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(07-22-2014 08:32 AM)Rogerm Wrote:  I remember in the late 1950s and the early 1960s, my mother made "snowcream", something ressembling ice cream that was a mixture of snow, milk, cream and sugar. It tasted really good. But, she had to stop doing that because the snow was contaminated by atmospheric testing.

I used to love snow cream also, Rogerm. We stopped making it when the jets flying into Andrews AFB started jettisoning fuel before landing. Their north/south flight pattern was right over our house.

I also remember my mother and grandmother using something called Ten Below to make homemade strawberry and peach ice creams without having to go through the old cranking routine. They just mixed it all together and poured it into ice cube trays - in the days when the cube devices could be taken out. It didn't make a lot, but it was sure good.