One Clear Dot

I baked a cherry pie and an apple pie. Now, I need vanilla ice cream.

I’m too stubborn at this point to pay the prices being charged for a quart and a half of Breyers or Edys. I like Blue Bell, but it’s usually more expensive than the other two. I won’t buy store brand or other brands that use a lot of unnecessary crap. I want cream, milk, sugar, vanilla, and that’s it.

So, I am making my own. My ice cream maker is out in the garage, but I don’t feel like going out for ice and messing with the rock salt. My old Donvier ice cream freezer is in a box out there somewhere, but the canister needs at least overnight to freeze. I ended up putting together the ingredients into a gallon zipper bag and tossing it in the freezer. That’ll work OK.

On a side note, I looked online and they still make the Donvier ice cream freezers. I bought mine back in 1986, I think. Still the same technology.

However, I think this has all finally driven me to look for an electric ice cream freezer that does not need ice. I am behind the times when it comes to ice cream gadgets. Heck, I’d still use the wooden hand-crank ice cream maker my dad has if I could, but that is just an output of unnecessary energy.

Posted on September 6th, 2008 by onecleardot
Filed under: Home Life