Saturday, February 21, 2009

I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream



I scream, you scream...a 1920's ditty surely on top of your iTunes playlist.

From the archives, going back into an era when the instructions state "crank until stiff, adding ice and salt", the wife's family recipe for home made ice cream. Because runner's need fat and carbs. And it taste's good.

Vanilla Ice Cream
One Gallon
Add fruit or cocoa powder for twist (modern blogger editorial addition)

2 cups sugar
3 eggs
1 qt heavy cream (close friendship with a Jersey cow offers bonus of high butter fat content cream. Holstein will do in a bind.)
2 tablespoons vanilla
whole milk
pinch salt

Mix ingredients in order except milk until creamy, somewhat stiff. (modern mechanical mixing equipment preferred by blogger).
Put in one gal ice cream freezer. Fill to 2-3" below fill line with whole milk.
Mix in brine of salt and ice until ice cream really stiff. Or until motor on 1960's electric freezer begins to make threatening noises.
Freeze and enjoy.

Quality control by wife's 87 yr old grandmother. Roosevelt era recollections included at no additional charge.

-Larry

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