You definitely want to use new snow as it will be fluffy AND clean. 🙂

I wouldn’t use old snow. If it’s below freezing, it doesn’t take long for it too be icy

No, it’s definitely not an original idea. People have been making snow ice cream for years. 🙂

I’m so glad you finally got to try it! Stay warm and safe!

Hopefully this will help soothe your worries from both sides of the fence…Actually, your not supposed to make snow cream until the second round of snow comes thru… Snow forms like a net as it falls through the atmosphere and collects pollutants as it falls to the ground. Thats why you ALWAYS wait for the second round of snowfall before you gather your snow, by then the first snow has had a chance to clean the atmosphere around where you live from pollutants and any nasty particles that can come from nearby factories etc. My grandmother has been making snow cream for over 65 years and that’s the first tip she taught us… Also along with the ingredients you already have listed most snow cream recipes also call for 1/2 cup granulated sugar and 1 beaten raw egg. ( optional )! I know “raw egg”? Yucky.. but actually it gives the snow cream a very creamy texture, and believe it or not… most ice creams are made with eggs. Thats why “custard” ice cream is so much creamier than regular ice creams. and for over 40 years me nor my siblings have ever gotten sick a single time and we make it every year, 3 to 4 times a year! Egg or no egg, adding the sugar will make you fall in love with it all over again. I hope this will help you to decide to give it another try and not have to worry about eating any dirt when you make your next batch.. even the dirt you can’t see!!

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What is shaved ice?

We don’t very often get snow where I live and it is usually so lame that you can see the grass through it,and it melts by midday. More than an inch and everywhere shuts down. I’ m in Hastings on SE Coast of England.

Set a bowl out to catch the snow..that’s what I do.

I would use caution I always place a bowl on the highest spot I can find then it comes straight from heaven LOL!!

That sounds amazing!

We used snow that fell a few days ago. Tasted great!

Glad you loved it, Sherra!

Thanks so much for sharing, Alishia!

Alishia
Host, The Healthy Heart Show w/Alishia Louis-Potter

Our modern opposition to dirt is actually one of the things scientists believe is leading to increased allergies. We need exposure to the microbes that come along with normal dirt.

Although I might be less inclined to use the snow if you live in a very high-POLLUTION area where there are a lot of toxic chemicals in your precipitation.

And chocolate. We’ve added chocolate powder to ours. This is the first time I’ve heard of using condensed milk. We just always used milk, sugar, and vanilla (and cocoa if we were doing chocolate).

Until a few years ago I didn’t have running water (or electricity) and it was easier to melt snow then prime the frozen hand pump for water.
I never experienced what you are talking about unless I scraped the ground when I was putting snow in the bucket.
Sometimes there was little bits of stuff like pine needles or dried up lichen but I just flicked it out.
So I’m looking forward to trying this! Yum! But now I need to get to town for condensed milk…

Yay! Glad you enjoyed it!

I’ve been sharing the post for weeks on my facebook page, noard0. Sorry you missed it!

Use evaporated milk and just add sugar ! Worked for me!

Eating snow is a necessary rite of childhood passage (so all the better with sweetened condensed milk and vanilla)!

My Aunt Rita used to tell me “God made dirt, so dirt can’t hurt”

I’ve heard of some recipes calling for milk, salt and sugar, and other recipes calling for icing sugar, Penny. You could hit google with a few of those keywords and see what comes up.

I so agree with you happyhooligans. When we think about it we can become paranoid about what we are eating. If it is clean or bad for us or not. Every day we eat out or eat things without looking at it trusting complete strangers have cleaned it for us. Example , riding and eating or opening candy / cakes , chips , etc.. I have bitten into candy before only to find it was full of bugs. Once it was worms. Same things at family restaurants, fast food places , gas stations , and anywhere there is food sold. There may be roaches or rodents or spiders crawling on/in dishes. Bugs in food that gets cooked and served to you. Not on purpose but just the same it happens.
I had rather eat a little specks of dust or dirt. I am not going to let it drive me to where all I can do is think about what I am or am not eating. The government allows more trash and bugs in our food than what is in our snow cream. If we get it from where there are no animals and so forth on/been on it.

I’ve heard shaved ice works, Sharon. You could try that. 🙂

Very true, and I used to feel the same way, and then I started thinking about all the times we pick cherry tomatoes and beans and strawberries straight out of the garden and eat them without washing them. Probably loads of dust and pollen on those. And all the outdoor potlucks I’ve been to where the food is spread out on tables in the yard, or when we leave our drinks on the deck to sip from all day while we’re playing. I’m sure there’s dust that settles on our food and drinks that way too, but we don’t really think about it. As a one-time winter treat, with freshly fallen snow, I don’t feel that the number of dirt particles are enough to worry too much about. After all, what child doesn’t eat snow or suck on an icicle when they’re outside playing. As my dear, old Nan used to say: “You have to eat a peck of dirt before you die”. 🙂

Oh yum! That sounds amazing!

As long as it’s clean, it should be ok, Lisa. Dig deep. 🙂

Ohh! I’ve heard you can use shaved ice, Aysha!