first batch

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The thought of homemade ice cream will always remind me of hiking up an alpine hill, looking out over meadow flowers, cranking a barrel full of cream, sugar, ice and salt we'd dragged up with us for an eternity (both the dragging and the cranking,) muttering a few expletives, and finally dishing up the sloppy mess and inhaling it before it melted

Comments

[yankee_in_texas]

Ooh, it looks good.

Homemade ice cream is so good. I've found that if I actually follow the recipes I've found, it is incredibly rich, so much so that small portions are plenty. And on the other hand, if I cut the cream and up the milk, it is not so rich and correspondingly healthier to munch, but still delicious.

Mya fave so far is to heat cream/milk, pour it over broken bits of 70% cocoa dark chocolate, cool in the fridge. Then make what is essentially frozen chocolate mousse. I don't remember what the other ingreds are as I've made it only once, but dagnabbit is it good.

[photosprout]

I'm itchy to try out a whole bunch of things! That does sound pretty good.

[leakyandsnort]

as much as I love ice cream - HOLY MOLEY, it is totally overshadowed by that GIANT LITTLE GIRL of yours! When did that happen???

[photosprout]

Who, her? Oh, she's just standing on a chair. I don't even know how tall she is because she is *always* standing on chairs.

But yeah. Damn, she is getting big. I mean, her birthday is coming up and she'll be three. That is unpossible!

[battleaxe4real]

oh. YUM. looks far better than anything you'd get at a store! and your kids -- holy cow, they're absolutely adorable!! they're gonna love this new tradition...

[sparksgalore]

My goodness but the kiddos look mighty intent. Look at their focus! I'm glad you're loving this new hobby -- may it be marvelously fun and yummy. And only increase the quality but not the quantity of your sweets intake!