handmade ice cream

A recent question on the Spark People Breast cancer survivors team was about your favorite ice cream. Mine isn't a flavor, but an experience.
We used to live near Woods Hole MA, and for a few years they had an annual town festival. A couple of times my husband and I and another couple made hand-cranked fresh fruit ice cream. We made about four freezers full beforehand, and had another four going all afternoon. The little kids would get a free taste if they cranked for a while. It was so much fun! And delicious! I think the best might have been real peach.

Then, near where we live now, a little park used to have a fourth-of-July picnic. At least one year they had the kids making their own ice cream in ziplock baggies. You put your ingredients in a pint size. Then you put that bag and ice and salt in a gallon size bag. Then you mash on it. It's magic! I don't remember it being quite so delicious, but the kids will never forget it.