Friday, March 8, 2013

Day 6.057: In like a lion making ice cream

Our very first March here was very snowy - the last big snowstorm of the year came through overnight before St Patrick's Day.  So we weren't surprised that it snowed overnight - although the amount was at the top-end of what we'd expected.


We watched as the school called for a two-hour delay and then, eventually a full snow-day.  The snow continued to fall.

And so it was that at lunchtime, we decided to do an experiment we've been meaning to try for a few years - snow ice cream.

So, we got bowls of clean fresh snow, added maple syrup (2 tbs), vanilla extract (few drops) and cream (1/3 cup / 80 ml) (we used coconut cream to make it dairy-free), stirred it up, ...


...instant ice cream.  It was good!

2 comments:

  1. that is very cool (quite literally).

    we're at the opposite end of the weather scale having had the driest summer for 50+ years in auckland this year.

    the closest food equivalent i could think of would be sandwiches with real sand.

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    1. I have fond memories of real-sand sandwiches eaten on French beaches in my youth!

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