Comments on: Vintage style ice cream churns

By: MidCent Keith

MidCent Keith — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 19:35:38 +0000

I recently found a manual ice cream maker atop a dumpster at a local charity shop .. apparently they didn’t think anyone would buy it. It looks like its from the 1960’s (aqua) and originally sold at JC Pennys. I have a pic posted on flickr:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/28718267@N06/3574228468/
I’ve never had homemade ice cream (made in one’s home), but maybe from what you all are saying, it’s worth the effort!

By: pam kueber

pam kueber — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 16:04:01 +0000

Man, I am SO MAKING ice cream this weekend!

By: Femme1

Femme1 — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 15:57:22 +0000

One of my fondest memories is our Sunday family get-togethers in the summer at my dad and his brothers’ hunting camp in the mountains of Pennsylvania. We’d stop in our ‘54 Pontiac to pick up a huge (it seemed to me) block of ice in the trunk of the car, and then head to the camp. My uncle had the White Mountain cranker and he’s start the ice cream while my Italian grandmother and aunts would set out the rigatoni and lasagna. Yum.

By: lynz

lynz — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 02:52:35 +0000

Very awesome and odd that I actually picked up a modern ice cream maker yesterday and used it last night, (The one day of the year, i didn’t go to RR.com) Going to look in storage this weekend for an old yellow and wood one i saw in there, bc the new item seems flimsy.

By: pam kueber

pam kueber — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 22:43:50 +0000

Sablemable, what a nice memory! Hmmm. Anything harder to do – makes a better story, a better memory. Like: Hand-churned ice cream. And: retro renovating!

By: pam kueber

pam kueber — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 22:42:02 +0000

An excellent point, Maria. Teens also are fascinated by things that aren’t digital. And also, that are super-homemade. The teens go nutso and think I’m the very best mom ever in the history of the world when I make homemade ice cream. I don’t mind a bit. In fact, I really have come to believe that “the family” and “childhood” is built on just these kinds of little touches. In addition to the big important things, that is.

By: Maria Stahl

Maria Stahl — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 15:33:29 +0000

Hand-crank models are excellent for gatherings where there will be a bunch of teens. They have endless cranking power and it keeps them out of trouble. ) They’ll crank forever if they know they’ll get ice cream out of the deal!

By: sablemable

sablemable — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 15:03:14 +0000

Hand-churned ice cream was such a treat when I was growing up! I believe Mom had a White Mountain churn. When the electric models came out, she bought one and sold the manual churn in a yard sale.
I recently bought an electric churn to use inside (no salt or ice needed) where one has to put the stainless steel insert into the freezer to get cold. It makes good ice cream, but it doesn’t compare to the hand-churn models.