Making your own ice cream could keep you out of jail

News: 0 Comments; 14 May 2008 If 24-year-old Katherine Moon had all the supplies to make ice cream at home, she may not be facing criminal charges right now. ;-) Moon, while drunk, broke into an ice cream shop to make herself a cone. {Tags: drunk, funny, homemade} {More...}

A Camping We Will Go

News and Recipes: 0 Comments; 12 May 2008 Growing up I always enjoyed spending time camping with my family -- swimming, hiking, cooking over the campfire. It was always a wonderful time. Our coolers, of course, were filled to the brim with ice to keep everything cool. At the end of the trip, though, we always ended up having to dump all that ice out. Had I known you could make ice cream while camping, I would have suggested it to my parents so we could put that ice to good use (and so I could eat more ice cream)! You don't need electricity ... {Tags: camping, smores} {More...}

Go Green and News: 0 Comments; 08 May 2008 With all the talk of Haagen-Dazs creating ice cream to help save the dying honey bee population, one has to wonder how much buying a pint of Vanilla Honey Bee actually offsets the carbon footprint of making it. Click on the footprint to the left and calculate your carbon footprint. And while you're at it, consider how much you'd reduce your own carbon footprint if you made your ice cream at home. In a non electric ice cream maker. BE GREEN! The Play & Freeze can help you be more eco-friendly with your ice cream consumption! Since it requires no electricity, you ... {Tags: carbon footprint, GREEN, locally grown food, no electricity ice cream maker, play & freeze} {More...}

News: 1 Comment; 07 May 2008 LOS ANGELES (AP) — The man who helped build the 31-flavor craze at ice cream store Baskin-Robbins has died at age 90. Irvine Robbins died Monday at his home in Rancho Mirage, Calif. Daughter Marsha Veit says he had been in ill for some time. Generations of kids trooped to Baskin-Robbins stores to buy ice cream flavors like Pralines 'n Cream, Daiquiri Ice and Pink Bubblegum. Robbins opened his first ice cream store in Glendale, Calif., in December 1945, following his discharge from the Army. Robbins offered 21 flavors at that store. His brother-in-law, the late Burton Baskin, opened his own ice cream store ... {Tags: baskin robbins, fun} {More...}

News: 0 Comments; 02 May 2008 For those of you looking for the original Play & Freeze (makes 1 pint), we've just received our shipment of blue ones today! Get yours before they sell out again! {Tags: play & freeze} {More...}

News: 0 Comments; 24 Apr 2008 You know summer is fast approaching when you hear the melodious sound of the ice cream truck sauntering ever so slowly through unsuspecting neighborhoods exactly around supper time. As a child, the ice cream truck instilled both horror and uncontrollable excitement on my being as the haunting music played in the distance like the Pied-Piper! The ‘cheerful’ music belting from the ice cream truck would cause you to quickly stop what you were doing and run wildly towards your house screaming, “The ice cream truck is here, the ice cream truck is here!” Children would leap through sprinklers, sprint over ... {Tags: children, homemade, ice cream truck, mother} {More...}

News: 0 Comments; 23 Apr 2008 AAA has reported that the average gas price is now at $3.50/gallon. Ouch. Instead of driving to the local ice cream shoppe or grocery store, why not make your ice cream at home with ingredients you most likely picked up during your regular shopping trip? -Sugar (or sugar substitute) -Vanilla -Half and half (or milk or cream) It is really simple to make ice cream at home, so when you run out you can just whip up another batch without leaving the house! {More...}

News and Recipes: 1 Comment; 17 Apr 2008 Edy's is continuing their trend of making some dough off the popularity of American Idol. You can vote for one of the flavors to be the newest American Idol. Personally, the Mint Karaoke Cookie and Cheesecake Diva look yummy to me... however, I know they'll be packed with preservatives and fat and calories, oh my. Martha Stewart has a yummy mint chocolate chip gelato recipe on her site. Makes about 1 quart 2 1/2 cups whole milk 14 sprigs fresh mint 5 large egg yolks 2/3 cup sugar 1 cup heavy cream 1/4 teaspoon pure peppermint extract 4 ounces semisweet chocolate, chopped Directions In a medium saucepan, combine milk ... {Tags: american idol, cheesecake, gelato, mint} {More...}

News: 0 Comments; 04 Apr 2008 July is the National Ice Cream Month, but there are a few other ice cream oriented holidays you can celebrate: National Rocky Road Day -- June 2 Ice Cream Soda Day -- June 20 National Ice Cream Day (3rd Sunday in July) Creative Ice Cream Flavor Day -- July 1 National Strawberry Sundae Day -- July 7 National Peach Ice Cream Day -- July 17 National Vanilla Ice Cream Day ... {More...}

News: 0 Comments; 01 Apr 2008 This delicious collection includes everything needed to make your own minty ice cream! You get a GREEN Ice Cream Ball (MEGA size) with the following accessories: Haven's Premium Hot Fudge Sauce Haven's Premium Hostess Mints Sweet Bliss Homemade Ice Cream Containers Simply pour the ice cream ingredients in one end of the ball, ice and salt in the other and get shaking! Just before your ice cream is done, add crushed up mints to the mix and shake a bit more! When it's done you can top it off with smooth and creamy premium hot fudge! Mmmm! It's easy to make ice cream at ... {More...}