"jacqui{JB}" > wrote in message
. dk...
> "Dee Randall" > wrote in message
> ...
>
>> I'm considering buying the book, The Ultimate Ice
>> Cream Book by Bruce Weinstein (ISBN 0-688-16149-9)
>> as I checked it out from the library and it looks more
>> 'standard' to me.
>>
>> Have you made anything from it, and what is the one
>> that you like or recommend?
>
> I made one of the chocolate ice creams a couple of years ago, which was
> when
> I discovered that my ice cream maker wasn't working anymore. The
> mixture was great, even though it never got properly frozen. I haven't
> tried anything else, 'cause I'm still debating the relative merits of
> replacement machines. The most commonly available machines here have
> either
> a bowl which has to be kept in the freezer or a tablet which sits in the
> bottom of the bowl which needs to go into the freezer before it can be
> used -- neither of which have a particularly large capacity, perhaps a
> quart. Another option is to spring the big bucks for a self-contained
> unit,
> but the capacity in those is ridiculously small -- about a pint -- which
> makes the output disproportionately expensive.
>
> I was looking at White Mountain ice cream freezers this morning --
> http://www.brm-icecream.com/index.htm -- and wondering if I could get my
> mom
> in California to accept delivery and then forward it on to me here in DK.
> A
> four-quart, electric machine would be just about right. I have a
> step-down
> converter to handle the voltage issues, so I'd just have to come up with a
> source for ice (which might also be a problem, since I've never seen ice
> in
> bags here ...).
>
> Trials and tribulations of living in a "furrin" place, I tell you. I'm
> only
> slightly bitter.
>
> But I ramble. Yes, I recommend the Ultimate Ice Cream Book. Many of the
> recipes sound really good. And I'm a big fan of the Ben & Jerry's book,
> too.
>
> -j
>
I have a new Cuisinart ice cream maker, but will bring it out this summer to
begin to make a few ice creams, as I will have available proper cream/milk
for it (unpasteurized). I will probably buy the Ultimate book, maybe this
week.
I had the White Mountain years ago. For some reason I hated spending time
getting the salt ready, buying it, all that money for salt, etc., then I
bought the Donvier, which I hated. Actually I'm not expecting anything out
of the Cuisinart that I didn't get from the Donvier except with the Donvier
I had to hand-crank it.
All the caveats of making ice cream, to me, are a bore. Eventually I'll
probably break down and spend the big bucks for a good ice cream maker if
the new cream/milk works out for us. I don't expect to do anything too soon
tho.
Thanks for the chat.
PS, I think the White Mountain price is a little high priced. I think the
wooden (or is it plastic now) bucket is for nostalgic reasons; makes you
think you're in Vermont? I think this thing could be priced more
realistically at $89-99, but that's just me; and you'd probably never find
it. By the time you pay shipping a couple of times, you're talking money.
Dee Dee