Joanielspeak
<p>This is the tasty ice cream dessert featured in the TV series Firefly. During one particular episode (The Message), River Tam (a mind reading genius) is attempting to consume a frozen dessert aptly called an Ice-Planet. It basically looked like a ball of ice cream dangling from a string on a stick.</p>
<p>See the blog written about it for more in-depth instructions:<br />
tastyplanner.com/blog/articles/The-Problem-with-Ice-Planets</p>
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8- 2.5 in craft sticks (popsicle sticks)
4- 20 in pieces of string
4
dowel rods (notched towards end)
4
smallish (3 inch diameter) bowls with rounded bottoms
4
pints
of ice cream
2
ice cream scoops
2
people (1 person = problematic)
<p>1. Take 2 of the small bowls and place them in the freezer. While they are freezing, create the internal planet structure. This structure is a simple plus sign made of short Popsicle/craft sticks tied at the middle with string. When tying, be sure to lay the sticks on a flat surface and have the long end of the string coming straight out of the center upwards.</p>
<p>2. Cut a notch towards the top of the 4 rods to prevent the knot from slipping. Tie the end of the string to the rod and you have the skeletal structure of your planet.</p>
<p>3. Pull out the frozen bowls. With a second person, quickly fill the bowls (packing them down) with ice cream until they are slightly domed over the top of the bowl.</p>
<p>4. Have one person hold the “plus” structure perpendicular to the Ice-Planet seam and have the second person slowly bring the 2 Ice-Planet halves together around the sticks.</p>
<p>5. Press the bowls together until you have a nice tight seal. Place ice planet in the freezer and wait 20 min.</p>
<p>6. Take the planet to the sink and slowly pour warm water over the bowls. As you are doing so, gently rotate the bowls in opposite direction, like turning 2 knobs. Remove one side of the mold and then the other.</p>
<p>Done!</p>
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2008-07-17 07:42:00 UTC