Hooray! We finally have snow! Chuck suggested that we make snow cream. Normally I poopoo the idea because I was raised to think that snow is gross. You avoid the yellow snow. You don't eat the snow and you certainly don't bring it into the house, add stuff to it and pretend that it is a fine dish of ice cream. I was an avid reader of the Little House books so I convinced my mom one year to make some snow cream. What we created was far from anything you would want to eat. It resembled the slop that they serve street urchins that then chant "please sir, can we have some more?".
Today was different. I was so super excited about the snow that I agreed. I could make something better than all those years ago. We quickly layered on enough clothes to make the mom in "A Christmas Story" grin with pride. I grabbed two big mixing bowls and headed outside.
After we trashed most of the snow with all of our angels, snow ball throwing and dog wallowing I found several small patches of pristine snow. I started to carefully scoop the top layer. Ignoring the vast amount of snow balls that were hitting me in the back.
I left my two huge bowls outside with the family while I came in to prep the following:
1/2 can Evap Milk (aprox)
2 cups half & half (aprox)
1c sugar
2t vanilla
2 big bowls of snow
Mix everything well. Bring in your snow and nest one bowl in the other to keep the top one properly chilled. Dump the milk mixture onto the snow and begin to mix away. Serve in chilled bowls. Follow up with straws if it melts too quickly.
Holy cow was it good. I cannot believe all these years I have missed out on it. *sigh* Never again!
Now get out there and find some snow and start scooping!
Saturday, March 8, 2008
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