I don't know if this is in the right section, but here goes:

Is there an affordable way to get liquid nitrogen ... if you're a home cook and not a restaurant? I looked at containers and stuff online and the cost is just prohibitive. But I want to make Michael's chicken wings with the blue cheese disc! :))))

If anyone knows of a company that supplies to home cooks, or if anyone has any advice (or any liquid nitrogen they want to share :) )) would appreciate it.

thanks!

You can try dry ice. It doesn't work as well, but it definitely the safest alternative.

Be sure to cover it so food doesnt come in direct contact.

Alternatively, you can just place the blue cheese in the frezzer

Lol, Dan. I didn't even think about the freezer. :)
Will the result be similar?

It might be similar, but in terms of texture it might get a bit graini. The reason why is beacause in  a freezer the ice crystals have time to form longer, because the freezing process is not that quick, as it is in liquid nitrogen, but it's defenetly worth a try, but i would opt for the dry ice solution, but i dont know what the technique would be....

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Where are you Maria?

I'm right here.

you could try getting dry ice, crushing it and adding alcohol to it. This turns into a dry-ice ethanol slurry, with a temperature of around -80 C (or around -120 F). This should be cold enough to freeze the blue cheese quickly forming the disk. You will have to wrap the blue cheese in a tight plastic wrap though, so that the ethanol doesn't get to it...