My favorite
memory of the 4th of July was making homemade ice cream.
Most of you
think ice cream comes from the grocery store and has all kind of artificial
preservatives and such. Homemade ice
cream is a taste like no other.
My Momma would
let me help make the boiled custard that became the base for the ice cream. Everyone had their
own recipe but the basics are the same, milk, cream, eggs, sugar, a little
salt, and vanilla. You cooked it on the stove, stirring constantly.
Daddy
would take the ice cream churn which was a wooden tub that had a
Metal canister
that went inside, and pour the ice cream mixture into it. He would then place the churning paddle inside
and the handle was attached.
The metal
canister went inside the wooden tub and ice and rock salt was packed around it.
Then you started to turn the handle. We
kids got to turn first because it was easy but as the ice cream became solid, Daddy had to take over because it became to hard for us. When it was done we couldn't wait for the
paddle to come out of the container and lick off the cold, good, sweet ice
cream. OMG, I can almost taste it. 
Now a days,
you can get an electric ice cream churner and it takes half the time but if you
ever get to do it the old fashioned way, don’t forget to lick the paddle, yumm.
Until next time, keep your EYE to the Sky!
Bonnie
Co-host of The Traveling Eye
