Vilco wrote:
>
> PeterL wrote
>
> >> I've always liked to have a glass of ice water along with my ice
> >> cream. Funny how the ice water always tastes colder to me than the
> >> ice cream. I know there's a scientific explanation for it, but I
> >> can't remember what it is. :-)
>
> > Now that you mention it..... it does!!!
>
> It must be the air in the ice cream, mixed in during "mantecatura",
> which make us feel ice cream less cold.

Probably both the air content and likely a difference in thermal
conductivity of fat vs. water.