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822 of 830 humans found the following review helpful.
Read This if yours only makes ice cream “soup”
By webgrunt
The introductory various times I employed this product, it didn’t seem to work–the ice cream never genuinely froze, it just turned into a very cold soupy sludge. I had checked all the apparent things–made sure the bowl was totally frozen, made sure my ingredients were well-chilled, didn’t overload it and let it run the commended amount of time. I was going to return it, but thanks to all the positive reviews here, I thought perchance there was something I was doing wrong.
There was.
For flavoring, I was always using a sure artificial vanilla flavor that I like. And because I like it, I use a lot of it. One of the main ingredients of this flavoring is propylene glycol. If any of you who read this are alchemy buffs, I’ll bet you’re laughing now. Propylene glycol is many times employed in feed flavorings and colorings, but likewise is applied as antifreeze when a non-toxic antifreeze is required. So I was pouring in a good deal of edible antifreeze with my ingredients–next time I’ll just use chocolate or something!
So, if you’re having trouble getting your ice cream to freeze and you’ve checked everything else, make sure your flavorings don’t incorporate propylene glycol!!
1023 of 1046 persons found the following review helpful.
GREAT ICE CREAM MAKER!!
By A
I purchased this ice cream maker after seeing one like it on the feed channel. I have one of those Rival brand ice cream manufacturers that requires the salt and ice. What a mess! and loud!! This Cuisinart ice cream maker is wonderful! It is quiet equated to my old Rival and very easy to use. You keep the bowl in the freezer at all times, and when you make up a batch of ice cream, you just pour the cream in the frozen bowl and turn the button to ON. In 20 minutes or less, you have ice cream. I am very glad I purchased this. I likewise purchased Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream & Dessert book and a Farberware Millennium ice cream scoop along with this maker and I would highly commend those also!
406 of 413 humans found the following review helpful.
Excellent Ice Cream
By John Stevens
So far, my wife and I have made a batch of mint chocolate chip, and cookies and cream. Both were excellent! We made these using the “simple” recipe (no eggs or cooking required). These recipes taste like Breyer’s (which is an A+ rating by our standards). Not a surprise, because if you thoroughly examine a carton of Breyer’s, you’ll see the same simple ingredients (cream, milk, sugar, real vanilla or mint extract) — no “xantham gum” or what-not. I disagree with the other review here that says the ice cream doesn’t freeze well (after making) — in fact, we think the texture is better after it firms up a bit. We equated this product to a similar one by Krups, but the Cuisinart has a more powerful motor and a better warranty. We are looking forward to attempting frozen daquiris, slushies, and other ice cream flavors. This is a outstanding machine!
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