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Yeah, my favorite part of the article was the warning to please use proper safety precautions with liquid N, right under the no-gloves picture...



Due to the Leidenfrost effect, incidental contact of bare skin and LN2 is not usually a problem (it boils off locally and creates a gaseous N2 barrier). Other things superchilled by it will not be as forgiving, however.

http://cookingissues.com/primers/liquid-nitrogen-primer/#sec...


Then again, pouring a liquid out of a cup without touching the liquid isn't exactly high level coordination.




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