Chocolate Oreo Ice Cream …
By kmaccarthy on July 3rd, 2010Patty’s folks started the tradition when she was a little kid: making peach ice cream from scratch on or about the 4th of July. 4 or 5 years ago, we went looking for “the gear”. Google helped us find the White Mountain Ice Cream Freezer, complete with electric motor. So about $300 later (the motor was more half the cost but worth it) we were ready, or so we thought. One of the key, and I mean KEY ingredients is rock salt. Yup. Rock salt. You need it to make the ice around the stainless steel container melt faster, causing a … blah blah blah. Suffice to say “no rock salt, no ice cream”. Also remember, it’s July in Gloucester MA. “you want rock salt???” 4 or 5 stores later, I had a 5lb. bag. The rest is in the video.
