Make your own ice cream for cheap!

[Muse]

Originally posted by: Johnnie
make your own vanilla extract....

my wife bought real vannila beans and put them in a bottle with some good vodka (stohli). let it soak for 2 weeks shaking it daily.

I also split the beans lengthwise, probably after soaking and scraped off the tiny dark seeds. They add flavor to the extract and make it stronger. This basic technique (soaking in an alcohol solution, which is what vodka is) is how you make most liqueurs, at least in part. Vanilla extract, basically, is just vanilla liqueur. You can make dozens of other types of liqueurs either from recipes or you can concoct your own. Every liqueur out there was an experiment to begin with. I've made some fine liqueurs, among them coffee, citrus rind and others.

 

[SRGilbert]

Originally posted by: DanDaMan315
Oh and Breyer's is crap, tastes like ice milk, not ice cream. And they use 1.75 quart containers :thumbsdown: like we wouldn't notice Breyer's:| [/rant]

Reminds me of that old joke about the Jewish mother complaining in the restaurant. "The food here is terrible," she says. "And such small portions!"