A popular Minnesota State Fair attraction as the corner of Randall Street and Underwood Ave was a 'home made' ice cream booth powered by two 'old time' (1937) 1-cylinder John Deere poppers. The display sign rade: Makes 5 gallons in 18 minutes. Many of you old timers remember hand cranking your ice cream freezer, stuffing chopped ice around the outer perimeter of that little steel tub and eventually the tasty satisfaction of a gallon of your own home made ice cream after what seemed like at least an hour of cranking.
In the 'old days' vanilla was the only flavor most folks were doing. But not so at this John Deere powered setup at the State Fair. Strawberry, chocolate, peaches and cream, even cookie flavored ice creams were on the menu at a cost of $4 for a double dip serving. Turner said he started out using 'White Mountain' freezers but now uses freezers made by the Ohio Amish people. He has 12 of the 1-cylinder John Deere tractors back home on his Carolina farm. "And yep, I make enough selling home made ice cream at your State Fair to let me mostly loaf and fish the rest of the year." |
