A search of the words “snow recipes” on Google will bring up about 195 million possible links. Eating snow and recipes for making things to eat from snow is a hot and trending topic.
Here are a few of the recipes I’ve had success with over the years.
But first, here’s a disclaimer. Googling the question, “Is it safe to eat snow?” results in about 119 million hits.
There definitely are mixed opinions on the correct answer to that question.
Many of the negative answers refer to a 2015 study by Parisa Ariya, professor of chemistry and atmospheric and oceanic sciences at McGill University, that tested snow formation under laboratory conditions and found that snow in urban areas could be toxic with hazardous chemicals from motor vehicle exhaust. Ariya has been quoted widely saying that she forbids her kids from eating snow in urban areas.
Snow absorbs chemicals from its environment, as it’s forming in the atmosphere, as it’s falling and while it’s lying on the ground.
In addition to the urban snow warning, you might want to avoid snow in industrial areas for the same contaminant reasons, as well as roadside snow and other snow that may have been plowed, shoveled or been exposed to melt chemicals, snow that isn’t pure white and may contain algae or bacteria or anything else that isn’t snow, snow in the bottom layer that touches the ground, and snow that’s been exposed to strong winds that could be picking up ground-based contaminants ranging from manure on farmers’ fields to soot from a neighbor’s fire pit.
Fresh snow is preferred over old snow that’s been on the ground for a while. The snow from the middle of a storm, a couple hours into the storm, might be cleaner than the snow that falls early in the storm and collects more of the atmospheric contaminants.
“It’s also important to remember that the presence of contaminants in air, soil, food, water or even snow does not necessarily mean high exposure hazards and associated risks of disease. This depends on the types of contaminants, the concentrations of them and the amount or duration of exposure,” Michael Bisesi, senior associate dean and professor of environmental health sciences, wrote in the blog from the Ohio State University College of Public Health.
If after those cautions you still want to give it a try, here are the recipes.
Yellow snow you can eat
- Zest of 1 lemon
- Juice of same lemon
- 2 cups of snow
- 1 tablespoon of sugar
Zest the lemon.
Juice the lemon.
Stir the lemon zest, lemon juice and sugar into the snow. Enjoy.
The lemon could be replaced by or combined with a lime.
Birch beer snow cone
- 6 ounces of birch beer, or your favorite soda
- 2 cups of snow
Refrigerate the soda for a couple hours.
Slowly pour the chilled soda over the snow. Enjoy.
Peppermint snow cream
- 14 ounces of sweetened condensed milk
- 1 teaspoon of peppermint extract
- 4 cups of snow
Refrigerate the milk for a couple hours.
Stir the milk and extract into the snow. Enjoy.
Maple taffy
- 1 cup of maple syrup
- Large bowl of snow
In a large saucepan, bring the maple syrup to a boil. Cook the syrup over medium-low heat, stirring constantly, to a temperature of about 240 degrees or until a drop of the syrup dropped into cold water forms a firm ball.
Level the top of the snow across the bowl.
Pour the hot maple syrup in strips an inch or so wide across the top of the snow.
The syrup will solidify into strips of taffy. Enjoy.
Spiced honey nuggets
- 1 cup of honey
- 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract
- Cayenne pepper to taste
- Sea salt to taste
- Large bowl of snow
Stir the vanilla into the honey.
Stir in the pepper to the desired heat.
Pour the honey mixture over the snow in quarter-sized gobs.
As the honey mixture cools, use a spoon to roll each gob into a ball.
Sprinkle sea salt to taste onto each ball.
Enjoy.
Fresh-frozen hot chocolate
- 4 ounces of chocolate
- 2 teaspoons of cocoa powder
- 2 tablespoons of sugar
- 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract
- 2 cups of milk
- 4 cups of snow
- Whipped cream
In a double boiler melt the chocolate.
Blending thoroughly with each new ingredient, stir the cocoa powder into the melted chocolate, then the sugar, then the vanilla extract.
Remove the mixture from the heat.
Allow to cool a bit and then stir in the milk, mixing thoroughly.
Stir mixture into the snow.
Top with whipped cream.
Enjoy.
Contact Marcus Schneck at mschneck@pennlive.com.
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