 Good Old Fashioned Ice-Cream-Making Fun! |
| Review Date: June 20, 2000 |
| Reviewer: Kelley, Los Angeles, CA |
| My husband bought this ice cream maker for our anniversary present. We tried it out right away and made strawberry/oreo ice cream and it was delicious! The recipes included in the instruction manual surely rival Ben and Jerry's! When he first brought the ice cream maker home I was worried that it would be noisy because you actually crank it by hand. However, once you get the ice all packed in inside, it is very quiet! It's not difficult to crank and it only took us about 25 minutes from the time we poured the recipe in until the time it was firm enough to eat and enjoy! I was impressed. The ice cream maker is also nice looking. It is a reddish brown wood and it washes well inside. Once you are done making the ice cream, you can transfer it into a container of your own, or you can just place the inner container that comes with the ice cream maker directly into the freezer. We have to transfer it into a tupperware because our freezer is too small. However, most normal refridgerator/freezers could hold the inner container. I would definately recommend this product as way to make delicious ice cream. It it a process that everyone in the family can participate in. My husband said he bought it because he had such great memories of his family making homemade icecream. I am certain that tradition will continue in our family now too! |
Easy And Delicious
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| Review Date: July 25, 2000 |
| Reviewer: , |
| I was a bit reluctant to purchase this ice cream maker. I had previously spent about fourty dollars on a cheaper model put out by another company. The ice cream came out lumpy, and often was difficult or noisy to make. This model, however, was well worth the money. The ice cream was quick and easy to make. Easy enough, infact, that even kids can help out. This makes it a perfect summertime activity for those kids who seem to have tried everything. It's even easy to clean up one you finish. Best of all, it tastes delicious. |
A True Old-Reliable
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| Review Date: July 4, 2001 |
| Reviewer: revkev, OK |
| When I was a teenager my dad sold these freezers in his hardware store. This freezer makes great ice cream and with reasonable care will last at 30 (that's right 30) years. Once in awhile we would order minor small parts for people who had inherited White Mountain freezers from their grandparents. If you don't mind crankin' and doing things a little more slowly, this is the freezer for you. |
Ice Cream=LOVE
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| Review Date: August 5, 2008 |
| Reviewer: Kevin Buckner, Washington, DC |
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 children 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. |
fun to work with a lot of rewards
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| Review Date: July 22, 2005 |
| Reviewer: Full Fat with All The Sugar, Oregon |
| I bought this for my son's 4th birthday party because none of my neighbors or friends had one I could borrow. I'm glad we bought it! The instructions are easy to follow - very easy - and children enjoy cranking away, taking turns, chatting, maybe even learning a little bit of science, all while anticipating ice cream. 25 minutes, that's IT. The recipe we tried over and over again was plain ol' French vanilla, but if you do not want to plan ahead (you cook and then chill the egg based recipes overnight), there are non-egg recipes you can pour together and start cranking right away. I made hand crank ice cream as a Vermont kid who attended umpteen years of camp at the marvelous Merck Forest in Rupert Vermont; this ice cream maker did bring back fond memories. We'll be using this ice cream maker for each of our birthdays - a new family tradition has begun. As for the nay-sayer who complained of soft alloy leaving black flecks; I haven't seen a single fleck in my ice cream. It might help to follow the instruction manual which states to cover the top of the canister with wax paper if you choose to harden the ice cream in the canister/bucket rather than transferring the ice cream to another container for freezing. I will agree the canister could be made of something more substantial but I am fairly positive the canister will last for years. |
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