subject: Ice Cream Makers [print this page] Make Your Own Ice Cream Make Your Own Ice Cream
So, it seems perhaps summer is finally here - why not make your own creamy, cold ice cream, sorbet or frozen yoghurt?
Today, you can buy ready-made ice cream from just about anywhere, but that wasn't the case a 100 years ago. If you wanted ice cream, you pretty much had to make it yourself. So, is it better and cheaper to make yourself using a quality Kitchen Appliance?
Both brought in or home-made options have pros and cons. With shop-bought ice cream, you get convenience. With homemade, you know exactly what is going into your product, and you can have any flavor you want - from rum and raisin, mint, chocolate or fresh fruit - your imagination can run wild! When comparing it is important to do it like - some of the very inexpensive commercially produced ones barely contain milk, let alone cream, so for cost comparison, ice creams that are similar to homemade such as Haagen-Dazs, Ben & Jerrys are best.
Experiments have shown that depending upon the amount and frequency of your production it is likely that making ice cream at home will be more expensive. However, factored into this is the initial cost of the maker itself. Once this has worked through over time it could be that the production cost will be less than a third of quality shop purchased ice cream.
Making ice cream at home can also be a family affair, it is a safe way of introducing children to the kitchen environment and could also encourage them to do the washing-up!
Why not combine home ice cream and sorbet making with growing your own fruit? This is another way of involving the younger members of the family in the kitchen and home making arts. You should always use a quality discount kitchen appliance for best results.
Strawberry, raspberry are easy to grow and maintain. With a little enterprise even more exotic fruits can be grown in even a small confined space.
For example strawberries; using containers to grow strawberries means ease of preparation. Also it has the advantage of taking up a lot less space, great if you don't have a lot of space. However there are also some disadvantages namely you cannot grow as many plants so you will get a smaller crop and watering can be difficult.
Whatever container you use there always needs to be a layer of drainage material in the bottom, this can be stones etc. Also if you are using a tall vertical container there needs to be a central core of drainage material running up through the middle. Ideally this will be provided by using a wire mesh tube filled with hardcore, alternatively you can use a piece of plastic downpipe with holes drilled into it filled with hardcore.
Whatever you grow and wherever you grow it, you can be sure it will compliment your home made frozen treat perfectly.
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