Ice Cream Adventures & Recipes
by Dr Big D – May 17th, 2010 — ice cream, recipe, travel
Back in March I took a trip out to South Africa to visit my sister, and whilst there we cooked up this little adventure. Soon after arriving we had some beautifully ripe paw-paw for breakfast and decided to see if they’d make good icecream. To add a bit more interest we decided to try making it in the Cederberg national park – a spectacular semi-desert 300 km north of Cape Town.
by Peter Gerard – February 24th, 2010 — ice cream, recipe, travel
In celebration of Cheryl’s 30th birthday, I hauled my trusty half-gallon White Mountain freezer down to Brighton on the overnight MegaBus (10 hours of sheer pain!). Despite my sore back and neck, we were determined to make the effort worthwhile and decided to crank a simple batch of Maple Syrup Ice Cream. Cheryl’s friend had the great suggestion to add Morgan’s Spiced Rum to the mix, and we were off!
by Jen Lee – February 24th, 2010 — ice cream, recipe, travel
SANAE IV research station is located on a small nunatak called Vesleskarvet, in Western Dronning Maud Land. Although the building its self is rather impressive, it is but a tiny spec on the immense landscape of the Antarctic.
It is this landscape that I have been privileged enough to be working in for the last few months and where I go, my trusty triple motion crank follows.
by Jen Lee – December 27th, 2009 — ice cream, recipe, travel
Close your eyes and think about Antarctica. You will probably think of ice-bergs, pack ice, icy waste lands…generally a whole lot of icy thoughts. This is for good reason as 90% of the world’s ice is found on the continent.
As part of my work a researcher at the University of Stellenbosch, I am privileged enough to visit this icy land periodically to undertake biological surveys. When I got word that I would be heading South this year, naturally, the first thing I packed to take with me to this land of ice was my trusty ice-cream maker.
by Peter Gerard – August 29th, 2009 — ice cream, travel, video
Our first ice-cream movie – The Outer Hebridean Ice Cream Adventure is now online. Watch it in High Definition.
by Dr Big D – April 3rd, 2009 — ice cream, travel
My wonderful, talented, intrepid Antarctic biologist sister was awarded a PhD by Stellenbosch University for being very clever and hard working. Hurray!
My first thought (naturally) was “lets make a batch of icecream to celebrate”. So I threw the ½ gallon freezer in my bag and 12 hours of long haul flight hours later I was in Cape town.
Things didn’t run so smoothly initially when the bag containing my beloved machine disappeared into the black hole of baggage handling. Thankfully it re-appeared 24hrs later with the contents having suffered no ill effects from the journey. However for this brief period the fate of my ice-cream adventure hung in the balance.
by Dr Big D – June 21st, 2008 — chocolate, ice cream, recipe, sorbet, travel
We are finally publishing Dr. Big D’s travelogue from our Outer Hebridean Ice Cream Adventure. We are also producing a short film about this trip and will keep you posted about its progress. Enjoy!
Why did we choose an ice cream adventure in the Outer Hebrides? Was it just to make life difficult for ourselves? You could argue that if that was the idea, we should have gone to Iraq, Nepal or China. Scotland on the other hand is the itinerant cranker’s dream. The sparse but widely dispersed communities mean that there’s an abundance of wee shops dotted around. Even if you’re not an ice cream maker, the basic ingredients of ice cream (cream, milk and sugar) are staples so most shops stock them. But what about the ice, you may ask? Well due to the popularity of frozen ready-meals most of these little shops also have freezers and many a modern Scot now quite likes an ice cube in his dram. Hence ice is also relatively easy to come by too. And who could resist holidaying in the stunning scenery of the Scottish islands especially in that perfect time of year when there is still daylight but the midges haven’t got going yet.
Continue reading →
by Peter Gerard – June 16th, 2008 — travel
While Thibault is impressing us with his sorbet and ice cream talents, we mustn’t forget his musical skills. Here’s a video clip from our Outer Hebridean Ice Cream Adventure. Check him out:
Watch it in HD or on YouTube.
P.S. We have almost finished the full story of the Outer Hebridean Ice Cream Adventure. Stay tuned!
by Peter Gerard – April 1st, 2008 — ice cream, travel
In less than seven hours we depart for our biggest ice cream adventure yet! Thibault and Celine and I will be taking the White Mountain to Iona tomorrow. We’ll make a nice batch of coconut and chocolate there for Celine’s birthday.
Then on Saturday Dr. Big D will join us in Oban to catch the ferry to Barra and we’ll cycle the length of the Outer Hebrides, making ice cream along the way! Stay tuned for all the excitement…
UPDATE: The full story is now online.
