Mrs. Fry

Biography

Organized making peach ice cream using freshly fallen hail, nested cans, and rock salt. Described as a buxom, stout, bowed-legged woman who sang and laughed throughout the activity.

Timeline

One summer day, when the narrator was about ten
Making peach ice cream with summer hail
After a sudden hailstorm, Mrs. Fry and the children used collected hail and rock salt to freeze peach ice cream in nested cans, then ate it on the porch.
Bernie's Chapter

Stories mentioning Mrs.

A Summer Hailstorm Becomes Peach Ice CreamWhile Bernard and Toby Fry played Crow on the Frys' porch, a sudden summer hailstorm left a thick covering of quarter-inch hailstones. Mrs. Fry had them gather the hail and used it with rock salt to freeze cream, sugar, and peach slices in nested cans. Singing and laughing, she joined the children in rolling the can across the kitchen floor. They then ate all the ice cream on the porch.

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Bernie's Chapter — HAIL

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