Ice-cream makers
Years ago, I had one of those ice-cream makers where you had to freeze part of the bowl, and it would then stir it. Unfortunately, my freezer cannot have been cold enough, because I normally ended up with something the consistency of slush ice.
So for a long time, I thought the only good alternative was to buy one of the expensive machines that includes a freezer (upwards of £200).
However, I just realised that in the US, you can still buy the old-fashioned models that freeze the ice-cream by immersing it in a mixture of salt and ice. My dad has described how they used these for picnics in his youth.
If you’re really nostalgic, you can get them with a handle, or you can pay a bit more and get them with an electric motor.
Unfortunately, they don’t publish shipping costs for Europe, and I haven’t found a distributor here, so I don’t know how much it’d cost me to get hold of one.
Update: I just got an email from the shop in the US. They’re unwilling to sell the electrical model, and the shipping for the manual model (which costs $139.99) is $69.14, so it would end up costing £106 (DKK1000). Perhaps too much for something the kids would no doubt regard as a torture instrument…
Hmm. Sådan set er der jo bare tale om en spand med en spand inden i – og i din fars barndom var de hverken elektriske eller med håndsving, så… du må have fat i to af spande eller beholdere og så selv fabrikere din ismaskine. Den inderste spand skal jo sådan set være relativt tynd i godset; mens den yderste helst skal holde kulden inde ved den anden.
Jeg tror dog, at dit største problem bliver at få fat i isen, altså den til at køle med Og saltet, for det er da ikke helt almindeligt køkkensalt, der skal bruges, er det?
Jo, jo, min far brugte da håndsving! Kan jeg ikke bare bruge isterninger og køkkensalt?