Heading out to the grocery store to pick up snacks for when you have people over to watch the big game on February 4? No matter if you are a New England or Philly fan your party is sure to be a winner if you include G.H. CRETORS Popped Corn in your snack bowl. Popcorn is one of my favorite snacks to enjoy while watching movies and sporting events so of course we'll be including it in our snack bowl while viewing the big game. Of course while watching this year's best football teams compete on the field, we'll be eating some of the best popcorn you can get by having G. H. Cretors at our big game party.
Each popcorn variety from G.H. Cretors is made with high-quality, real ingredients like premium aged cheddar cheese at the Eagle Foods facility just north of Chicago in Waukegan, Illinois. Just in time for the big game, G.H. Cretors is releasing two new flavors of popped corn ... Buffalo & Ranch Mix and Cheese Lovers Mix. They kindly sent us some samples of these new mixes for my family to try out and they are great!
Buffalo & Ranch Mix: This popular chicken wing flavoring also tastes great as a popcorn flavor. It is a no-brainer for football fans to include this new G.H. Cretors mix in their tailgate and viewing party spread. It is a little out of the ordinary for a popped corn flavor which really makes it stand out as a delicious treat.
Cheese Corn Mix: While Green Bay might not be playing that doesn't mean you can't include cheese as part of your big game festivities. G.H. Cretors ups the ante when it comes to cheesy popcorn by mixing up multiple flavors of cheese together. This is a wonderful combination of flavor that cheese lovers won't want to miss out on.
While Detroit's team won't be in the mix for the big game it is nice to know that we can enjoy G.H. Cretors' The Mix Popped Corn on game day. This classic blend of caramel and cheesy corn is always a fan favorite! It is so good The Mix is sure to be a highlight of any big game party.
Remember it is a football foul not to include G.H. Cretors Popped Corn in your game day snack bowl. You want the brand that has 125 years of experience crafting popcorn and only uses a special mushroom kernel combined with just the right temperatures and techniques to pop them to perfection. That is G.H. Cretors! For more information about their flavors and where you can purchase these popcorn mixes, visit ghcretors.com
My family loves ice cream! Unfortunately, because my son and daughter have a peanut food allergy eating some isn't as easy as picking up a carton at the grocery store or going out to an ice cream parlor. Most manufacturers create lots of flavors featuring peanuts on the same production lines as those that don't include them as ingredients creating contamination risks with everything that comes out of their facility. Because my kids food allergies are severe enough that microscopic exposure from ingesting a peanut contaminated product can cause life threatening anaphylactic shock we just avoid purchasing ice cream altogether.
That doesn't mean my family can't enjoy ice cream though. We just have to make it ourselves! So we absolutely include ice cream as one of the treats enjoyed during the holidays. It is just homemade for us.
One of the ways we make this homemade desert is by using an ice cream ball. There are a variety of models available that you can find at retailers such as Amazon, Bed Bath & Beyond, LL Bean, Mindware, REI and Walmart among others. You can get some exercise and have some fun playing with these ice cream balls while making yourself a tasty desert.
First gather up the ingredients that makeup the ice cream. We normally make the vanilla variety. Start off with one 14 oz can of Eagle Brand Sweetened Condensed Milk. We mix that together with 4 cups of light cream and 2 tablespoons of vanilla extract. Pour that mixture inside the container located on designated side of the ice cream ball. Then add ice and rock salt into the chamber on the opposite side of the ball that has a chamber which surrounds where the ingredients are held. Rock salt is used in the process because it facilitates a cold saltwater slush surrounding the container your ingredients are held in that helps promote the appropriate temperature to get them to transform into ice cream. I know it sounds weird to add salt because that is normally associated with melting things like snow off roads, but trust me it really works!
Now the real work starts! The ball needs to be rolled, shaken and tossed for twenty minutes. My kids have a lot of fun playing catch with it and rolling it around the kitchen or dining room floor. Shaking it around like a maraca is also important to assist getting a good mixture of the ingredients to provide a nice texture as the ice cream forms. We normally open the ingredients chamber about 10 minutes in and stir things then go back to moving the ball around for another ten to fifteen minutes. The ice and salt never touch the ice cream but rather just foster the right temperature that combined with churning the ingredients produces the final outcome.
So there you have it! Put enough effort into constantly keeping the ice cream ball in motion for around twenty minutes and you will be rewarded. You'll have ice cream that can be eaten right out of the ball when you are done.
For best results though I recommend scooping the ice cream out of the ball and placing it in a freezer-proof container. Let it solidify in the freezer for an hour or so to allow the ice cream to become a bit thicker than when it is first made. We also use Eagle Brand Sweetened Condensed Milk when making our ice cream because it provides a richer flavor more like what you would purchase at a store compared to just using half-and-half or cream in your own recipe. Click here for a variety of homemade ice cream recipes that can be made using Eagle Brand Sweetened Condensed Milk including two of my favorite flavors from their idea list, Caramel Apple and Chocolate Peppermint.
Of course ice cream isn't the only desert that Eagle Brand Sweetened Condensed Milk makes a great ingredient for. Use it for making candy, cakes, cookies and other sweets. Visit eaglebrand.com for ideas and recipes on how to make some wonderful treats. What is your favorite desert to make during the holiday season?
