{"id":90,"date":"2011-02-04T22:30:00","date_gmt":"2011-02-04T22:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sunandsalt.net\/index.php\/2011\/02\/04\/snow-crea\/"},"modified":"2019-03-31T01:17:28","modified_gmt":"2019-03-30T18:17:28","slug":"when-life-gives-you-snow-make-snow-cream","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sunandsalt.net\/index.php\/2011\/02\/when-life-gives-you-snow-make-snow-cream.html","title":{"rendered":"Snow Cream"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Like most of the country, we&#8217;ve had interesting weather lately. While some places were getting massive amounts of snow, we had serious cold.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-152 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sunandsalt.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/IMG_3693-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"bowl sitting out to collect snow\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sunandsalt.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/IMG_3693-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sunandsalt.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/IMG_3693.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Eventually we got some snow, too. About six inches of fluffy whiteness &#8211; perfect for making Snow Cream.<\/p>\n<p>Growing up in a snow-less part of the country, Snow Cream wasn&#8217;t part of my childhood, and I confess I&#8217;d totally forgotten about it until just a few days ago.<\/p>\n<p>Snowy days have always been much more likely to make me think &#8216;hot chocolate&#8217; rather than a bowl of creamy vanilla snow. But the few times I had it as a teenager were fun and I was looking forward to introducing my family to it.<\/p>\n<p><a style=\"clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;\" href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-89zF9s73-Nw\/UTvBy2udt_I\/AAAAAAAAALg\/sWvQIaHsRbU\/s1600\/IMG_3696.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sunandsalt.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/IMG_3696.jpg\" width=\"253\" height=\"190\" border=\"0\"><\/a>Luckily, we didn&#8217;t have long to wait. The snow started falling around noon and continued into the night.<\/p>\n<p>By dessert time, the bowl we&#8217;d set outside earlier in the day was filled to overflowing with fluffy, new snow.<\/p>\n<p>I didn&#8217;t really measure the ingredients, but this is approximate:<\/p>\n<p><b>Snow Cream<\/b><\/p>\n<p>1\/2 c fresh, good quality cream<br \/>\n1 Tablespoon sugar, honey or maple syrup<br \/>\ndash vanilla<\/p>\n<p>Mix until well blended.<\/p>\n<p>Gently stir into a bowl of clean, fresh snow.<\/p>\n<p>Spoon into bowls (chilled bowls work best) and eat immediately.<\/p>\n<p>The weatherman says we should get several chances to perfect our recipe this week<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Like most of the country, we&#8217;ve had interesting weather lately. While some places were getting massive amounts of snow, we had serious cold. Eventually we got some snow, too. About six inches of fluffy whiteness &#8211; perfect for making Snow Cream. Growing up in a&nbsp;<a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sunandsalt.net\/index.php\/2011\/02\/when-life-gives-you-snow-make-snow-cream.html\">&hellip;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":701,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[6],"class_list":["post-90","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-desserts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sunandsalt.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sunandsalt.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sunandsalt.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sunandsalt.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sunandsalt.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=90"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.sunandsalt.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":712,"href":"https:\/\/www.sunandsalt.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90\/revisions\/712"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sunandsalt.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/701"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sunandsalt.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=90"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sunandsalt.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=90"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sunandsalt.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=90"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}