Ice cream churns the ice cream mixture while cooled inside a household freezer. Some more expensive models have an inbuilt freezing element. A newer method is to add liquid nitrogen to the mixture while stirring it using a spoon or spatula for a few seconds; a similar technique, advocated by Heston Blumenthal as ideal for home cooks, is to add dry ice to the mixture while stirring for a few minutes. Some ice cream recipes call for making a custard, folding in whipped cream, and immediately freezing the mixture. Another method is to use a pre-frozen solution of salt and water, which
Schoep's Ice Cream Schoep's Ice Cream Schoep's Ice Cream is an ice cream manufacturing company based in Madison, Wisconsin. It is the largest independent ice cream manufacturer in Wisconsin. Schoep's Ice Cream was founded by E.J. Schoephoester in 1928. Schoephoester made and sold the ice cream in his grocery store. By 1937 Schoep's Ice Cream had grown in local popularity, and E.B. Schoephoester sold his company in 1940 to Peter B. Thomsen, a butter maker. The company has been kept in the Thomsen family, and as of 2008, it was owned in part by nineteen members of the Thomsen family. As of 2018,