{"id":483,"date":"2014-08-11T18:32:08","date_gmt":"2014-08-11T23:32:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.polarisstarfarm.com\/adventures\/?p=483"},"modified":"2014-09-17T07:51:43","modified_gmt":"2014-09-17T12:51:43","slug":"vintage-recipe-lemon-ice-cream","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.polarisstarfarm.com\/adventures\/2014\/08\/11\/vintage-recipe-lemon-ice-cream\/","title":{"rendered":"Vintage Recipe – Lemon Ice Cream"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Lemon<\/a>

Lemon Ice Cream – look close to see the small yellow bits of lemon rind.<\/p><\/div>\n

According to the Old Farmer’s Almanac, today is supposed to be the last day of the “dog days of summer”.\u00a0 Apparently the weather in Texas does not subscribe to that kind of folk lore since we’ll still be roasting well into September.\u00a0 At least.\u00a0 But when it’s really hot, that just means homemade ice cream tastes even better.<\/p>\n

Here’s another vintage “receipt” that we tried out.\u00a0 It is a “Philadelphia” ice cream<\/a>, made without eggs.\u00a0 It’s a bit different from what we’re used to, since these days lemon and citrus flavors are usually seen in sherbets and ices – not dairy based\u00a0ice creams.\u00a0 But it was\u00a0nicely flavored and the cream\u00a0gave\u00a0a little hint\u00a0of a buttery taste.<\/p>\n

Lemon Ice Cream<\/span><\/h3>\n

1 quart of cream (I used whipping cream in lieu of fresh cow’s cream)<\/em><\/p>\n

9 ounces (by weight)<\/em> of powdered sugar<\/p>\n

4 tablespoonfuls of lemon juice<\/p>\n

Juice of one orange<\/p>\n

Grated yellow rind of 3 lemons (I used a lemon zester to peel off the yellow rind and then chopped the rind fine)<\/em><\/p>\n

Mix the sugar, the grated rind and juice of the lemons, and the orange juice together.<\/p>\n

Put half the cream in a double boiler over the fire; when scalding hot, stand it aside until perfectly cold; add the remaining half of the cream and freeze it rather hard.<\/p>\n

Remove the crank and the lid, add the sugar mixture, replace the lid and crank, and turn rapidly for five minutes; repack to ripen.<\/p>\n

This will serve six people.<\/p>\n

Recipe from Ice Creams, Water Ices, Frozen Puddings, Together with Refreshments for all Social Affairs<\/span> by Mrs. S. T. Rorer<\/a>, Arnold and Company, Philadelphia, 1913\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

**In the foreword of this cookbook, there are some tips and “general directions for all recipes”.\u00a0 There is discussion of what to do if cream cannot be purchased but I chose to use\u00a0readily available\u00a0whipping cream.\u00a0 But for those that would like to try the instructions\u00a0given for when “cream” is not available – here they are:<\/p>\n

“In places where neither cream nor condensed milk can be purchased, a fair ice cream is made by adding two tablespoonfuls of olive oil to each quart of milk.\u00a0 The cream for Philadelphia Ice Cream should be rather rich, but not double cream.”<\/em><\/p>\n

If you decide to make your own “cream”, I would recommend that you do\u00a0NOT use extra virgin olive oil.\u00a0 I would recommend one of the olive oils labeled “light” or “light tasting”, or\u00a0maybe even one of the new butter flavored oils.\u00a0\u00a0Regular extra virgin olive\u00a0oil usually has a\u00a0taste that is too heavy for putting into things like this.\u00a0 Or homemade mayonnaise.\u00a0 Yes, I know this from experience. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

For info on types of cream and exactly what is “double cream” versus “cream”\u00a0check out this informative link on types of cream.<\/a><\/p>\n

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