National Ice Cream Month
Did you know that July is National Ice Cream Month? And July
20th was National Ice Cream Day! In 1984, President Ronald Reagan
proclaimed that the third Sunday in July would be celebrated as National Ice
Cream Day[1].
Here are the directions for “Kick the Can” Ice Cream, which
we found in The Junior Girl’s Guide to Girl Scouting and on GSUSA’s Recipe
Section of their website.
“Kick the Can” Ice Cream
Ingredients:
1 cup Milk (we used whole milk)
1 cup Heavy Cream
½ cup Sugar
½ tsp Vanilla Extract
**the recipe in the Junior Girl’s Guide to Girl Scouting
calls for 1 egg, but we left that out
Other Materials
Needed:
1 small clean coffee can
1 large clean coffee can
Ice
Salt
Duct tape
Instructions:
1. Place all the ingredients (don't put the salt or ice into this mixture) into the small, clean coffee
can. Seal the lid in place and duct tape it on. Now that the ingredients are
secured in the small coffee tin, give the tin a couple of shakes to make sure
the ingredients are all mixed together.
2. Once the ingredients are all mixed together, place the smaller
coffee can into the larger one. Fill the space around the small can with ice
and salt in alternating layers… make sure you get a good amount of salt in
there with the ice to make the ice stay colder longer. Place the lid on the
large can and seal it tightly with the duct tape.
3. Roll or shake the can for about 30 minutes. About 15
minutes in, you will want to open the cans up and check the ice cream (if there
is ice cream sticking to the edges, scrape it off with a spoon or spatula) and
add more ice and salt to the larger, outside can.
4. Once the ice cream has reached the consistency you want,
get a spoon and enjoy your creation. YUMMM!
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