“Our pleasures in this world are always to be paid for.” –Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey

This recipe is from your dad’s Aunt Amelia Smith McConkie.

•  5 cups sugar
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 3 tablespoons cornstarch
• 2 quarts water
• 1 quart whipping cream
• 2 quarts milk
• Juice of 6 oranges
• Juice of 2 lemons
• 1 16-oz can crushed pineapple and juice
• 3 or 4 bananas, mashed

Combine sugar, salt, cornstarch, and water.  Cook till clear, then cool.  Add whipping cream and milk.  Add orange juice and lemon juice, crushed pineapple, and mashed bananas.  Pour into 8-quart ice-cream freezer and freeze.  Cut recipe in half to make 4 quarts.