Home made icecream

[crusty 1]

I wonder how many folks here have made or had homemade ice cream? We made some with freash fruit and my grand kids said ( granpa its crued)? When I asked they said it,s not smooth like store ice cream. I know store bought was smoother but didn,t tastse near as good so I,m just wundering who has and who hasn,t?:lickingave

 

[MossRoad]

Haven't made it for a long time. Lots of work, but usually worth it. :thumbsup:

 

[BobRip]

Best stuff in the world, but it's been a long time.

 

[Mighty Dodge]

Made a gallon of mixed berry two days ago. Much better than store bought. Just ate some of it half an hour ago. We have an electric 6qt. White Mountain freezer. I let it churn about 20 minutes. If it freezes too fast it'll be less creamy.

mmmmmm-good.
M.D.

 

[SPIKER]

been a long time since I made any but only a few years since I ate some

Mark

 

[rmully]

The home units don't seem to make smooth creamy ice cream just better tasting ...I will take better tasting over smooth any day. Made some pear ice cream ... try to find that in the market.

 

[crusty 1]

I know what you mean by the pear ice cream,you can,t get it or any of the many flavors you can do at home.I think one of my favorites is stawberry-rhubarb.After the kidos go to bed don,t make to bad a cocktail with rum either!:thumbsupave

 

[two_bit_score]

Haven't made it for a long time. Lots of work, but usually worth it. :thumbsup:

Always worth it, to me.

 

[Bird]

It's been just about a year now since I made any. I made several freezers of fresh peach and 3 or 4 of chocolate last year. The fresh peach is my favorite.

 

[crusty 1]

I think I,ll keep making my ice cream and the grand kids can eat at DQ at home!They just don,t know what good is,in fact the little dickens prefer quite a few things from the store over home made?Boxed mac & cheese tastes like wall paper paste to me no way as good as home made,but they prefer the box.Go figureDave

 

[Egon]

Probably been sixty years since I've had some. I remember I got to lick the paddle!:thumbsup:

 

[crusty 1]

Probably been sixty years since I've had some. I remember I got to lick the paddle!:thumbsup:

Egon,is that the same paddle as,well you know ,probably illegal to use now daysDave

 

[hunterridgefarm]

We use to make it one or two times a year. Get the ice and the salt and the mess.

Now we have homemade ice cream once a every week or two. My wife found this table top freezer that you don't have to use the salt. You keep the canister in the freezer. when you are ready to make ice cream you take it out of the freezer, put the paddle in it, put the canister in the table top unit and plug it up. Makes enough for three people to have 2-3 bowls each. Fresh homemade ice cream when ever we want it. It is a very nice and easy way to make it.:licking:

 

[crusty 1]

We use to make it one or two times a year. Get the ice and the salt and the mess.

Now we have homemade ice cream once a every week or two. My wife found this table top freezer that you don't have to use the salt. You keep the canister in the freezer. when you are ready to make ice cream you take it out of the freezer, put the paddle in it, put the canister in the table top unit and plug it up. Makes enough for three people to have 2-3 bowls each. Fresh homemade ice cream when ever we want it. It is a very nice and easy way to make it.:licking:

Do you know the name of your ice cream maker?Sounds like it might be easier than the one we use.It would be nice to give it a try,thanksDave

 

[jinman]

I think I,ll keep making my ice cream and the grand kids can eat at DQ at home!They just don,t know what good is,in fact the little dickens prefer quite a few things from the store over home made?Boxed mac & cheese tastes like wall paper paste to me no way as good as home made,but they prefer the box.Go figureDave

Dave, tell your grandkids that they are eating air. All the soft-serve ice creams have loads of air in them from being whipped.

My grandmother used to make ice cream in a bowl. She'd put the ice cream in the freezer and take it out every few minutes and stir it. As it began to freeze, it would go from liquid to ice/liquid and finally all ice cream. It was a lot less smooth than ice cream made with a home ice cream maker with a dasher. (My mother called the paddles a "dasher.") I can tell you that her boysenberry and strawberry ice creams were two of my favorites.

I also have a story about the old hand-crank ice cream makers. When I was about 8, we were making ice cream and I thought the water coming out the drain hole was being wasted. I put my finger over the hole so the salt water couldn't run out. My mom didn't catch me soon enough and the salt water got up and into the ice cream. About the top 1/4 of the ice cream was salty. Guess who got to eat that part?:thumbdown:

 

[crusty 1]

jinman, I get 3 guesses and the first two don,t count.Let me assume you don,t care for salt flavored ice cream:laughingave

 

[NSBound]

I just bought this ice cream maker on sale at Home Depot - http://www.homedepot.ca/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/CatalogSearchResultView?D=945744&Ntt=945744&catalogId=10051&langId=-15&storeId=10051&Dx=mode+matchallpartial&Ntx=mode+matchall&recN=0&N=0&Ntk=P_PartNumber .

It has good reviews and doesn't require salt or freezing the bowl - it has a built-in compressor, so it's just load-n-go. Got it for $202 shipping included. Now I'm just waiting for some hot weather to try it out! :licking:

 

[mjarrels]

We use to make home made ice cream when we lived in Wa. State. Picked strawberrys from bell farm off west beach road in Coupeville. Still have the machine somewhere? Use to hand crank as a kid. Last Balikbayan box we sent to the Philippines had a ice cream maker in it, wifes sisters can now make and sell ice cream at the Sari - Sari store outside their home.

" A Marine on duty has no friends "

mark USN Ret.

 

[brin]

I think I,ll keep making my ice cream and the grand kids can eat at DQ at home!They just don,t know what good is,in fact the little dickens prefer quite a few things from the store over home made?Boxed mac & cheese tastes like wall paper paste to me no way as good as home made,but they prefer the box.Go figureDave

You are right Dave...I never have understood how anyone could actually eat Spagetti O's or Chef Boyardee anything...just to name two items that taste just awful to me but kids seem to love them...???

 

[kubob]

Would like to try the new compressor type ice cream maker - might make it more often if don't have to do the ice/salt deal. Have made a lot with the electric 5 qt model in the wooden barrel type, just about every flavor we could dream up, but banana seems to be the favorite, then banana-pineapple, then peach, then the rest.