Remember this day--homemade ice cream was "cranked" for the first time this afternoon in San Salvador! Well, it's possible that this is a slight exaggeration; nevertheless, it was the inaugural event at our home. This awesome day made possible by my dad who shipped our freezer to Florida so we could bring it back with us and by the purchase of 8 pounds of rock salt which was tucked into our checked luggage!
Yesterday's grocery cart was loaded with eggs, whole milk and heavy whipping cream. Unfortunately, we couldn't find any half and half so we substituted whipping cream. I cooked the eggs/milk/sugar and then cooled the mixture overnight. Since I wasn't sure everyone would be an ice cream fan, I also made a chocolate sheet cake last night.
By the time Stephen and Kevin made a trip to Super Selectos for ice (wish we had a Quick Trip close to us) almost everyone was here. The cranking began at 4:30 and most of us took a turn--you know it tastes so much better if you have to help make it. Our freezer makes 6 quarts; after the 15 of us had our fill, there was one very small bowl left. We were so excited to have the Martinez family, the Aguirre family, the Flores family and Guillermo, our tutor, join us.
This was the first time, but not the last. With the dry season and hot weather heading our way, we may be cranking up the next batch of vanilla ice cream in January.
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