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The frozen lemon pie sounds great; and your mention of ‘the good stuff’ reminds me of another gizmo I want: an electric ice cream maker.

We’ve been looking at the Cuisinart; but I’m wondering if there are any recommendations. (My husband grew up with the old crank kind; but there were lots of kids in the family to do the work!)

-JT

Cuisinart is my "go to" brand generally. I wanted the Ice Cream and Gelato maker but the price made my thrifty soul cry in agony. I found that the Cuisinart Pure Indulgence does very nicely and I picked it up a floor model for $50.00. So it had some dust and fingerprints on it, the box was a mess and the manual was missing.

For 40% off I can deal with that. The manual is available on line, I throw the box away and the dust and finger prints washed off.

The machine is great but you can only make one batch every seven hours. That's ok, I probably shouldn't eat more then that any way.

We have one. I personally love it. My favorite was making mint chocolate chip (straciatella?) from the mint growing wild in the yard. HOWEVER. The kids don’t like the real ice cream with the freshest, simplest ingredients as much as they like the crappy supermarket ice cream with thickeners and crap in it. Picture a whiny emoticon here. I am so sad I haven’t gotten them to realize how true and yummy homemade ice cream is.

I got David Whatshisname (the American who lives in Paris)’s recipe book and he is correct: homemade ice cream tastes best licking it right off the beater when it is done. It’s so good.

I believe we do have a cuisinart. We have the kind where you don’t need to freeze the bowl first, because we never had much freezer space. It takes up a lot of counter space and if I make a quart and the kids don’t eat it.... So I wish they loved it more. The ice cream is fantastic but softer and creamier, and freezes a bit harder and solider than your 2016 children appreciate. Anyone older adores it.