Ice cream!!!

[triciaflower]

I'm going to make ice cream this weekend!

Probably going with coffee with mini chocolate chips.

[picote]

was it sweet?

Mildly sweet, but not overly so. More crisp and refreshing, if that makes sense. It was very interesting.

[caribougrrl]

Mildly sweet, but not overly so. More crisp and refreshing, if that makes sense. It was very interesting.

makes sense!  more of a palate cleanser than a sweet... I'm going to peruse the net for recipes...

[ecodork]

I made some popsicles with with watermelon, mint, and tequila! We're going to try them tonight. Still trying to decide if we should call them Poptails or Cocksicles.

[diablita]

I prefer cocksickles, personally 

How did you get them to fully freeze/set with the tequila in them?  I know you didn't use gelatin.  agar maybe?

[ecodork]

I prefer cocksickles, personally 

How did you get them to fully freeze/set with the tequila in them?  I know you didn't use gelatin.  agar maybe?

Here's the recipe I used:
http://www.hungrygirlporvida.com/blog/2012/07/16/watermelon-mint-tequila-popsicles/
They said it just takes longer for them to freeze (hence why we didn't try them last night). Plus the ratio of tequila to everything else is pretty low. I'll report back later.

[diablita]

interesting.  please report back!

[Run Amok]

I prefer cocksickles, personally 

Agreed!

[ecodork]

The cocksicles were great! They weren't super hard because of the alcohol, but we thought that was a good thing. There was just enough tequila, but not too much. Very refreshing!

[diablita]

good to know!   

[teetime]

sounds good but uber fattening, teetime

Omg, it's definitely a calorie bomb and is best with a good bit of salt too so I'm not sure there are any redeeming qualities outside of taste.  Though, the tahini is rich enough that whole milk instead of cream is just fine. 

Just back from Cape Cod where we live a mile from the most amazing ice cream shop in the world (Sundae School if anyone is mid-Cape bound this summer).  We had a black out and just had to follow night one of ice cream with finishing off the large container of crystallized ginger ice cream in the freezer.  I love ginger.  It was SO good.  If I had an ice cream maker and wasn't so soft around the middle and other places too right now I'd find a recipe make some! (Usually summer is my sweet spot for being tan and lean ... not so much with this current ice cream love affair  )

[teetime]

PS, today's NYtimes has an article on alcoholic slushy drinks.  I bet they would be easy to make in cocksicle format.

[ecodork]

Just saw this on buzzfeed. Any of them sound tasty to y'all?
http://www.buzzfeed.com/food52/10-weird-and-wonderful-ice-cream-flavors

[caribougrrl]

Just saw this on buzzfeed. Any of them sound tasty to y'all?
http://www.buzzfeed.com/food52/10-weird-and-wonderful-ice-cream-flavors

most of them sound good to me!

[onawhim]

all of them do 

[merigayle]

I just bought an ice cream maker, our old one broke a few years ago, so ice cream making is in the plans for today Probably cookies n cream, and then mint chip! We are trying to avoid carragenan and it is in almost every non dairy ice cream.

[caribougrrl]

why are you avoiding carageenan?

[merigayle]

why are you avoiding carageenan?

We have done some research on it and there seem to be two camps, one that says it is safe and another that is inflammatory to the gut. DH always has IBS symptoms which got 85% better eliminating dairy, so I decided to see if eliminating the carageenan made a difference as well. There seems to be a lot of conflicting info on it, but imo, the less ingredients in my food the better

[caribougrrl]

the recipe for lavender ice cream: http://moosecurrry.blogspot.ca/2013/08/lavender-ice-cream.html