Don't eat yellow snow-Zip lock ice cream recipe

I found myself reminiscing about the "good old days", when my eldest brother Rafael, made us kids ice-cream out of snow. What a treat! We looked forward to the snow fall and would run outside to scoop up a fresh bucket full every winter.

Just now the saying "don't eat yellow snow" popped into my head because you can't make ice-cream out of snow anymore, forget about it being yellow, it is full of who knows what? They used to say acid rain, but know it is more likely full of perchlorate, a rocket fuel chemical, and tons of other stuff.

So, with that in mind, make your own ice-cream with the following recipe. I don't know who to give the credit to because one of my children brought the recipe home from school years ago.

It is called: "Zip-Lock Vanilla Ice Cream.

* 1qt. half & half
* 1qt. milk
* 1 C whipping cream
* 3/4 C sugar
* 1 Tbsp. vanilla
* 1/8 tsp. salt

Mix all of the ingredients. Put some of the cream mixture into a zip-lock baggie. Make sure you leave some room for it to expand. Seal the baggie tightly. Put the baggie into a larger 1 gallon size zip-lock. Put ice and rock salt into the large baggie. Seal the large baggie tightly. Play catch with the baggie with your kids for 5-10 minutes, making sure that it does not come open. When the ice cream has become solid, it is ready to eat! Easy huh?

I wish someone would try this recipe for me using only commodity canned evaporated milk and reconstituted powder milk instead of the half & half and cream and let me know how it turns out. It would be a treat for low income families. Thank you!