七选五: There is no easier way to prove that you're a capable person than by making foods that seem store-bought and expensive. You can handcraft your own by mixing flour, water, olive oil, and salt into a dough, rolling it thin, cutting it into squares, and then baking them briefly. 1 At a dinner party, when one of the hosts announced that she was going to whip up some ice cream for dessert,1 was skeptical. 2 But my friend filled a big bag with ice and salt, and a small bag with a mixture of half-and-half, vanilla juice, and sugar. She placed the smaller bag in the bigger bag, sealing it shut. Then she handed the bag-within-a-bag to her husband who shook it vigorously. 3 By God, it was ice cream. 4 If you simply combine and freeze ice-cream ingre dients, the water in the mixture will form into ice crystals. Plenty of people have invented ways of getting around using a machine; plenty of people made ice cream before the machine was invented. A cookbook author suggests putting your base straigh t into the freezer and then taking it out, every thirty minutes or so, for a good stir( 搅动 ). The other night, I tried making it using the bag method. After my gallon-size ziplock sprang a leak, spraying salt water across the floor, I switched to using a big glass jar, tucking the cream-filled bag inside it. After fifteen minutes of shaking, I opened the jar. 5 Do try this at home, as a party trick on a hot summer night. A. Making ice cream typically involves some equipment. B. No matter how you make ice cream, the key is to keep the mixture moving. C. You will undoubtedly be employed by a famous restaurant. D. After a few more minutes of shaking, the substance inside was considerably softer. E. If the substance had been softer, it would have been like what I'd eaten at a store. F. You could probably convince your guests you got them at a famous restaurant. G. Several minutes passed, and the substance became solid.