OT - homemade ice cream

[whateg0]

Does anybody know what makes homemade ice cream so hard to scoop when the leftovers have been put in the freezer overnight? Is there a way to make it easier to scoop out the next day?

Dave

[JohnT]

The freezer is too cold. Some newer freezers have an ice cream compartment that is warmer than the rest of the freezer.

[cwgrizz]

Is there a way to make it easier to scoop out the next day?

Dave

Put it in the microwave on medium power for about 20 seconds. :rolleyes::D

[runningjalapeno]

dip the spoon in warm water before each scoop this will make it easier.

[usmcpop]

Does anybody know what makes homemade ice cream so hard to scoop when the leftovers have been put in the freezer overnight? Is there a way to make it easier to scoop out the next day?

Dave

Yes, natural ingredients freeze harder than plastic and air in the junk stuff. :D

[Sandy]

Yeh, all natural food is a real pain to deal with huh :D ?

It just isn't ice cream if it isn't made with air fluffed bentonite. :)

[Rocky D]

TLC had a program on how ice cream is made, and some it has air blown into it. Maybe ya could stick your O/A torch into it and open up the O2 valve. It works for Dreyers. :D

[vicegrip]

Can you imagine a poor young ViceGrip,
in north-central Mo. trying to understand what is happening
in the outter vessel, as your kin dump rock-salt in the water
and ask you to crank away "but not to fast".

My insistance got me nothing but weird explanations that
wouldn't even fit in the fringe-science catagory.

The crystals in the "real thing" actually link up.
The fake stuff is fluffed poly-one-thing or another....
with a good helping of "gum of a- - - -- -ia. or guar-gum.
Probably could be melted and used for a god tapping fluid
in a pinch.

VG

[6010]

You must not be making it right. We never had any leftovers and there was always someone to clean up the dash. :D

[whateg0]

You must not be making it right. ... :D

Funny! No, I think I'm making it right. But I think a full gallon is more than 2 kids and I can eat at one sitting. In fact, we finished it off last night. Today being Father's Day, maybe it's time to fire up the ice cream maker again! I think I'll try more cream this time.

Dave

[usmcpop]

Stainless spoon, DCEP at maybe 30 Amps, touch off on ground:D, then scoop, scoop, repeat.

[biblefreak]

Ya know, there is a way (of which I am unfamiliar!) to set up an arc welder to thaw a frozen pipe, just use the same method to the outside of the metal ice cream container!! :eek:

[whateg0]

Plastic container. Nice try, though. I tried the microwave idea, and it actually works quite well, though at first I wasn't sure.

Dave

[Thomas Harris]

Stainless spoon, DCEP at maybe 30 Amps, touch off on ground:D, then scoop, scoop, repeat.

Yer actually close. Real quality scoops have liquid inside them to hold heat from the air or your hands. They will melt through the hardest ice creams rather quickly. Not really sure of the metal composition. My guesss is stainless of some variety. Some of the "scooping efficiency" is probably from the shape too. My wife has a Pampered Chef model which cuts through rock hard ice cream , pronto.

[mrandrei]

Use a sturdy metal scoop with a pointed end on the spoon so you can really dig into the hard as rock ice cream. Cuisinart is a good one.

[Thomas Harris]

Use a sturdy metal scoop with a pointed end on the spoon so you can really dig into the hard as rock ice cream. Cuisinart is a good one.

Good ice cream scoopers are like well ground hss lathe bits. They need proper angles to cut the ice cream, and provide "chip flow". Trying to cut a round chunk of ice cream in one motion is akin to cutting half the diameter of a piece of stock in a lathe in one revolution. It needs to be peeled off and then rewound inside the scooper to form a round , single, "scoop".

[vicegrip]

Good ice cream scoopers are like well ground hss lathe bits. They need proper angles to cut the ice cream, and provide "chip flow". Trying to cut a round chunk of ice cream in one motion is akin to cutting half the diameter of a piece of stock in a lathe in one revolution. It needs to be peeled off and then rewound inside the scooper to form a round , single, "scoop".

Nothing works better to illustrate "chip-formation".
than a carton of cheap icecream, and a pile of untensiles.

I can improve ones abillity to hand-grind tool-bits.
And have root-beer floats ta boot!
Now that's good fun!

vg

[whateg0]

Good ice cream scoopers are like well ground hss lathe bits. ...

So, you're saying that I need to get a big chunk of HSS and start grinding my own kitchen utensils now? Well, at least I don't have to worry about what the missus thinks anymore. :D

Dave

[usmcpop]

Put something like this in your air chisel or hammer drill. Tim the Toolman would have ...

http://www.hobartwelders.com/weldtalk/attachment.php?attachmentid=29211&stc=1&d=1246211063

[Thomas Harris]

So, you're saying that I need to get a big chunk of HSS and start grinding my own kitchen utensils now? Well, at least I don't have to worry about what the missus thinks anymore. :D

Dave

Don't be foolish! What I was suggesting requires a lathe with a swing approximating a gallon of ice cream. Freeze it extra solid and hard. Center drill, and very quickly turn the servings. Make sure to keep the lathe extra clean, and by all means use food grade lubricants. Good Luck. Hey, they sell "Dots" ice cream. Perhaps the "shaved" ice cream will be huge.

[Thomas Harris]

Does anybody know what makes homemade ice cream so hard to scoop when the leftovers have been put in the freezer overnight? Is there a way to make it easier to scoop out the next day?

Dave

It has less air and more water in it when refrozen. More dense, harder to slice.

[usmcpop]

I was thinking of something on the order of a 4" diameter twist drill with low RPM and a very fast feed. :D

[whateg0]

I was thinking of something on the order of a 4" diameter twist drill with low RPM and a very fast feed. :D

Hmm... A reason to use power tools in the kitchen. Now that has promise!!!

Dave

[trial&error]

more condensed milk and less evaporated milk, makes it creamier and requires less sugar. I used to have that problem without the condensed milk, now even the kid can scoop it out all by himself, whenever he wants.