Picture a hot summer evening after dinner on the barbecue, you take your kids out to the deck to make homemade ice cream in your Rival ice cream maker. Memories are made of such events as you pull the ice cream maker apart your kids peering into it excitedly, they see the fresh ice cream that they have just helped make. Nothing tastes better than homemade ice cream fresh out of the ice cream maker and it will be something you and your kids will always remember.
There are practical reasons for making your own ice cream such as those that have allergies and cannot find an ice cream that is safe for them to eat but the best reason to make your own ice cream is it is just plain fun. While you can find ice cream mixes that will make using your Rival ice cream maker easy, it is a lot more fun to create your own recipes by adding different things to your ice cream to come up with new and different combinations.
If you need ideas of what to add to your ice cream you can do a search on the Internet where you will find thousands of recipes for everything from rocky road to blueberry cheesecake. You can also just experiment by creating a base flavor ice cream such as chocolate or vanilla then add things such as pieces of candy, caramel, fruit, or nuts. When your ice cream first comes out of your Rival ice cream maker it will be soft and this is a good time to add extras to it, you can put it in the freezer to harden it up some after you have added everything if you prefer a harder ice cream.
There are two basic types of Rival ice cream makers the type you add rock salt and ice to and the type that has a canister that contains a special liquid. You put this canister in the freeze for 24 hours before you make your ice cream and the liquid makes the surface of the canister extremely cold, making ice cream form very quickly. Both types of ice cream make work equally well, the only real difference is that the tradition rock salt and ice type holds a bit more ice cream, this could be important if you have a large crew to feed since the canister types only make about a quart of Ice cream.
Most everybody loves ice cream and the Rival Ice cream maker makes it simple and fun to make ice cream at home that tastes much better than store bought and makes for a fun evening for all.