Why is salt added to ice when making ice cream the old-fashioned way?

Answer 1

Because salt lowers the point at which water freezes (why you put it on your steps in winter)...so it makes the ice water colder than 32 degrees..so it freezes the ice cream faster.

And you put it in pasta water, because it increases the point at which water boils...makes the water hotter than 100 degrees at boiling..so it cooks faster.

Puzzling, isn't it?

Answer 2

i also make my own organic ice cream from scratch,have also several books,but have never seen any rec for salt as an added ingredient when making hm-md ice cream..where the salt come in as much as i know is rock salt and ice added to the outside area of a manual old style ice crm maker to start the freezing process of making the womderful stuff,,,not as an added ingredient.

Answer 3

cause it gives it a nice flavour, also makes u thirsty so u will buy more,also it wont set as hard as ice and it gives it a crunchy texture, like honycombe.have u ever had a 99 taste that one for salt, it stll happens these days.

Answer 4

never heard of that