I’ll bet you didn’t know 14 July .. Ben & Jerry learned how to make ice cream by taking a $5 correspondence course offered by Penn State. (They decided to split one course.)...

LWW Loc: Banana Republic of America

Ben & Jerry learned how to make ice cream by taking a $5 correspondence course offered by Penn State. (They decided to split one course.)

MrBob Loc: lookout Mtn. NE Alabama

LWW wrote:

Ben & Jerry learned how to make ice cream by taking a $5 correspondence course offered by Penn State. (They decided to split one course.)

Origin of the Banana Split....

SteveR Loc: Michigan

Musta been a pretty good course!! Cherry Garcia is my favorite.

PixelStan77 Loc: Vermont/Chicago

LWW wrote:

Ben & Jerry learned how to make ice cream by taking a $5 correspondence course offered by Penn State. (They decided to split one course.)

Lived in Vermont and visited their first store in a closed gas station with a hand crank machine they put a motor on. They got the cream from the University of Vermont Dairy farm.

SteveR Loc: Michigan

PixelStan77 wrote:

Lived in Vermont and visited their first store in a closed gas station with a hand crank machine they put a motor on. They got the cream from the University of Vermont Dairy farm.

I remember my parents making ice cream in an old wooden hand crank machine. Lots of labor but worth the results. Better even than anything on the shelves today.

Hamltnblue Loc: Springfield PA

Most occupations do not require college degrees.
Unfortunately many do not discover this before going into debt.

robertjerl Loc: Corona, California

SteveR wrote:

I remember my parents making ice cream in an old wooden hand crank machine. Lots of labor but worth the results. Better even than anything on the shelves today.

Your parents! Once any kids in the family got to Jr High age - guess who took turns turning the crank. Except that last bit when it took someone old enough to have adult strength to turn the crank. I think we have an electric ice cream maker buried in the garage - but maybe not the wife sometimes goes on a "donate stuff" spree and doesn't always inform me what is going. I will have to look, making our own would be something to do when running out of things to do while staying at home.
I had an aunt who loved to experiment with different flavors she found in home making magazines. Some were great, and some were...
On my Grandparent's farm the stand by flavor was vanilla but often fresh fruit from the farm or chocolate chips added.

riderxlx Loc: DFW area Texas

SteveR wrote:

I remember my parents making ice cream in an old wooden hand crank machine. Lots of labor but worth the results. Better even than anything on the shelves today.

Me too.
Bruce

Bridges Loc: Memphis, Charleston SC, now Nazareth PA

LWW wrote:

Ben & Jerry learned how to make ice cream by taking a $5 correspondence course offered by Penn State. (They decided to split one course.)

Since I live in PA, I know Penn State Ice cream is the best. Berkey Creamery on the main campus in State College is where you could most likely earn a doctorate in ice cream making! My favorite flavor from there is Coconut Chip (coconut flavored ice cream with tiny chips of dark chocolate). When running the receiving department at the country club where I worked, I would dispatch a van about once a month to travel three hours to State College to pick up 30 to 36 tubs of various flavors. We finally quit doing this because of the expense of having a driver and van on the road for a full day. The ice cream can still be gotten locally at the Hotel Bethlehem (ranked #3 nationally for historic hotels).

Davoallen

I don't know where you get your facts, but keep it up. Good fun.

Charley

LWW, I enjoy the daily association with historic events and historic trivia.

Please keep it up.

Charley Crimes, Indianapolis

LWW Loc: Banana Republic of America

You know it.

LinHSNW

SteveR wrote:

I remember my parents making ice cream in an old wooden hand crank machine. Lots of labor but worth the results. Better even than anything on the shelves today.

Our family used to have bi-annual get-togethers called Clan Day. Relatives, friends and hangers-on came from all over, One year, when I was about 30 or so, I was urged to bring some of our usual group of friends to join in. When we arrived, my imperious mother announced to all within earshot that I was going to make ice cream. This involved cleaning the hand-crank freezer, 'cooking' the ingredients, chipping the ice, toting the rock salt, assembling everything and cranking for 14 forevers, all removed from the activities of the other folk.

I was stuck, but I made two full batches, and they were the last batches for which I got 'volunteered', ever.

Oh, my flavors were minced clam & lima bean (we were out of apricots).

pwanderson Loc: Louisiana

Must be something about university’s and ice cream. We live an hour away from LSU and are aware of a ice cream / dairy store on campus operated by the ag/center. Have their own dairy farm, make their own ice cream. Can not vouch for, never crossed the threshold. But it’s popular, my daughter spent my money in there often.

https://www.lsureveille.com/legacy/ice-cream-in-the-making-behind-the-scenes-at-the-lsu-dairy-store/article_09e871c4-b6e1-11e8-8f0c-0f197b9b7900.html

robertjerl Loc: Corona, California

pwanderson wrote:

Must be something about university’s and ice cream. We live an hour away from LSU and are aware of a ice cream / dairy store on campus operated by the ag/center. Have their own dairy farm, make their own ice cream. Can not vouch for, never crossed the threshold. But it’s popular, my daughter spent my money in there often.

https://www.lsureveille.com/legacy/ice-cream-in-the-making-behind-the-scenes-at-the-lsu-dairy-store/article_09e871c4-b6e1-11e8-8f0c-0f197b9b7900.html

Works like this:
1. University has an Agriculture department. (some of them Big City colleges and universities never heard of Ag, let alone have a department)
2. Ag Dept has dairy cows to play with
3. Dairy cows produce milk/cream
4. Making Ice Cream is doing "research" into utilization of the milk
And most of all: THE STUDENTS AND EVERYONE ELSE LOVE ICE CREAM!

And a bonus is that the Ice Cream Parlor produces a profit to pad the Ag Dept's budget.

Hey! There is a thought. Make colleges and universities earn money from doing things to support the place and reduce need for tax money and high tuition.