Last Batch of the Summer Ice Cream

[480sparky]

A local dairy produces a real nice (albeit expensive) ice cream mix that just can't be beat. I had resigned myself to not seeing any until next summer as they don't usually produce it after early September.

But, to my astonishment, there were 4 containers in the cooler at the grocery store today when I went there. So naturally I snapped 'em up. They had an expiration date of Oct 16, so they were still good.

I doubt I'll see any more until next summer, so this afternoon I fired up the old, trusty rusty White Mountain freezer and dug out 4 ice cream buckets filled with ice and started to make.......... home made ice cream!

I usually do several batches at once, which saves a lot of things........... namely, having to clean everything up. I just pack the batch straight from the freezer to the deep freeze, and pour in the next batch.

I also reuse the brine, which saves a ton of ice and salt. I just pour it into a food-grade bucket, refill the freezer, and pour the brine back in.



MMMmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm....................

It may be October, but there is still a dasher dripping with delight!

As always, the last batch in gets a healthy serving of Carnation malt powder, Nestlé Quick and Hershey chocolate syrup.

Pour it in, restart the freezer, and let it run for the final 4-5 minutes to mix it all up.

This is to make chocolate malts with.

Everything is all cleaned up and drying. All 4 gallons of the ice cream is in the freezer, just waiting to be made into a malt, or melt next to a slice of hot apple pie sprinkled with cinnamon powder!

Jealous yet?

,

 

[RON_RIP]

A local dairy produces a real nice (albeit expensive) ice cream mix that just can't be beat. I had resigned myself to not seeing any until next summer as they don't usually produce it after early September.

But, to my astonishment, there were 4 containers in the cooler at the grocery store today when I went there. So naturally I snapped 'em up. They had an expiration date of Oct 16, so they were still good.I love chocolate malts

I doubt I'll see any more until next summer, so this afternoon I fired up the old, trusty rusty White Mountain freezer and dug out 4 ice cream buckets filled with ice and started to make.......... home made ice cream!

I usually do several batches at once, which saves a lot of things........... namely, having to clean everything up. I just pack the batch straight from the freezer to the deep freeze, and pour in the next batch.

I also reuse the brine, which saves a ton of ice and salt. I just pour it into a food-grade bucket, refill the freezer, and pour the brine back in.



MMMmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm....................

It may be October, but there is still a dasher dripping with delight!

As always, the last batch in gets a healthy serving of Carnation malt powder, Nestlé Quick and Hershey chocolate syrup.

Pour it in, restart the freezer, and let it run for the final 4-5 minutes to mix it all up.

This is to make chocolate malts with.

Everything is all cleaned up and drying. All 4 gallons of the ice cream is in the freezer, just waiting to be made into a malt, or melt next to a slice of hot apple pie sprinkled with cinnamon powder!

Jealous yet?

,

I love chocolate malts.

 

[Don Kuykendall_RIP]

Now I want some Ice Creme.

 

[cwgrizz]

This really reminded me of something that happened years ago. A fellow worker and I were on a business trip and I wanted to buy a White Mountain Ice Cream freezer ( I knew a local store in the area had the big models). Anyway, he said, "What's an ice cream freezer?" I explained making homemade ice cream. He said that seems like a lot of work when you can just buy it in the store. I told him, if he ever had some homemade ice cream he would understand. Ha! I still find it hard to believe that a man 50+ years old had never tasted homemade ice cream let alone having never heard of it. Some people do live under a rock, I guess. Ha!

 

[480sparky]

This really reminded me of something that happened years ago. A fellow worker and I were on a business trip and I wanted to buy a White Mountain Ice Cream freezer ( I knew a local store in the area had the big models). Anyway, he said, "What's an ice cream freezer?" I explained making homemade ice cream. He said that seems like a lot of work when you can just buy it in the store. I told him, if he ever had some homemade ice cream he would understand. Ha! I still find it hard to believe that a man 50+ years old had never tasted homemade ice cream let alone having never heard of it. Some people do live under a rock, I guess. Ha!

About 5 years ago, my next-door-neighbor's grandson invited me to his 9th birthday party. Of course I was invited............. he wanted me to make my home-made ice cream for everyone there! He's a big fan of the concoctions I make with my freezer.

Anyway, I checked the shelter at the park they were planning on using for power, and they had it wired. So before the party really started, I arrived with all the fixings and fired up the freezer. Naturally, all the kiddies were fascinated by it, all eager to try 'real ice cream'.

Turned out, probably 3 out of 4 hated it. It was the biggest flop of the party. Paper bowls with dallops of ice cream with one or two small bites taken out of it sat melting on the table while they all went back for an extra helping of the half-dried-out chemically-laced store-bought cake.

Seems people these days are used to the crap coming out of the stores so much they don't recognize the good stuff when it's handed to them.

 

[cwgrizz]

About 5 years ago, my next-door-neighbor's grandson invited me to his 9th birthday party. Of course I was invited............. he wanted me to make my home-made ice cream for everyone there! He's a big fan of the concoctions I make with my freezer.

Anyway, I checked the shelter at the park they were planning on using for power, and they had it wired. So before the party really started, I arrived with all the fixings and fired up the freezer. Naturally, all the kiddies were fascinated by it, all eager to try 'real ice cream'.

Turned out, probably 3 out of 4 hated it. It was the biggest flop of the party. Paper bowls with dallops of ice cream with one or two small bites taken out of it sat melting on the table while they all went back for an extra helping of the half-dried-out chemically-laced store-bought cake.

Seems people these days are used to the crap coming out of the stores so much they don't recognize the good stuff when it's handed to them.

I think I know where things went wrong. You were using one of those new fangled electric freezers. You have to use a hand crank freezer. Put a towel on top of the freezer and let the kids take turns sitting on it and cranking it. It tastes so much better when you participate. Ha!

 

[480sparky]

I think I know where things went wrong. You were using one of those new fangled electric freezers. You have to use a hand crank freezer. Put a towel on top of the freezer and let the kids take turns sitting on it and cranking it. It tastes so much better when you participate. Ha!

When I was a kid, we always went to Gramma & Grampas for an autumn family gathering. One thing that was a given was the freezer in the basement. Back then, there were no electric ones. So the rule was: If you wanted ice cream, you either took your turn at the crank, or you went out to the garden and picked strawberries.

Most of my cousins immediately headed outside, leaving the adults to do 'the hard labor'. I always wanted to turn the crank because I hoped I would be the one cranking when the mix started to harden. I wanted to be 'the hero' by calling out, "Hey! It's ready!" But alas, that never happened.

Sure didn't diminish the taste of the ice cream and fresh-picked strawberries, though.

As for the party flop, it probably wouldn't have mattered if it were a hand-crank machine. They simply wanted something that was rock-hard and full of artificial flavors.

 

[Marilynne]

Back when I worked, I had to bring the home made ice cream to the pot luck luncheons and they wouldn't settle for anything but pistachio.

 

[Whiskeyman]

Well, since the expiration date is Oct 16, you need to eat it all up this month!!! Enjoy it!

WM