Does your ice cream scream ?
Submitted: Monday, Mar 05, 2007 at 10:55
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Since you mob are so keen to slam fridge brands, I thought I'd ask a sensible :) question.
Now I'm not going to mention brands or sizes, but I've had decidedly soggy ice cream twice on trips. I freeze it before, have full voltage, have a proper fridge cover, rarely open the thing. There is ice on the insides, but...Even ice blocks are softer than ...
well enough of that line of thought. You know what I mean.
The fridge temp has been measured at -8C approx.
One thing I do is to turn it off at night. But both trips have been in winter.
Everything else is cold.
The fridge is not unduly full to overflowing...some of the time.
Bearing in mind that its of a size that I can handle by myself, ie not 80L etc..., what's the go with ice cream?
I'll bet ice cream hates corrugations, right ?
Is it the fridge ?
Is it me?
Do I need the chemical ice blocks?
Or is it the el cheapo brand of ice cream ?
Reply By: Mainey (WA) - Monday, Mar 05, 2007 at 18:20
Monday, Mar 05, 2007 at 18:20
As the numba 1
fridge mechanic will certainly tell you, its the ability or in-abaility of the
fridge compressor to maintain -15 in the freezer section 24/7 that will keep your
ice cream as it's meant to be, frozen, and yes the rest of the food in the
fridge compartment should remain between 1 & 6 degrees 24/7.
With a decent Aux
battery system you would not have to turn the
fridge off at any stage, as previously posted that's not helping you either lol
Maybe the
fridge is just inefficient and can't maintain -15 to keep your
ice cream frozen or maybe was not really designed for such low temperatures in the first place lol.
all said with a smile on his face - while waiting for ......................... :)
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Reply By: porl - Tuesday, Mar 06, 2007 at 15:44
Tuesday, Mar 06, 2007 at 15:44
Ah those Jim Jarmusch movies ...
I digress.
In the
Sydney Morning Herald Good Food guide of today (Tuesday 6 March 07) they review a non-electric gelati maker - you only use
ice and salt to freeze the
ice cream. The review was very positive.
Point is, if you have the physical energy to do the mixing,
ice stored and just less than 0c can be used with salt to make gelati at -ve a lot more.
Anyhow, late option thought you might be interested in.
And yeah, it caught me too - no electricity ? what the ??? but they say this is how they used to make
ice cream and it points out they were making
ice cream a long time before electricity and freezers.
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