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"   The &amp;quot;Ice Cream of the Future&amp;quot; may soon be simply a gimmick of the past. Dippin&amp;#039; Dots filed for bankruptcy last Thursday, The New York Times reports; the company owes $12 million. Dippin&amp;#039; Dots&amp;#039; flash-frozen ice cream was just one of many future foods that never fully panned out - but at least it was created. Below, we explore some futuristic foods or culinary concepts that have yet to be created. More from Delish: Unusual Ice Cream Flavors to Try Meals in a Pill - Members of the Jetsons family often dined on a satisfying, all-inclusive meal in a pill. Convenience in food has always been an appetizing quality for today&amp;#039;s busy, modern people. If a full meatloaf dinner just had to be popped out of a bottle and chased with some water, think of all the time you would save! But kitchen appliance creators need not worry - the food pill is a long way off. More from Delish: 10 Weird Food Products Expandable Foods - Though the self-lacing boots from &amp;quot;Back to the Future Part II&amp;quot; have been recreated - style-wise, at least - miniature pizzas that are expanded to full-size after only seconds in the &amp;quot;Black and Decker Hydrator&amp;quot; are nowhere to be seen in your local supermarket. More from Delish: 12 Mini Desserts Food Replicators - On Star Trek&amp;#039;s Starship Enterprise there were no cooks wearing the iconic uniforms. That&amp;#039;s because the ship was equipped with a replicator, which synthesized meals on demand. The crew must have had some serious self-control. If we had a replicator handy we certainly wouldn&amp;#039;t be looking as svelte in those skin-tight suits. More from Delish: Surprising Non-Edible Food Uses Insta-Meals - There are some aspects of the future portrayed in The Fifth Element that we&amp;#039;re happy didn&amp;#039;t catch on - the band-aid-sized clothing, for one. But full turkey dinners instantly created from pills wouldn&amp;#039;t be bad. It would certainly make Thanksgiving prep a lot less stressful. But just because these future foods haven&amp;#039;t come to fruition doesn&amp;#039;t mean the future hasn&amp;#039;t arrived. We may still be yearning for hover-boards and teleportation, but formerly futuristic foods \u2014 test-tube meats, genetically engineered salmon, and even fruits flavored like different fruits (long live the grapple) \u2014 are a reality. Perhaps dehydrated meals are not far away - or at least maybe Dippin&amp;#039; Dots will stick around. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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