Much of the country is feeling the force of wintry weather and is being blanketed with huge snowfalls. We in the subtropics complain when the thermometer drops into the low 70s. Is it true that your blood thins?

I grew up in snowy Pittsburgh and equally snowy Columbus, Ohio. I went to college in nearby snow zones. This all prepared me for my one year in northwestern Greece, including snowy winter.

One year, when Daughter was a toddler in Tulsa, it was a particularly snowy winter. The idea to make something of the cold, wet stuff that came out of the sky other than the usual snowman came from Constant Companion. Why not make snow ice cream he suggested. Well, this was 30+ years ago. We had computers, but I really don’t remember the ready access of internet, but we must have used it to find instructions.

What fun. My memory of the details in the adventure fails me now as I peruse internet recipes for this wintry treat. I  honestly don’t remember using milk (something not normally in our larder), especially not sweetened condensed or evaporated milk or half and half. But who knows how we did it

What I do remember was that one cold morning, we went into our backyard after an overnight snowfall. We collected a good amount of snow from below the surface layer, trying to get the cleanest stuff possible. Then what? We must have added sugar and vanilla, and some form of milk.

Yes, it was fun. Yes, it tasted yummy. It provided parents of a curious toddler something to do on a wintry morning when life had moved indoors.

If this small food adventure memory reaches your sense of fun and curiosity (and the snow is still clean) google a bunch of recipes and give it a try. At least it something you can try one time and said you did it.

*Today’s blog brought to you by a friend who chose to leave our subtropics for a northern clime that is now snow covered.