Ice cream recipes.

[major bill]

With the cold snap across the United States one could snap there is plenty of ice so one could skip a trip to the ice house if they were to make authentic Civil War era ice cream. Now might be a good time to review period ice cream recipes. So how much beaten egg whites, milk, cream, and maple sugar went into making Civil War ice cream?

 

[Fairfield]

1 qt. cream + 1 pt. milk; 2 cups maple sugar and 2 eggs.

I'm afraid that I've never seen a recipe that calls for only egg whites--put plenty (including my own) that call for only egg yolks.

The American credited with "inventing" ice cream was one Jacob Fussell who provided Union troops with his product. Actually, I think that previously the English had a similar dessert. Ice cream was once a staple on fancy Victorian dinner tables in Maine (and probably elsewhere): ginger ice cream was served between courses to "cleanse the pallette".

 

[donna]

There are several ice cream recipes on here. I will have to review them.

 

[Gary Morgan]

So how much beaten egg whites, milk, cream, and maple sugar went into making Civil War ice cream?

Locally (On the Vermont/Mass border) I'm not sure they would have bothered with all that. They'd have just made "Sugar on the Snow" and poured the maple syrup directly on the snow and eaten it that way. We tap the trees in March and boil it down to syrup, then the next year's class gets to eat it poured onto the fresh (and I DO emphasize FRESH!) snow.

 

[Fairfield]

Locally (On the Vermont/Mass border) I'm not sure they would have bothered with all that. They'd have just made "Sugar on the Snow" and poured the maple syrup directly on the snow and eaten it that way. We tap the trees in March and boil it down to syrup, then the next year's class gets to eat it poured onto the fresh (and I DO emphasize FRESH!) snow.

Maple snow taffy was a great favorite in Maine also. In fact, it still is. Eaten on sticks dipped right into the snow.

 

[Biscoitos]

With the cold snap across the United States one could snap there is plenty of ice so one could skip a trip to the ice house if they were to make authentic Civil War era ice cream. Now might be a good time to review period ice cream recipes. So how much beaten egg whites, milk, cream, and maple sugar went into making Civil War ice cream?

Down South ths is the only way my family has ever made snow ice cream. Put a large bowl out while the snow is falling so it will lbe good and clean. Fresh fluffy snow makes the best snow for ice cream. When you have a bowl full - You take another bowl and place about 1/4 of the snow in it and after opening a can of condensed milk begin adding the condensed milk gradually stirring continually. Add more snow and more condensed milk until it is the consistency of ice cream. This is an easy sweet winter treat.

 

[Rhea Cole]

I don't know the recipe, but just before Hood "besieged" Nashville in 1864 a very fancy ice cream parlor celebrated its grand opening with large adds in the Nashville Daily Union paper. I have often considered what Hood's long suffering soldiers must have thought about that.

 

[donna]

I don't know about Nashville and ice cream but on July 12, 1864 Confederate Cavalry under General Bradley Johnson came upon an ice cream factory at Owings Mills. Employees were loading ice cream on train. The Confederates took ice cream and ate it and took some with them. It was known as the largest ice cream social of the Civil War. I found about it in What's Cooking America. It was from a magazine article.