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John Brownlee

AT 9:15 AM
Tuesday July 29, 2008

Kitchen and Housewares

dinosaurs • fossiliced

Fossil-iced dinosaur ice cubes

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I surely can't be the only one sweltering on a 90 degree day and thinking to myself that I really wish the crystalized fossils of some miniature velociraptors were crackling in my gin and tonic. $14.99? Oh, fine, if you insist. But you'd better throw in some frozen cavemen for free.

Fossiliced [Perpetual Kid via Nerd Approved]

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5 Comments

Moon

#1 – 9:33 AM July 29, 2008

Is there anything better than laying by the pool and drinking g. & ts.??

I still have a headache from SUNDAY's bout.

claud9999

#2 – 10:24 AM July 29, 2008

oh this is cool...I want to get some and...

1) freeze some milk (or other white opaque liquid) in the dinobone molds

2) remove bones from mold, put in tray large enough to encase bones, pour different-colored opaque (cold, but not quite frozen) liquid, re-freeze

3) remove larger cubes and put in warm tea to make iced (milk) tea with mystery bones appearing out of the cubes.

Better would be a pair of liquids with different melting temperatures so the bones wouldn't melt immediately. (Science question, should the bones be something with a higher or lower melting temperature? I believe higher but brain cells maxed.)

Anonymous Anonymous

#3 – 4:26 PM July 29, 2008

These would be extremely dangerous to give to children.

As they melt, they become small enough that they pose a significant choking hazard that regular ice cubes do not (regular ice cubes are shaped that way for a reason ... they will slide down the throat of your child rather than get caught in it.)

Dinosaurs are not cute. They were dangerous creatures that were voracious. Let's not let them kill any more people by cubing them and placing them in Kool Aid.

David Carroll

#4 – 2:46 AM July 30, 2008

#2 (claud9999)

Good idea!

I am not sure if different melting temperatures would matter much. If both are below the temperature of the warm tea then they would likely melt at the same time.

The relative latent heat of melting and specific heats of your bones and cubes would make a difference.

What might work would be to mix gelatin (gelatine for you Cory ;{) or vegetarian equivalent(s) with your milk to make your bones.

This will require some experimentation, research and tea drinking. Luckily, three of my favorite things!

powerpants

#5 – 6:19 PM July 30, 2008

^^^^^^^^

I'm just happy that you used an emoticon that has a mustache.

I was not aware of the existence of such things.

Thank you for making my life better.

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