Rock and Roll with the Play and Freeze Ice Cream Maker
Are you having a Memorial Day barbecue or potluck and want to feature a fun hands on dessert for the kids? If so, then buy a Play and Freeze Ice Cream maker and tell the kids to have a ball.
This ingenuous gadget, made by Industrial Revolution in Redmond, Washington, makes it possible to crank out all natural homemade ice cream at home, at the park, or while camping. The ice cream maker doesn't require any electricity or refrigeration, so it's convenient to use in a wide variety of locations. The ball consists of two sections, a metal inner chamber that holds the ice cream ingredients and an outer chamber that holds the ice and the rock salt necessary for freezing the ingredients.
The truly magical ingredient in the process, however, is human-driven energy! By rolling, shaking, and passing the ball back and forth, the cream is chilled and eventually converted to luscious soft serve ice cream.
I recently purchased The Mega Ball, which makes one quart of ice cream. I filled it with the ice, rock salt and vanilla ice cream ingredients and put the kids to work. After about half an hour, we indeed had some gorgeous all natural ice cream.
The kids' arms were sore, so this culinary project is best when you have LOTS of energetic curious kids around. And, be sure to tell the kids that this isn't a soccer ball. It can't be bounced, kicked, or tossed.
--Melissa A. Trainer
marco on May 20, 2009 at 04:40 PM
I agree with this review. Got this as a gift - lots of fun and delicious ice cream, but used it once...
Red Ribbon Bakeshop on May 20, 2009 at 09:08 PM
Ice cream is perfect especially when summer is come.Currently in my place here is very hot.I want some ice cream.
-Ava
Yuck! on May 24, 2009 at 07:18 AM
Imagine all of the bacteria this thing picks up rolling all over the place. Gross!
ElMondo on May 25, 2009 at 12:14 PM
"And, be sure to tell the kids that this isn't a soccer ball. It can't be bounced, kicked, or tossed."
... and she still gave it to a bunch of kids? Is she positive it can't be bounced, kicked, or tossed around??
;) :D
D Adair on May 25, 2009 at 02:07 PM
The Girl Scouts beat them to it. They use two coffee cans. A smaller one is filled with ice cream ingredients, duct taped firmly closed and then placed inside of a larger one filled with ice and rock salt which is again firmly duct taped shut. This can be kicked and rolled around and works great.
Robbins Mitchell on May 25, 2009 at 03:30 PM
Well,I'm sorry,but I fail to see the efficacy of this device...after all the physical effort that has to be put into this thing...kicking it or passing it around or whatever...by who knows how many people,one lousy quart of ice cream is nowhere near enough to justify the labor input.