Our Culinary Heritage
- Grandma Kennard's ice cream: In pioneer times, refrigerated freight was unheard of, and special treats, like ice cream, were limited. Fortunately, even in the smallest town, usually someone had an ice house. Ice cream was the accepted "fancy food."
GRANDMA KENNARD'S ICE CREAM
2 quarts (8 cups) milk, heated
1 cup flour
4 to 6 eggs
3 cups sugar
1 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon vanilla
4 cups cream
1 teaspoon lemon extract
Combine a small amount of cold milk with flour and stir until smooth. Heat remaining milk and stir flour mixture into it, stirring until slightly thick. Beat eggs and sugar together, then stir into hot milk mixture. Cool mixture and add salt, vanilla, cream and lemon extract. Freeze in 6-quart freezer. Serves 16.
- Each serving contains 336 calories, 11g fat, 52g carb, 338mg sodium, 29% calories from fat.
- From "Pioneer Recipes" (Mrs. Gladys B. Kennard)