Fresh Peach Ice Cream

The Carolina Housewife (1847) includes a recipe for “Matrimony,” calling for two dozen common-sized peaches, sugar, and a quart of cream “or a very rich custard.” Peaches have grown in size since then, but I wonder if we will ever know how the old cultivars tasted. My peach ice cream marries the custard and some cream and calls for the almondlike kernels from within the peach pits. The real magic of the recipe is in letting the peaches sit overnight to become very sugary, so ice crys