 Welcome to Spotlight. Hey, that's my job! Welcome to Spotlight. I'm Liz Wade. And today I have an assistant with me to make a very special food. We are going to make... Ice cream! Ice cream! Yes. So, join us in just a moment to see how we make homemade ice cream. In this week's featured program, we talked about the history of ice cream and how ice cream is different all around the world. Ice cream has been a popular food since a thousand years ago. Did you know that? No. Yeah, ice cream has been around for a thousand years. And people used to just gather snow from the mountains and cover it with fruit juices or honey. Or they used to mix milks together and then they would try and make it colder. And they called that ice cream. Or they would mix ice and fruit together. And that is sorbet. And we eat all of those kinds of ice cream today. And there are different ice creams in different cultures. So, in India they have kulfi. What are some other ice creams? Gelato in Italy. Here in the US, we like just a... I don't know what we would call it, like a churned ice cream. It's usually made with cream and sugar. And sometimes fruit, strawberries or chocolate. Yeah. Do you like chocolate in your ice cream? No. No? Sometimes. Sometimes. But the great thing about ice cream is that you can make it at home. And so we wanted to share this very simple recipe with you. This recipe is also on our website at www.spotlightenglish.com. So you can follow along there if you don't get all of the measurements here. But we have two bags. We have one of these small plastic bags and then a larger plastic bag. Then we need some salt, some kosher salt. Now this is a sort of larger salt. I'll show you here. We also need some sugar. What are you doing? We have some vanilla extract. And of course one of the most important ingredients, maybe the most important, is some half and half or cream. And you can also use milk for this recipe. And we need some ice. And with those simple ingredients, we're going to make some ice cream. I have to tell you, I've never made ice cream before. Like this. I'm a little. You haven't either? Mm-hmm. So, wow, we're all in the same boat. There's an ice idiom for you. None of us have ever made this ice cream before. Now the first thing we are going to do is we are going to start with the cream, the ice cream mixture. So we need, here, you hold this bag. We need one cup. And I think that's 242 grams of half and half. So we have, are you ready? Okay. So we have half and half, which half and half is half cream and half milk. And it's already mixed together. So Freya, hold on to that tight. There we go. Okay. Now we need a half teaspoon of vanilla. It smells like ice cream. It smells like ice cream, huh? Mm-hmm. All right. And this is very sweet, I think. It says two tablespoons of sugar. I've also put that, we're only going to put one. This smells like a lot of sugar. No, too. It says two. Okay, we're going to put in one and a half, because that seemed like a lot of sugar to me. Okay. Freya, I am going to... That's like coffee. Oh, like coffee. All right. We need to take all of the air out of this bag. So that's a grown-ups job, isn't it? Yes. Okay. So, Freya, why don't you kind of mix this together? Do you see how it's got that sugar in the bottom there? Why don't you kind of mix this together with your hand? Now we need this big bag. It's fun to play with. Yeah. Yeah, it's so fun. Okay. Now in this bag, we are going to put ice and salt. So, I'm going to go get the ice and I'll be right back. Can I go and get the ice? Yeah, you can help me. How much ice is there? We need three cups of ice. We are back with the ice and I think... Okay. So, we actually put more like five cups of ice in here because the bag is so big and I just thought it needed more ice. So, that's what we did. Now, we need one third cup of kosher salt. So, Freya, why don't you hold that cup measure? We're going to pour this in here. Oh, that's a lot of salt. Keep it over the bag. All right. Pour that salt right in there, Freya. Nice. Okay. So, now we take the cream mixture. Did you mix this up really well? Yeah. Perfect. And we're going to put it in this larger bag. And now, here's the fun part. Guess what we do? What? What do you think? Now, we shake it. So, Freya, would you like to shake it? You have to shake it for about five to ten minutes. Now, I'm going to take a break. I can see that the ice is melting a little bit and it is forming a lot of condensation on the inside. It's very cold to hold. Very, very cold. So, we're grabbing the sides of the bag and shaking it like that. But it is shooting water everywhere. It is getting harder, though. Oh, my goodness. My hands are so cold. Good to do with a partner because then you can take turns freezing your hands. Handsome. All right. We've got two minutes left, Freya. Can we do it? Okay. So, we're going to check in again. It is about a minute and a half left. I can tell that the cream part is getting much harder. And all of this ice is mostly melted. I'm really glad we put in extra ice. The time is done. We have gone for about six minutes. Let's check out this ice cream. Okay. So, now I know that it won't be as hard as normal ice cream. Oh, my goodness. It's very hard. It's a lot harder than I thought it would be. Yeah. Look at that. Okay. Freya. Let's put this in the sink. And I have two bowls. Do you want to try the ice cream? Yes. You sure? Yes. All right. We'll try it. Just because Freya wants to. Oh. Do you smell it? All right. One second. Wait until we both get them. Scoop that off of there. There you go. This. Did you just sneak some before I was ready? You could just eat this right out of the bag. You could just make yourself a bag of ice cream. Okay, Freya. Let's taste it. Okay. So, again, this is half and half and sugar. We didn't even put in all the sugar, did we? It's pretty good. Mmm. Oh. I know. Oh. This is delicious. Mmm. It's not like a smooth ice cream. It is a little bit more icy than an ice cream. But. It's a little more colder than ice cream. And the flavor is actually really good. It is a very good vanilla flavor. And I was kind of afraid that the sugar would not dissolve. So that maybe it would be a little crunchy. But it's not. Yeah. It's very, very good. Would you eat a bowl of this ice cream? Yeah. A whole bowl. Mmm. And a whole thing. Would you eat this whole bag of ice cream? Yeah. So there you have it. Freya would eat this whole bag of ice cream. Now, I'm curious if you have ever made ice cream at your house or your home. And if it turned out, I know that some people make this all the time. Or what kind of ice cream is your favorite? Do you like vanilla? Do you like flavors in your ice cream? And also what kind of ice cream is most popular where you live? Is it Kulfi? Is it Gelato? Do you finish your ice cream like Freya does by drinking the rest right out of the bowl? Let us know in the comments below. If you liked this video, subscribe. If you like this video, please subscribe. Hit the little bell so that you always get notified when we have a new video. And we hope that you can join us again for the next Spotlight program and the next program that talks about U.S. culture. Thanks for joining us.