Mr Whippy Ice Cream Machine for the home

[revs88]

Hi all,

Can anyone recommend a good quality 'soft serve' ice-cream machine for the home. I'm looking for that '99' ice-cream taste you get straight from the Mr Whippy van.

I've been looking on ebay for ones used in the trade but they are going for about £1000+ and weigh about 100kg's (e.g. CARPIGIANI) which is a bit steep to feed my ice cream habit.

Any advice would be welcome.

Cheers, Richard

[GWC]

Cuisinart do one.

http://shop.ebay.co.uk/?_from=R40&_trksid=p519...

[Goa'uld]

Jimmy's food factory covered this recently - it's been taken off iPlayer but check out this vid;

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OzYAj0WlqdA

Shows how much effort goes into making them (and the cheapness of the ingredients!) and maybe justifies the price of the industrial equipment.

Really want a 99 now!! The machine he bodges together at the end is the most PH solution!

[Teebs]

Walls Cornetto do a small cartridge system.

http://www.indulgenceicecream.co.uk/softmachines.h...

Might be a *bit* commercial for the home!

As said, the real machines cost a fortune and are very temperamental!

[The Nur]

Teebs said:

Walls Cornetto do a small cartridge system.

http://www.indulgenceicecream.co.uk/softmachines.h...

Might be a *bit* commercial for the home!

As said, the real machines cost a fortune and are very temperamental!

I need one of these in my life...

[tonym911]

Hate that bloomin Mr Whippy style ice cream, it's like some weird form of lard.
Give me only ice cream that you have to dig out with a strong spoon.

[Teebs]

tonym911 said:

Hate that bloomin Mr Whippy style ice cream, it's like some weird form of lard.
Give me only ice cream that you have to dig out with a strong spoon.

I like the taste, but hate what goes into it. Quite horrible. It's liquid gold for those retailing it at the end though.

[anonymous-user]

The Nur said:

I need one of these in my life...

I can imagine the conversation with the Mrs as she walks in from work.

You - "Hi darling"
Her - "WTF is that"
You - "It's a.."
Her - "Well it's not staying here"

[The Nur]

There is no Mrs.Nur (fked her off before christmas thankfully) there would be no explanations to be made

[revs88]

garyhun said:

I can imagine the conversation with the Mrs as she walks in from work.

You - "Hi darling"
Her - "WTF is that"
You - "It's a.."
Her - "Well it's not staying here"

Funnily enough I was wondering how I was going to explain to the G/F how a Walls machine had magically appeared in the kitchen...

[koolchris99]

I would love one of these, we have a normal ice cream. Maker but it takes an age and is better for cocktails to be honest..

Group buy ?

[Davi]

Teebs said:

I like the taste, but hate what goes into it. Quite horrible. It's liquid gold for those retailing it at the end though.

what does go into them? Quite fancy one!

[Teebs]

Davi said:

what does go into them? Quite fancy one!

Skimmed milk, Vegetable fats, Sugar, colourings and flavourings. The cartons are like ready to use custard. Quite fancy one now....

[Dogwatch]

Buy a second-hand van? MUST HAVE CHIMES (the naffer the better)!

[Simpo Two]

site said:

Whippy Style Ice Cream Mix

Nutritional Information
Typical Values per 100g
Energy, 430 kcal
Protein, 3g
Carbohydrates, 115g
Fat, 0.76g
Fibre, 3g
Sodium, trace

Getting 115g of carbohydrates into 100g is an impressive trick!

Edited by Simpo Two on Tuesday 12th April 10:50

[Davi]

Teebs said:

Skimmed milk, Vegetable fats, Sugar, colourings and flavourings. The cartons are like ready to use custard. Quite fancy one now....

Doesn't sound bad to me at all! I think I shall be stopping at the ice cream van on the way home LOL

[Balmoral Green]

And as we all know, soft serve ice cream was invented by Margaret Thatcher, before she moved into politics

[kmcbride]

Perfect weather for it at the moment

[arfur sleep]

Balmoral Green said:

And as we all know, soft serve ice cream was invented by Margaret Thatcher, before she moved into politics

yep, the lady was not for churning

[steedy27]

Teebs said:

Walls Cornetto do a small cartridge system.

http://www.indulgenceicecream.co.uk/softmachines.h...

Might be a *bit* commercial for the home!

As said, the real machines cost a fortune and are very temperamental!

:O NEED - surely the cartridges will cost nothing if buying at wholesale!