Dee.Dee wrote:

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> "Default User" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Christine Dabney wrote:

> > > Or you can get the ingredients for it, and make some of the best
> > > ice cream that you have ever had, in amazing flavors and
> > > combinations, for not more than you pay for the cheaper brands.
> > > And the quality is much better.

> > That's not been my experience. Homemade ice cream is great, but the
> > ingredients are expensive. Heavy cream runs about 4$ a quart (more
> > if bought in smaller containers), vanilla is very expensive. You're
> > paying retail for all the ingredients.

> Here's what 1-1/2 qt ice cream will cost me

> 1-1/2 cups cream and 1-1/2 cups milk out of a gallon jug of raw milk

Most people are paying retail for cream, not raw milk. 1-1/2 cups of
cream would cost me over $3.

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> so at most, that's $2.75 for what makes about a quart of the best
> doggone ice cream I can buy. Vanilla, that is.

That's only moderately cheap, about the same as Breyers regular price
(it's $4.99 for 1.75 quarts here, or $2.85 a quart). Certainly not
compared to the "cheaper brands", which was the original claim. Breyers
is high-end commercial grade. It is better than Haagen-Dazs, pricewise,
but that's not what was said.

For people who are buying the ingredients retail (not separating raw
milk) the price is higher. The cream alone is more than that here. As I
said, it's over $4 a quart, and significantly more if bought in pint or
half-pint cartons.

Homemade ice cream is a nice treat, but for most not a way to save
money.




Brian

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