Ice Cream and LOTS of snow!

What do you do, when you are sent a LOT of snow, and have some extra cream on hand, and have a homemade ice cream social coming up, and you want to try new recipes, and. . .

So, we got dumped on, again!  (It sure is pretty, though!). And now, we have a lot of wind, they say up to 50 miles/hour!!  That makes for some serious drifts!!

Here is a picture of the drift out our back patio.  I used a 4 foot ruler (it’s old), and measured earlier today, and it was 34 1/2 inches.

I just measured now, and here is the drift!!

46 1/4 inches!!!!

And here is out the front door.  We just had plowed the sidewalk, but the wind just blows it all over.

The snow is right up against the door.  

Enough snow pictures, right??  Ideally, when you make homemade ice cream, you need lots of ice and rock salt.  I used up the ice from the ice maker, and then, we topped it off with snow.  Snow works, but ice is much better.  Having a lot of snow works in a pinch, it just takes a bit more time.

 Here is our ice cream maker.  This makes a LOT of ice cream!  Usually about 4 quarts.  But, this time, I made 2 quarts (it seemed so small!!!)  I am trying out new recipes for the homemade ice cream social coming up in March.

Here we are looking down into where the ice/rock salt/snow goes.

                                              

with the motor removed:

Looking at the ice cream:

Pouring that yummy, vanilla goodness into an ice cream pail:

This is the paddle that churns the ice cream inside the long, metal canister:

The finished product!

  We placed the 2 quarts into a freezer to cure (harden).  You can eat it this way, but it is very soft.  

Tonight, we are having homemade vanilla ice cream along with homemade fudge sauce and homemade butterscotch sauce.  We will also eat some homemade cherry ice cream.  We aren't too thrilled with the cherry ice cream, and will be trying out a new recipe in the near future.  It's a tough job, but someone has to do it!!  I don't think the family minds trying out the different flavors.

Here is my Amazon affiliate link for the 4 Quart Rival Ice Cream Maker

Mine is quite a few years old, so, this one will look a bit different than mine.  They do last!

The only down side I can see, is it is rather loud.  Just so you are aware.  But, you do not have to do the cranking, and it is easy.  The other downside is you need ice (or snow!) and rock salt.

I do have my eye on an ice cream machine that doesn't need rock salt and ice.  You freeze the chamber, and then make the ice cream in that.  IF I get one, I will be sure to try it out and let you know what I think of it!