
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Interesting, does the charcoal add any flavor to the ice cream or it's just for the show?
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Just for show. I would argue it makes the flavor a little worse.
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I've always wondered- does the activated charcoal taste like much of anything? Like was there a flavor other than coconut in the top icecream? What did it taste like?
Coconut and keylime sounds fuckin delicious, and the black color is rather pretty
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They made the activated charcoal by burning coconut and then used coconut oil to increase that flavor. Otherwise I didn't taste anything. I imagine without the oil I'd taste the charcoal and it wouldn't have been very nice.
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Huh, very interesting
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Wouldn’t this be carcinogenic?
Unless I'm missing something, not particularly. Im assuming you're asking about specifically the activated charcoal and not the rest of whatevers in it. I can't say for the rest, but no reputable study has ever found activated charcoal to be carcinogenic. There are other things that can be found in charcoal that can be, like silica and the smoke from burning it, but the charcoal is safe.
I had no idea.
Yes, but it's ice cream so folks don't care. Like smoking or drinking - as long as people are having fun they don't mind if it kills them.
I mean, oxygen is highly reactive and damaging. Eventually that kills us too.
No, it's not the charcoal itself that is carcinogenic, the carcinogenic substances developed when cooking at high temperature and from fat. None of this occurs when making ice cream from activate charcoal.