EPIC FAIL
So blogger.com is a bit silly and won't let both Madeline and I contribute to the same post from our two different accounts. Lame. So Lizzy will be writing in this font. And Madeline will be writing in this font.
Yesterday, Madeline and I attempted to make ice cream with her vintage ice cream maker she got as a birthday present from our parents. We decided to make Rocky Road (chocolate ice cream with marshmallows and pecans) and Ginger Peach ice creams. We had a recipe for the Rocky Road and a Peach ice cream recipe and we were just sort of winging it with the ginger part of things. We bought much dairy product at the grocery store and very peaches and even more ginger. Making the bases was super easy and they tasted delicious from our samplings. We took everything over to Madeline's friends' house, bought lots of ice and lots of salt and we were all set to get churning.
Such dairy. Wow. At first things seemed to be going great. We had alternating layers of ice and salt and were churning away. Then we got worried because we felt like the inside paddle was not turning. We checked, and indeed it was not. We managed to fix this issue by putting a plate into the bottom of the bucket to raise the metal canister by about an inch. That worked for a while, but then the latch that holds the handle tore out of the side of the bucket, and we were pretty much done for.
We salvaged our efforts by sending two people to the grocery store to by vanilla ice cream. We used the chocolate ice cream base as chocolate sauce and topped everything off with marshmallows, chocolate chips, and pecans. Still yummy, but disappointing that there was no homemade ice cream. If I can buy a comparably sized wooden bucket I think I can attach all of the metal parts to the new bucket, so not all is lost.
With the left over peach base to make peach dreamsicle sort of things. We are going to run to the store and buy popsicle sticks, pour the peach ginger base into dixie cups and freeze! I'm sure these creations will taste wonderful.
And as one should do, I guess we learned some "life lessons" from this experience. We learned about patience, creativity, team work, and flexibility. But most importantly we learned that a bunch of heavy cream, sweetened condensed milk and cocoa powder tastes pretty good even if it is all liquidy. However, I think I might have already known that.
Yesterday, Madeline and I attempted to make ice cream with her vintage ice cream maker she got as a birthday present from our parents. We decided to make Rocky Road (chocolate ice cream with marshmallows and pecans) and Ginger Peach ice creams. We had a recipe for the Rocky Road and a Peach ice cream recipe and we were just sort of winging it with the ginger part of things. We bought much dairy product at the grocery store and very peaches and even more ginger. Making the bases was super easy and they tasted delicious from our samplings. We took everything over to Madeline's friends' house, bought lots of ice and lots of salt and we were all set to get churning.
Such dairy. Wow. At first things seemed to be going great. We had alternating layers of ice and salt and were churning away. Then we got worried because we felt like the inside paddle was not turning. We checked, and indeed it was not. We managed to fix this issue by putting a plate into the bottom of the bucket to raise the metal canister by about an inch. That worked for a while, but then the latch that holds the handle tore out of the side of the bucket, and we were pretty much done for.
We salvaged our efforts by sending two people to the grocery store to by vanilla ice cream. We used the chocolate ice cream base as chocolate sauce and topped everything off with marshmallows, chocolate chips, and pecans. Still yummy, but disappointing that there was no homemade ice cream. If I can buy a comparably sized wooden bucket I think I can attach all of the metal parts to the new bucket, so not all is lost.
With the left over peach base to make peach dreamsicle sort of things. We are going to run to the store and buy popsicle sticks, pour the peach ginger base into dixie cups and freeze! I'm sure these creations will taste wonderful.
And as one should do, I guess we learned some "life lessons" from this experience. We learned about patience, creativity, team work, and flexibility. But most importantly we learned that a bunch of heavy cream, sweetened condensed milk and cocoa powder tastes pretty good even if it is all liquidy. However, I think I might have already known that.
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