@NerdyPotato While there are certainly ice crystals within ice cream and they are indeed solid, it would not be correct to describe the entire mixture as "frozen". Ice cream is more appropriately characterized as a colloidal suspension and not a solid. ;)
@sarabee1995 Jokes aside, if my memory isn't rusty and I recall correctly the chemical definition of liquid implies it cannot have its own shape but assume that of the container
The very fact you can have scoops would mean it's solid (in transition) 🖖🏻 similarly to the ice in my weekly Campari, technically it's still ice (thus solid) while it's melting
@Elessar I'm not saying it is a liquid. I'm saying it is a colloid. ;) Neither solid nor liquid, but a certain kind of mixture of them both ... and some gas for good measure.
Ice cream is technically a complex colloidal emulsion that acts as a solid, liquid, and gas simultaneously. It consists of frozen water crystals (solid), unfrozen sugar syrup (liquid), and trapped air bubbles (gas).
In dietary terms it forms part of a full (not clear) liquid diet.
