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   Clark Kent said, 6 months ago

   Add sugar and chocolate syrup. Then it won’t be “bleeah”.
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   Tokyo Tengu said, 6 months ago

   I remember those things. I thought working that crank was fun for all of five minutes, then it got nasty. The result was not worth the effort.
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   The Old Wolf said, 6 months ago

   Then there’s Liquid Nitrogen Ice Cream. It freezes so rapidly that the ice crystals are smaller, resulting in an extra-creamy product. Much faster than the eternal cranking.
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   gmartin997 said, 6 months ago

   Oh, yeah, I remember those. My grandpa had one, and I was always the designated cranker; which seemed to take some of the pleasure out of consuming the final product.
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   coz69 said, 6 months ago

   I have one of those and it makes great ice cream, however it has an electric motor cause I’m too old to crank it!
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   ajr58 said, 6 months ago

   Depends on how many are working on it. When I was a kid the library had an ice cream maker you could check out. With five kids rotating the cranking duties, it was not so bad. …And the result was definitely worth it!
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   EarlOfCork said, 6 months ago

   ajr58: Indeed. Best ice cream I ever had was homemade. I do use an electric church these days, though.
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   Monkeyhead said, 6 months ago

   A friend got one as a wedding gift. Her Grandfather pulled her aside and told her that it’s why her grandmother and him had such a wonderful relationship. Whenever an argument was immanent one of them would set it up and they would talk while taking turns turning the crank and by the time the ice cream was ready they would have talked the issue out and so it was a sweet finish both ways. The grandparents had just celebrated their 60th a few weeks before, talk about great advice.
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   Hcphilip said, 6 months ago

   I have a new version It has the crank AND a plug for when your arm gets tired.
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    SUSAN NEWMAN said, 6 months ago

    I bet that ice cream was less “bleaah” than Greek yogurt.
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    Chelsea Prochaska said, 6 months ago

    @Monkeyhead

    Aww, that is great!! Definitely will remember that for when I get married someday. Then again, you’ve heard of the wife putting on weight once married? If my boyfriend and I were living together, making ice cream every time we argued, “debated”, I’d be 400 pounds! Still, eating ice cream has to be way better than “debating” :P
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    Night-Gaunt49 said, 6 months ago

    I recall such a device as well. Tiring but the ice cream tasted good, when you added the sweeteners to it.
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    Dave Johnston said, 6 months ago

    A summer tradition.
    It kept all us kids busy for an hour or so to make it, and 20 minutes to eat it. And I guess an hour of argument over the flavor. Good times. Good memories.
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    Chikuku said, 6 months ago

    Yes, I’d do anythin’ for ice cream, but I won’t do that.
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    Linda Dean said, 6 months ago

    @Chikuku

    I am so ashamed of what I did for a Klondike bar…..
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