On Tue, 19 Jul 2016 17:46:29 -0700, Taxed and Spent
> wrote:

>On 7/5/2016 9:05 AM, wrote:
>> On Tue, 5 Jul 2016 06:11:51 -0700, Taxed and Spent
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> All the recipes I have seen just say to soak the raisins in rum.
>>> shouldn't there be some spices too?
>>
>> I don't put spices, I do soak the raisins overnight though so they are
>> really plump and full of rum.
>>
>
>Thanks all for your comments. About food!
>
>I couldn't find golden raisins and I didn't want to look all over heck
>for them. I will keep my eyes open in my travels for future batches.
>
>I bought some Costco spiced rum - darn it is good!
>
>I macerated the raisins for a couple days - putting more rum that the
>recipes all seem to call for, to properly soak the raisins.
>
>I used 2/3 brown sugar and 1/3 white sugar.
>
>I used a tiny bit of cinnamon.
>
>I should have REALLY chilled the mixture before putting it into the ice
>cream machine, so it wouldn't have taken so darn long. I did measure
>the temperature when it really started turning into ice cream - about 14
>degrees.
>
>Darn is it good!

Lol don't forget too much alcohol in the mix and it won't really set
too well.