What's on my mind? Ice Cream!

United States
July 30, 2016 7:30am CST
I have been thinking about ice cream recently...not store-bought - home made ice cream. We have a Cuisinart Ice Cream Maker and I'm going to dust it off and put it to work! We went to the local store yesterday and bought the milk and heavy cream so as soon as I can get my mojo moving I'll be mixing up the concoction that will turn into heavenly chocolate ice cream. I'll worry about what's for dinner later, ice cream is more important right now. Photo: pixabay.com/en/ice-cream-cream-sweet-chocolate-346907/
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@fishtiger58 (29823)
• Momence, Illinois
30 Jul 16
Sounds good I should dust off my ice cream maker too.
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• United States
30 Jul 16
I'm surprised I knew where the recipe book was it's been so long.
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• United States
30 Jul 16
@fishtiger58 Yes I know that, but the recipes in the book are those we've tried and liked. I'm too fussy about food to mess around!
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@fishtiger58 (29823)
• Momence, Illinois
30 Jul 16
@AbbyGreenhill And you can always find ice cream recipes online. I do so love online lol.
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@Drosophila (16573)
• Ireland
30 Jul 16
I can't over indulge... me and lactose yuck
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• United States
30 Jul 16
I hear you...I can only eat ice cream some days, other days it makes me sick.
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@Drosophila (16573)
• Ireland
30 Jul 16
@AbbyGreenhill so did you get it done? I do sorbet much better
@Blondie2222 (28611)
• United States
30 Jul 16
Sounds yummy, I've tried homemade icecream before and sure is delicious. I have icecream in my freezer but i am craving brownies.
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@Blondie2222 (28611)
• United States
31 Jul 16
@AbbyGreenhill it sure is yum
• United States
31 Jul 16
Ice cream on top of a brownie is the way to go.
• United States
30 Jul 16
Homemade ice cream sounds yummy but I usually resort to store bought! Though there's an ice cream spot that just opened and I want to visit it. It's made with nitrogen or something I forgot!
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• United States
30 Jul 16
@AbbyGreenhill That's a far drive! I am going wait for the hype to go down to visit as the store just opened this week. It's about a 15 minute drive for me.
• United States
30 Jul 16
I saw a place in PA that is owned by Amish and they make the ice cream with nitrogen. Way cool! It would take us an hour to get to an ice cream shop..
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@Jessicalynnt (50525)
• Centralia, Missouri
31 Jul 16
I want to do this, so I can make it lower sugared for me.
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• United States
31 Jul 16
You can probably use 'fake' sugar too. Recipe is only 1/2 cup which isn't much overall.
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• Centralia, Missouri
1 Aug 16
@AbbyGreenhill that's not bad, I BET the stevia baking mix or something might work. need an ice cream maker though
@miniam (9154)
• Bern, Switzerland
30 Jul 16
Looks very good. It`s hot here,time for icecream but l ate too much of it recently so im taking a break.Im not able to stop till the container is empty so im not buyiing for now.I prefer to buy the bigger container,lying to myself that it will last the month till l have my salary again but it never does.
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• United States
30 Jul 16
I usually buy Magnum bars, you get six so that lasts me almost a week.
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@miniam (9154)
• Bern, Switzerland
30 Jul 16
@AbbyGreenhill Then you`re not icecream eater/lover or you can say no and mean no.6 magnum bars will not last a day here.
@shaggin (71704)
• United States
30 Jul 16
Do you have to pack salt around it in the ice cream maker? Having to buy salt is what keeps me from buying those ice cream machines. At $3 a half gallon buying it at the store is cheaper.
@shaggin (71704)
• United States
30 Jul 16
@AbbyGreenhill Heavy whipping cream is pretty expensive its almost $5 for a quart of it here.
• United States
30 Jul 16
No - no salt involved. The ice cream I buy in the store is way more than $3. This cost a cup of milk and two cups of heavy cream - not expensive at all. I had the rest of the ingredients.
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• United States
31 Jul 16
@shaggin You only need a pint and I think it was $3.85 a pint at the local store which is higher priced than a big chain.
@toniganzon (72279)
• Philippines
30 Jul 16
right, worry about dinner later! Hope you could share to all of us your chocolate ice cream.
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• United States
30 Jul 16
I think it would melt by the time it got to you@toniganzon
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@toniganzon (72279)
• Philippines
30 Jul 16
@AbbyGreenhill for sure but you could send them in a freezer storage lol
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@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
30 Jul 16
I have never made homemade ice cream but I can well imagine it is vastly superior to anything sold in the store.
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• United States
30 Jul 16
It sure is, only pure ingredients - but then again Bryers uses only pure ingredients too.
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@LeaPea2417 (36783)
• Toccoa, Georgia
30 Jul 16
That reminds me of when my oldest son was a toddler. We had an electric ice cream machine and we would make ice cream. It was a fun treat to make and enjoy. It has been years since I have eaten homemade.
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• United States
30 Jul 16
We made chocolate using cocoa powder which isn't my favorite kind of chocolate. Next time cherry for me!
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@amadeo (111942)
• United States
30 Jul 16
we had another Ice cream lunch the other day.We loved it.
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• United States
30 Jul 16
If I ate it for lunch I'd be done for the day - I eat my sweets in the evening.
@HazySue (39264)
• Gouverneur, New York
30 Jul 16
@AbbyGreenhill I will be right over. I love ice cream. Right now a big bowl of it would feel good on my throat.
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• United States
30 Jul 16
OK, come on over we will be digging into it in a few hours.
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@HazySue (39264)
• Gouverneur, New York
30 Jul 16
@AbbyGreenhill all right.
@Deepizzaguy (96528)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
30 Jul 16
Ice cream of the trio color kind and cookies would make a superb snack.
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• Jakarta, Indonesia
31 Jul 16
I also enjoy to eat ice cream.... My favorite food all the time.... I like the vanilla and chocolate ice cream so much, until I buy it everyday from the store near my house...
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• United States
31 Jul 16
It sounds like you are a true ice cream lover.
@stringer321 (5643)
• Kiryat Ata, Israel
30 Jul 16
I remember responding to a discussion I thought it was real. The discussion title was- I'm addicted to ice cream. The discussion starter told me it was just a parody and it was so funny. I want an ice cream machine to make myself ice cream from healthy ingredients like a banana, palms, nuts... It will be so cool to eat and share it with friends and family. Just thinking about it makes me drill. I just want the machine to be good with a lot of warranty. I don't want the machine to get broken after a year, like my Prizma smartphone. One month after the end of the warranty, it started to be unresponsive with the touch screen. That's another story though.
• Kiryat Ata, Israel
31 Jul 16
@AbbyGreenhill What do you mean heavy duty ? I guess it is more stable and less complicated than a smartphone, but, who knows. Can you recommend me about a good ice cream machine ?
• United States
30 Jul 16
Anything you buy you take a chance of it not working - a think an ice cream maker is more heavy duty than a phone!
• Philippines
30 Jul 16
Wow! I love chocolate ice cream,too.
• United States
30 Jul 16
I think many people like chocolate best.
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@hereandthere (45651)
• Philippines
31 Jul 16
we don't have ice cream makers but i found a coffee ice cream recipe online just whisking cream, condensed milk and instant coffee which i will try. and i agree. sometimes a treat is just the 2nd wind you need.
@LadyDuck (463356)
• Switzerland
31 Jul 16
I used my ice cream machine to make frozen yogurt yesterday. Today I plan to make a vanilla ice cream, home made it's so good.
@JohnRoberts (109848)
• Los Angeles, California
30 Jul 16
You should be arrested for torturing us with that photo lol!!!!
• United States
30 Jul 16
I wish mine would look like that photo LOL...It will just be in a normal dish nothing fancy.
@josie_ (9793)
• Philippines
30 Jul 16
I enjoy food that is home made, but isn't it going to a lot of trouble to make your own ice cream and cost wise more expensive than the commercially produce?
• United States
30 Jul 16
Trouble, no - the machine does the work Cost, more yes Effort - worth it for sure
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