Sweets/Treats Chocolate Ice Cream

chocolate ice cream
(from Housekeeping in Old Virginia, by Marion Cabell Tyree, 1878)

Ingredients:
1/2 lb. sweet chocolate​
12 eggs​
1-1/2 pints & 1 gallon boiled milk​
2 tbsp. arrow-root​
sugar​
vanilla​
seasoning​
Instructions:
Half a pound sweet chocolate, twelve eggs, one gallon milk, two tablespoonfuls arrow-root, sugar and vanilla to the taste. Dissolve the chocolate in one pint and a half boiled milk. Whip the eggs. Mix the arrow-root in a little cold milk, and add to the eggs. Then pour on one gallon boiled milk, and put on the fire to thicken. When cool, season and freeze. — Mrs. D. R.​


chocolate ice cream
(from Housekeeping in Old Virginia, by Marion Cabell Tyree, 1878)

Ingredients:
3 quarts milk​
8 eggs​
6 oz. chocolate​
1 pint boiling water​
3 heaping tbsp. arrow-root in cold milk​
1-1/2 lb. brown sugar​
vanilla​
Instructions:
Three quarts milk, eight eggs, six ounces chocolate dissolved in a pint of boiling water, three heaping tablespoonfuls arrow- root well mixed in cold milk, one pound and a half of brown sugar, vanilla to the taste. Made like custard, and boiled very thick, — Miss D. D.​


chocolate ice cream
(from Housekeeping in Old Virginia, by Marion Cabell Tyree, 1878)

Ingredients:
1 quart milk​
1/4 lb. chocolate​
1 tsp. vanilla​
sugar​
1 quart rich cream​
Instructions:
One quart morning's milk, one-quarter of a pound chocolate, one teaspoonfull vanilla, sugar to taste. Boil as for table use. When ready to freeze, whip in one quart rich cream.​
 
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I wasn't sure of the use of arrowroot so I looked up what it is used for.it is a South American starch that is used as a thickening agent for sauces and gravies and anything else.now I know why we do not have any as it would be a duplication of other starches that we already have.
 
A definition of Arrowroot from Godey's Glossary of "Civil war Recipes"

"Arrowroot: A light starch used in puddings, pie fillings, and dessert mixtures. It is made from the rootstock of a tropical plant that was first grown in the West Indies and is now cultivated in nearly all tropical countries."

An interesting site on history and description of arrowroot is at:
http://lichen.csd.sc.edu/vegetable/vegetable.php?vegName=Arrow %20Root
 
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Does anyone remember Nabisco's Arrowroot Cookies for Babies? I know my Mom bought them for me. I haven't seen them in my grocery. Just wondering. They were good for teething babies.
When I was with Albertson's we did not carry them,mainly and it is probably the reason Nabisco stopped making them is that they had a very short shelf life.you can get arrowroot cookies at most health stores as Gerber's makes them.
 

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