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From: anita@utastro.UUCP (Anita Cochran)
Newsgroups: net.cooks
Subject: Re: Ice Cream Machines
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Date: Mon, 13-Jan-86 11:19:16 EST
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Posted: Mon Jan 13 11:19:16 1986
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Organization: U. Texas, Astronomy, Austin, TX
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Summary: works in freezer, no ice

We have an ice cream freezer that works (with electricity) in your freezer
and doesn't use ice or it's own freezer unit.  It is made by "Salton"
and comes in chocolate brown or strawberry pink.  You make the mixture
as normal, put it in the cannister along with the dasher, place the cannister
in the machine and then place the machine in the freezer.  The cord comes out
through the flexible freezer seal.  The cord has a protected stretch for this
purpose and does not seem to alter the seal by very much so no problems
with cold leakage.  You plug in the ice cream machine and let it crank
till it stalls (or 2 hours).  We have used it many times and it makes
ice cream which is as good as any other machine.  The unit is not very large
so it doesn't take up much room.  Actually, this is its only drawback
since it makes only 1 quart at a time and most recipes make a half gallon
or more.  As with all ice cream freezers, when the motor stalls, the ice
cream is relatively soft but a few hours in the freezer takes care of that.
We transfer it to another container at this point since when we didn't, it
froze so solid in the metal container, it was hard to get out.

I am not sure these gizmos are still made (ours is many years old) but I
would highly recommend them.  They were quite inexpensive ($20-$30 I think).
-- 
 Anita Cochran  uucp:  {noao, ut-sally, ut-ngp}!utastro!anita
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                snail: Astronomy Dept., The Univ. of Texas, Austin, TX, 78712
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