On Sundays, Tricia always cooks an extra-special meal. After church, the boys come over to the house and we set the table in the formal dining room with the nice china and silverware and sit down for an old fashioned Sunday lunch. We take time enjoying the food and each others' company. After we've cleaned our plates, I put the coffee on and we enjoy a cup or three of good coffee with a nice piece of chocolate or a cookie to go along with it. Simple pleasures.
I walked out the back door for a minute. It's hotter than a two dollar pistol outside. I walked back in and thought, "Let's make some homemade ice cream!" Nothing cools you off like a delicious bowl of ice cream. I heard on the radio this week that the #1 flavor of ice cream sold in the US is vanilla. #2 is chocolate. Either of those would be good. But, then the little flywheels and gears in my head started turning. How about some homemade BLACKBERRY ice cream? Our two blackberry canes are producing now. We've been eating them right off the bush.
The bushes are thornless and they produce really nice berries.
I crushed up the berries with a spoon in the bottom of my mug. Sun-heated blackberry juice and pulp filled the bottom of the cup. After pouring the ice cream mixer in our little ice cream maker, I emptied the muddled berries into there as well. We flipped the switch and the maker came to life, paddles turning through Clarabelle's cream. Fresh cow's milk and fresh berries. Can it get any better?
We continued to visit until we heard the ice cream maker struggle to churn through the thickened ice cream. Yep, it's done! Homemade blackberry ice cream.
Cold, smooth, and creamy...
What a delicious way to cool off on a hot summer day.
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