Friday – February 6, 2009
Snow Cream anyone?? The last few weeks have been a winter wonderland. The opportunities for kids of all ages to make a snowman; make angels in the snow; have a fantastic snowball fight with unsuspecting family members and friends; go sleigh riding down the steep hills; and last but not least, enjoying good old fashion “Snow Cream” can be the high light for a winter lover’s dream!
I decided to google to get a little history about making snow cream. I can remember my grandmother, my parents, and their generations talking about making snow cream and eating icicles once old man winter had hit their area with snow and freezing temperatures! According to Wikipedia, snow cream was being made as far back as the 15th - 16th centuries. From looking at a number of the recipes, they all included the basic ingredients of milk, sugar, vanilla flavoring, and snow. Some recipes used condensed milk to make a richer tasting treat; others included using egg whites and flour; and some talked about adding chocolate “quik mix,” raisins, cinnamon, bananas which are really ripe, and any other flavoring that you might enjoy – be creative and enjoy! Whatever might be your personal likes in flavor could allow you to be even more creative!
When gathering the snow, make sure it is CLEAN snow. Make sure no animals have been around the area where you gather the snow. It has been suggested the safest snow is the snow that is in the middle of the snow fall. Don’t get the snow off cars or too close to the ground; wipe the top layer of the snow off because it will contain dirt particles and other things that might fly through the air and settle on the snow. Sure, we didn’t think of those things when going out and gathering snow so Mammaw or Mom could make the snow cream, but times have changed and apparently our environment isn’t as safe as it use to be!
When checking the different sites out for recipes, I found some that were really simple, and also gave exact amounts even for the snow. Hope you get to make some snow cream before the snow is all gone!!!!
Sites with recipes for snow cream!
A warning about where not to get the snow! The following pictures were taken in our yard – we definitely will NOT be using the snow in these areas!!!
The tracks are from our four legged friends!
Looks like they were trying to find cover from the snow
Now I wonder what Toby is doing????
Tracks out back - were they looking for food? 
Tracks made by my "two legged" friend! :):):)
The snow on the cars still has too much dirt - so the experts say!!!
This snow is definitely out of the question as a choice to use!! It's yellow!!!!
Hmmmm - I wonder why???
Tracks made by my "two legged" friend! :):):)
The snow on the cars still has too much dirt - so the experts say!!!
This snow is definitely out of the question as a choice to use!! It's yellow!!!!
Hmmmm - I wonder why???
When making snow cream, make sure your snow is CLEAN!!! Enjoy!
1 comment:
MMMM! Lemon ice cream!
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