2005-2006:
President: Billy Sardar
Equipment & Ingredients Officer, Chief Researcher,
Aesthetic Consultant: Majeed Neky
Treasurer: Charlotte Kershaw
Web-master General, Secretary: Adam French
Honorary Snowman, Chief Stirrer: David Bell

Back in the dark ages that was my first term in Emmanuel, I remember sitting on a carpet in North Court making strawberry ice cream, my first experience with the Emmanuel Real Ice Cream Society. I was taken by the simple enjoyment of mashing up strawberries, lemons and mixing with cream, milk, eggs and lots and lots of sugar. Our mEatings every 2 weeks or so were something I looked forward to as a chance to have a laugh and do something which seemed somehow worthy of my precious dossing time. Making ice cream is kind of cooking, which is a valuable life skill, right?

The approach of Christmas brought annual elections. Now is the time to mention the only problem we've had as a society this year: only 3 members are from the (former) first year. While an unremarkable number considering that the society's active membership tallies 12, we could have done better. I was elected president on the grounds of being the first of Charlotte and I to volunteer, and then Charlotte became treasurer (a very time-demanding office) on the grounds of being the only person left to choose from. Adam became the secretary and has since made some first class minutes. However our website is in desperate need of an overhaul. Last year's president, Majeed, took over the position of equipment and ingredients officer among others, and has been prepared. David kept his office of honourary snowman and became the chief stirrer. He executed well his charge of carefully correcting any member who should be suspected of making any statement implying the possibility of over-consumption of food.

I demanded Chocolate Superfudge Brownie as my first presidential act and a sticky, chocolatey sugar-fest ensued. During Lent and Easter terms we made nearly-frozen delights such as mocha & walnut, banana rum & cinnamon and raspberry sorbet. One noteworthy incident involved the use of crème fraîche and the discovery of globules of cheese in the resulting mint choc chip. Towards the end of Easter term we brainwashed 2 Tits from the Hall into becoming members, and took their spoons hostage.

 

By far the most memorable event of the year was our annual garden party held in May Week. This event really brought the society together and stirred up some enthusiasm. It was held jointly with the Emmanuel College Fairtrade Society who provided many man-hours in preparation. My hat goes off to Cong for single-handedly making the best fudge sauce I ever tasted. We made a few discoveries while stocking up on ingredients. No matter how high one lifts a Tesco trolley, the wheel still locks up when trying to remove it from the car park. The average Panthers taxi driver 'would rather spent two hours with a hooker' than spend £112.50 on a Trinity May Ball ticket. There was No Limit to the amount that 2 Unlimited helped us Get Ready For This garden party. Electric whisks rule.

The 42 litres of ice cream that we made all got eaten up, partly by punters at the REDS theatre festival. One BBC reporter came back for a second helping. The master attended, showing support for Emmanuel's most popular society and a belly dancer even bought a ticket. David Bell gets an honourable snowman mention for distributing an entire 4.5l of Triple Chocolate in 5 minutes amongst the garden full of groaning party-goers. In summary, the event was a resounding success and while the figures have not been calculated (to any degree of accuracy), ERICS and EFTS jointly made a profit on the scale of £100. Our share of this surprise sum will be used to bribe college into letting us store our new freezer salvaged from the Centre for Veterinary Science somewhere on Park Terrace.

 

W.R. Sardar