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holy cripes! i always wanted to try making that diy ice cream thing with the two ziploc bags, and it turns out it really works! some milk, sugar and ice, and five minutes later (five minutes!) a miracle occurs!
the first batch, following the recipe, actually turned out somewhat bland, so last night i doubled the sugar & vanilla & added a scoop of mexican spiced cocoa, which turned it into something like a chocolate amaretto ice cream, almost too intense to eat. but of course we did. :)
some hints: use a towel to wrap the bags while shaking; it's cold! and the outer bag gets a little leaky toward the end, so be prepared to clean up salt water from the counters & the floor.
update 07.18.03: another important thing: really, only use one cup in the sandwich bag. two cups will make it burst and you'll end up with a large useless bag of salty creamy ice cubes. also, chocolate milk makes the perfect ice cream because it's very tasty and requires absolutely no other mixing or adding or tinkering.