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How to Make Carbonated Fruit. If picky eaters in your family are missing out on important
nutrients, this guide will add some fizz to those plain old apples, oranges, and bananas.
You will need Fruit Pressure cooker Gloves Dry ice and plastic bottle (optional). Handle
dry ice with gloves, and use no more than 1 gram of dry ice if you are using a plastic
bottle to avoid exploding your container. Step 1. Cut up hard fruits such as apples,
oranges, and grapes -- these store carbon dioxide best. Step 2. Add a small handful
of dry ice to the bottom of the pressure cooker. Remember that dry ice is extremely cold and
can burn your skin -- use gloves when handling. Use a wide-mouth bottle if you don't have
a pressure cooker -- just be sure to use a piece of ice about half the size of your thumb
to avoid an explosion. Step 3. Pile the fruit on the insert tray and lower it into the pressure
cooker, making sure there is room enough from the carbon dioxide gas to flow around the
fruit. Step 4. Seal the pressure cooker and let it sit for about 30 minutes to an hour.
The pressure-release valve of a pressure cooker will make the process safer. If you're using
a bottle, tighten the cap and refrigerate the fruit overnight. Step 5. Remove your carbonated
fruit, toss the dry ice, and enjoy it as a light snack, or add it to fruit juice and
other drinks for a splash of fizzy fun. Did you know Drugstore soda fountains first appeared
in the late 1800s, but it wasn't until 1920 with the passage of Prohibition that their
popularity exploded.