Yesterday, responding to the request of an old friend, terminally ill and a bit depressed, we used a recent acquisition, one of those Cuisinart counter top ice cream makers (No, not purchased, but a gift) which requires "pre-freezing" the insulated core to make "home-made" peach ice cream.

My wife pulled out her mother's old family recipe, an uncooked version based on Half & Half, "Eagle Brand", good vanilla (or better, a bean), sugar to taste and a half dozen eggs to the half gallon (a certifiable artery-clogger). It's peach season here, allowing plenty of crushed and chopped peaches for flavor. We made a double recipe, first the half gallon for the friend, delivered it, re-froze the core and ran the other batch for us.

Maybe it was the aroma of the fresh tree-ripened peaches, but I don't recall much in the way of dessert which ever "topped" this.

While the ice cream maker came with a recipe for a frozen blend of fat free unsweetened yogurt, artificial sweetener, and pureed fruit, health constraints aside, I think I'll stay with the artery clogger.