Incredible Ice Cream : The 'How to Cook' Blog

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Incredible Ice Cream

Posted by Kimberly on Aug - 23 - 2007 with 0 Comment

I scream. You scream. We All scream for Ice Cream! Who doesn’t like Ice Cream? Is that even possible?

Well, I’ve been on vacation, but I still want to give you some good information while I’m getting some R&R.

What better to talk about than Ice Cream? Check out this great recipe and method. We can do this at our cottage this week! Enjoy!

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How to Make Ice Cream
By Sean Brown

Many people don’t realize that ice cream has been around for a long, long time! Way before the invention of electricity, ice cream can be traced back to 4000 BC. In the 1st century AD the Roman Emperor Nero (yes, like the software) had ice brought down from the mountains and combined it with fruit toppings.

As you can see ice cream has a rich and flavorsome history and has been around for a while, but how do you make ice cream?

This is the basic premise of how to make ice cream. This recipe is the basis for a huge number of ice cream recipes online. The best thing about it is that all the ingredients and things you need are very easy to obtain. A great way to waste a half hour!

Ingredients:

1 tablespoon sugar
½ cup milk, cream, or half and half
¼ teaspoon vanilla extract (or other flavoring)
6 tablespoons rock salt (available at any supermarket)*
Enough ice to fill the gallon-sized bag halfway
1 gallon-sized Ziploc bag
1 pint-sized Ziploc bag

Directions:

1. Big bag. Take your big bag (1 gallon) and fill it half way with ice and add in the salt. Shake it up a bit so the salt mixes through.

2. Little bag. Find a bowl and pour in the milk or cream or milk-cream mix, and your vanilla extract, mix together then carefully pour this into your small bag (1 pint).

3. Bag ‘em n tag ‘em. Make sure the small bag is sealed then place it inside the big bag, surrounding it in ice.

4. Shake like mad! Now the fun part, shake the big bag vigorously for five minutes. This is where having kids comes in handy!

Congratulations you’ve just learned how to make ice cream!

Tips:

Using cans/tins instead of bags makes it easier to shake, finding a big enough tin can be difficult though.
Milk will wield a thinner, lower calorie ice cream whereas thicker creams will produce a rich smoother ice cream.
You can replace vanilla extract with virtually any flavor you like. Honey, chocolate chips, nuts, mint, even peanut butter! Go crazy and invent your own ice cream flavors!

*If you positively cannot find rock salt then table salt will also work. The bigger the salt crystals the better.

Article by Sean Brown of How to make ice cream, a blog all about ice cream and how to make it!

Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Sean_Brown
http://EzineArticles.com/?How-to-Make-Ice-Cream&id=694624

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I just love ice cream, and I cannot wait to try this, and experiment with flavors! I hope you enjoyed it.

Eat Deliciously,

Kimberly Edwards