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No Machine Ice Cream

By Anne Radcliffe June 30, 2014

The ice cream in this photograph was made by a 5 year old boy with no special equipment. And out of soy milk (he’s got dairy allergies).

Did you know that you and your kids can make ice cream at your Father’s day picnic, or while you’re on camping, or just out in your backyard without electricity or a freezer? All you need is some rock salt and some ice.

You may know it by as coffee-can ice cream, or Ziploc bag ice cream, or no-machine ice cream, but what a lot of people don’t know is how and why you can make stuff freeze standing in a room temperature environment using ice and salt. I’ve revived this recipe from the past with some extra science. Because Yeah, Science.

Recipe is below. Science is first. . . . CONTINUE READING

Author Anne Radcliffe

Anne usually speaks in memes and SAT words, and she frequently attempts to explain the laws of physics and high school chemistry according to the kitchen via her home blog FoodRetro. If you want to know why ice melts or pretzels turn brown, and you want to make food that you never imagined could be made from scratch in the process, she's your blogger. Her friends describe her as "hilarious when you get to know her," but it could be that they are just amused by the way she gets riled up when reading the paper. She can also be found playing the part of community editor and grammar nazi here on BLUNTmoms.