Monday, January 12, 2015

Homemade Ice Cream–2 Ways

Last Friday we made ice cream. 
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I borrowed an ice cream making kit from our district’s resource centre.
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We added milk, cream, sugar and frozen blueberries.  This is the first time I’ve used this machine and I made a mistake.  We measured all the ingredients right into the frozen cylinder instead of mixing them together first then pouring them in.
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When we measured the sugar in, some of it stuck to the walls and our paddle wouldn’t turn in a full circle.
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We stirred it the best we could, it didn't completely freeze but still was delicious.

This morning we made ice cream again but using plastic ziploc bags.
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We sat in a circle while I showed them the materials and ingredients we needed.  First was the bag of ice with kosher salt.  We all took a turn feeling it and decided it was really cold and felt hard.
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Next was a smaller bag of milk (I already added some sugar and vanilla).  We took turns feeling it and it felt cold but soft.  I gave them the word liquid and told we were going to turn it into a solid.
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The small bag of milk went into the big ziploc bag of ice, then we took turns shaking it.  The children wore mitts because the bag was very cold.
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We went all around the circle then we stood up and passed it around the circle shaking it some more. 
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The water from the ice started to come out because the outer ziploc bag ripped.
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It was time to check if we had ice cream.  Surprisingly it only took about five minutes of shaking for the ice cream to form.
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            I had little spoons so everyone could have a taste.