Ice Cream=LOVE

For those of you with the problems of filings in your ice cream...take a thick piece of plastic (not saran wrap), cut it to about 2" larger than the diameter of the stainless freezer and after you've placed your ice cream mixture and the paddles in, push the middle of the plastic over the center piece and press down the lid. I did this just this past Sunday, my FAVORITE Mother-In-Law's birthday, and it came out perfect.

Homemade ice cream is not like the commercial stuff, it has to be handled with care. YES, it melts quicker, YES, it is thin when it melts...this is because it doesn't have all that JUNK in it that the store bought crap does. So, after you crank until it's stiff and I mean STIFF...pack the bucket with fresh ice and salt and cover the top with towels and let it 'ripen' for about 30-45 min.. THEN, when you take it out of the container, place it into your freezer ASAP. Then serve, believe me, if you prepare your mixture right and put in the elbow grease...your infantren will love you forever.

The recipe I use is a cooked, double-vanilla, custard that my great, grand-mother passed down to my Aunts and my Mother...I should quit my day job, it's richer than Rockefeller, King Solomon, Bill Gates and Warren Buffett...COMBINED, what a treat.

[Tuesday, August 05, 2008]

contaminated ice cream.

I didn't pay attention to the advice from some of these reviewers who stated they had issues with metal filings in their ice cream from corroded parts, and now I'm regretting it!

It's true. I went ahead and made my purchase for $150.00 with high hopes for this ice cream maker. I cleaned all the parts except for the hand crank itself when I first got it, and went ahead and attempted to make a batch of vanilla ice cream. The batch ended up getting pitched because I had noticed a black powder forming on the cannister lid and when I opened it, I discovered that the powder had gone into the ice cream. I took apart the entire hand crank to clean out the black powder and dried it well. My husband even fashioned a balloon contraption to cover the gap in the lid so nothing could go into the ice cream, but on my second batch it happened again and despite our efforts, the ice cream ended up being contaminated with the metal powder again.

The hand crank parts are made of cast iron, and it has a bumpy texture and when it is cranked, and the gears turn they rub against each other causing the bumps on the metal to be scraped off into a fine powder, which then travels down the dasher into the cream. Also, after using it the first time I cleaned and dried all the parts as instructed, but when I went to assemble it for the second batch, I noticed that the dasher itself had rust spots already.

I don't know why this company manufactures this product with such sensitive and impractical materials. I called the manufacturing co. and talked to customer service, and while they were very polite and wanting to make the situation better, their response to me was that they acknowledge this problem only happening with a very old machine or one that has been used too much....clearly this product isn't tested for quality assurance.

Beware if you own or are thinking of owning this product! You may not have noticed any metal powder/filings in your ice cream, but wipe your finger around the lid of the cannister next time and inside the hand crank part to see if it comes out black. I am returning this machine for a refund and will look elsewhere for a hand crank machine.

[Wednesday, April 30, 2008]

Ice Cream

The ice cream freezer worked well. The recipe for the basic vanilla is not good use only a pinch of salt not 1 tablespoon

[Monday, July 23, 2007]

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