Ice Cream

Directions

1. 1
   Put the milk or cream on to boil.
2. 2
   If cream is used, six eggs will be sufficient; if milk, use eight.
3. 3
   Beat the yolks of the eggs and the sugar very light,
4. 4
   and then beat the whites to a stiff froth.
5. 5
   Take the milk off the fire and pour it over the sugar and yolks, stirring all the while.
6. 6
   Then add the whites, mixing thoroughly, and two tablespoonfuls of extract of either lemon or vanilla.
7. 7
   Set to cool and then turn into the freezer, pack and stir around in the ice for about ten minutes, and finish as in making and freezing ice cream.
8. 8
   This ice cream is the basis of all ice cream.