[11Bush]

I well remember sitting on my grandma’s ice cream churn to provide the needed ‘ballast’ to the hold the contraption down while dad turned the handle.

Best ice cream in the world!

[The Cajun]

.........to the hold the contraption down while dad turned the handle.

Remember those well, still have an old hand crank type in my workshop.
You really had to want ice cream back then, LOL.
When they came out with the electric motor driven ones, thought that was the best thing since sliced bread.