Snow Icecream?

Published on February 20, 2006 By HC1240 In Misc

A friend of mine was telling me that she makes "snow icecream." Now when I was little, I remember bringing in a dish of snow and putting maple syrup on it... but honestly, it can't have tasted that good because it's not one of my fondest memories. LOL.

This recipe was different though. It consisted of mixing evaporated milk with sugar, and then adding snow until it got "thick," whatever that means.

Another friend told me she puts hot cocoa mix in hers to make it chocolate.

I've never heard of this before. Have you all had snow icecream before? How do YOU make it? Is it really yummy, or just cool because it's made with snow from the backyard? (that was the big draw for me as a kid)

Have any recipes to share? I'm curious.

Comments

Chaos Manager

on Feb 20, 2006

My wife's family (her dad's from Mississippi, so he's just a *little* strange) do this every time it snows more than an inch or two.

It's simple, like your friend said. Can of evaporated milk, some sugar and some chocolate powder/syrup, vanilla extract (imitation or real) or strawberries, and stir. It's more of a snow cream soup, but you can always stick it in the freezer to solidify.

It's actually pretty good. Think a mid-grade generic ice cream. Pretty good.

Just don't get the yellow snow. That is *NOT* a flavor you want to try.

HC1240

on Feb 20, 2006

Just don't get the yellow snow. That is *NOT* a flavor you want to try.

LOL... definitely.

I wouldnt deliberately put snow in my mouth (unless it was an emergency) no matter what other ingredients were added to it. Would you use rainwater to make coffee? It's probably picked up every pollutant known to man as it travels to the ground.

This is kinda my thinking too, LW... and I live in a pretty rural area, but still. Car exhaust is car exhaust... and who knows what else.

HC1240

on Feb 20, 2006

Farmers use a LOT of chemicals that you wouldnt want to put in your mouth, from weedkillers to insecticides to solvents used to clean farm machinery.

Excellent point, LW. We don't have many farms around here either, (in the mountains) but it doesn't matter. I just can't see this as being a good idea.

Jythier

on Feb 20, 2006

But... snow... tastes so good.. it's all cold, and snowy... And made into ice cream? That's like, mega-snow. But, I guess I don't want to die from snow-poisoning.

Trudygolightly

on Feb 20, 2006

Maybe this would have been all right back in the 50's, we used to catch rain water to use for washing our hair because it was so
soft.
Probably the water and snow were pure enough then...

Texas Wahine

on Feb 20, 2006

We used to always make snow ice cream. I don't remember what we put in it, though. Milk, vanilla, eggs, maybe? Pollution and salmonella. MMmmmmm.

HC1240

on Feb 20, 2006

Maybe this would have been all right back in the 50's, we used to catch rain water to use for washing our hair because it was so soft.

Really? I can't imagine!

...

It will still usually make your hair soft, due to its acidity. (a mild vinegar or beer rinse will do the same.) But rinsing one's hair is not the same as eating or drinking it, (obviously, lol.)

Amen! If you put beer or vinegar in your hair, does it smell that way after, or does the odor rinse away in one shampoo?

We used to always make snow ice cream. I don't remember what we put in it, though. Milk, vanilla, eggs, maybe? Pollution and salmonella. MMmmmmm.

I've heard of milk and vanilla... that's the first time anyone's mentioned eggs though. Pollution and salmonella indeed! Blech!

Tova7

on Feb 27, 2006

Even when I lived in Alaska I didn't eat the snow...I won't lie, I tried it once. But you know what? It still had that chemical after taste that rain water and most untreated water has....yuk.

This is funny because when I was leaving Alaska I met a woman who was moving there while on the ferry. (One of the three ways to get around the state since roads are somewhat scarce.) Anyway, she asked me.."Is it true you can drink water from the streams?"

I laughed and said, "Um, I wouldn't. You've heard of pollution right?"

She said, "Yeah but in Alaska?"

I said, "Yeah, its in the atmosphere, so its a world wide problem."

Also, most summers the fires were so bad you couldn't breathe outside without something over your nose. Not exactly the pristine place shown on tv. And certainly not something I'd want to even inadvertently put into my body.

jlaur65

on Feb 28, 2006

weird...

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