We all scream!
…For Ice Cream that is. Today my friend Jen and her son Cole (who had no school because of the snow) came over and we made home made ice cream with zip lock bags and snow! So fun and easy. In a quart size bag you put 2 Tbs of sugar, 1 tsp vanilla, 1 tsp of another flavor if you wish (maple pecan or chocolate espresso would be yummy) and 1 cup milk or half & half. Seal well and place in a gallon size zip lock bag. Add 1/2 cup of salt and 4 cups of snow (regular ice works fine too) and seal well again, so it’s all in the big bag but the inner bag is sealed off from the salty snow. Then just toss, mush, or drop repeatedly on the floor (Jude and Cole’s favorite method:) and in 5 to 10 minutes you will have ice cream! (Take out the inner sealed bag and wash off the salt/snow from the outside, then eat the ice cream inside the little bag- no snow or ice should be in there!)
Be careful. Snow is a “filter”. It filters out the gunk in the air - even if it looks clean.
We used to eat it as kids. I think that’s why my hair is falling out.
Comment by T_ski — February 1, 2008 @ 3:06 pm
I was kidding on the hair part.
Comment by T_ski — February 1, 2008 @ 3:08 pm
You don’t actually eat the snow and salt with the ice cream- I re-clarified at the end of the blog:) It’s like the old fashioned ice cream makers where the ice and salt on the outside freezes the milk mixture.
Comment by Jess — February 1, 2008 @ 6:51 pm
i wonder if this recipe would work just as well with soy milk…
it sounds yum - and fun too!!
Comment by auntie foo — February 1, 2008 @ 11:07 pm
I was wondering that too…it only takes a cup so if it doesn’t work not much waste- might be worth trying!:)
Comment by Jess — February 2, 2008 @ 8:40 am