Does This Bring back Summer Memories or What?

[launderess]

For those whom only know ice cream as something which comes from the frozen food/dairy section of the supermarket,you don't know what you are missing. For anyone whom has enjoyed homemade ice cream, no further explination is required.

Launderess

Pardon Our Interruption...

 

[drmitch]

Iscream

OOOhhh Yeaaahh! I remember Dad crankin on one of these when I was a kid. Great Icecream!

 

[Kevinpreston3]

I have my parents'...

old hand crank model. It still has remnants of a label on it, would have to go get it out of the attic to look at it.

It is wood and has metal reinforcing hoops that are a little corroded and need to be cleaned off. It also has the tank all wrapped up in plastic.

I remember using it a few times as a kid. It required alot of cranking, ice and salt! My mom and my older sister would actually cook the ice cream mix. I remember one time it was vanilla with huge chunks of Hershey's Almond Bar broken up in it. Delicious.

You can still get hand cranked and electric wood ones, but they are expensive. Heck, the used one in Laundress's link is pushing $150.

Here is some notes of caution if you are interested in Ice Cream makers.

Absolutely, positively do not buy Ice Cream Makers from Rival.

8 years ago I bought the one you add ice to. It broke the 2nd time I used it, but unfortunately, it was a year after I bought it. (how often does one use these). For fun I opened it up to find that the ENTIRE STIRRING MECHANISM hinged on a single tiny plastic gear that broke. Nice engineering.

I could not find another ice cream maker but Rival, so I bought a different model. This one worked fine a few times. Then I pulled it out to use it, and part of the metal inside had corroded through. Amazing. Just pure junk.

I have since bought a Cuisinart and have used it 4 times, including making Orange Sherbet (use double the sugar they tell you to, otherwise, blahhhhhhhhh!). It works fine and seems much sturdier.

Freaking Rival junk.

 

[jdinstl]

Mmmmmmmmmmmm.....

Launderess...please don't call that frozen foam in the supermarket ice cream...such a misnomor.

The term "vanilla" often means plain -- until you've had hand-cranked vanilla ice cream. It can't be described, it has to be experienced.

I'd like to second the condemnation of Rival -- unless you really like large, expensive paperweights.

John

 

[Kevinpreston3]

Potentially funny, or sad.....

I just looked at that auction, and was amazed I overlooked something.

Did you guys catch that this is the "Junior" model? It's 7" tall!!!! and this line, quote:

"Perfect for Cabinet display, or an accent piece for your Doll collection."

I think it is quite possible that someone paying $142 dollars for this is under the impression that this is a regular ice cream freezer!

Unless you read all the print, and the seller is NOT trying to mislead, you think its just one of the regular ice cream makers.

Or maybe the miniatures are worth that much, I don't know.

Thoughts?

 

[petek]

I caught it, no I don't think they are trying to mislead anyone. Take a look at the pic of the box with the hand turning the crank, it really is that small. You never know, sometimes working mini's are worth more than full sized.
I have a Waring ice cream maker I bought new some 20 odd years ago. It worked well and used plain table salt over rock salt but it's one of those things you use a few times and put away for good. Would make a neat little washer for dolly clothes though..hahahaha

 

[michaelman2]

Ice Cream Maker

That does bring back some great memories...Even the old electric chrun that my Granddad had I can still hear that loud motor straining to turn the paddle once the mixture started to freeze......

 

[maytagbear]

I like my Donvier, a great deal

Have to get it out and use it this season

KitchenAid has a new ice cream maker attachment, along the Donvier/Cusinart prefrozen container line.

Years ago, the KitchenAid ice cream maker was a real one--ice/salt, of about 4 quart capacity. I've been looking for one. (But not too hard).

One of the best things about homemade ice cream, sorbet, etc, is the flavours. I made a lemon-basil sorbet a few years ago, and it was very good. Right now, I am thinking lime-blueberry.

Lawrence/Maytagbear

 

[tolivac]

Yes remember the ice cream freezer-ours was a Kenmore from Sears and it was motorized-We all sat around watching it-and when the motor stalled-the ice cream was done!!you shut the machine off-opened it and enjoyed-the best part was who got to lick the dasher!!We made lots of fresh peach ice cream-was so good!! so much better than the dreck sold in stores.That ice cream truely melted in your mouth.The machine we had had a blue fiberglas tub and blue motor housing.

 

[kenmore1978]

ice cream makers

I have two ice cream makers, neither one the "usual" type everyone remembers. One is by Norelco and called the "Lickety Split" and consists of two cans in a plastic housing, that sits on a motorized base. Ice and salt are added as usual to create the cold. The other is called the "Ice Cream Machine" by Salton. It only makes about a pint at one time. It's unique in that you put in your freezer, with the cord dangling out the door, and a motor turns a fan that circulates the cold air over the outside of the can as well as rotates the dasher inside the can.

 

[Washinsheen]

Home made ice cream is the best!! I am one of two kids, and when I was growing up, my mom would ask the birthday person (my dad, sister or me) what kind of cake they wanted and what flavor of ice-cream. Then the cake would be made, and the requested ice-cream would be made with the hand cranked ice-cream freezer. In fact, for his birthday one year, my mom bought my dad a turquoise colored hand cranked freezer (the 1960's, don'cha know.) The ice-cream was great when it was ready, but it tasted even better to me the next day after it had been sitting in the refrigerator freezer!

In the summers, we would often have "Ice-Cream Suppers" through church. We'd all gather at a local park, and there would be countless numbers of ice-cream freezers sitting side by side, everywhere! And then there would be an array of cakes, cookies, brownies, and all kinds of things to make you sick....But we loved every minute of it!! It was fun tasting the different versions of an ice-cream flavor and comparing.