You say you have too much snow and don’t know what to do with it? How about rolling in it, dancing through it, and skiing on it? Make angels; make men. Meditate in the silence of it.
But best of all, eat it!
Once you get past any safety issues, there are many ways to use this seasonal, local, and free ingredient. All are more fun than shoveling. And if you still have qualms, there are other ways to winterize your table. Make a fashionable au naturel chiller for champagne or caviar out of packed snow. Or present freshly shucked oysters on a bed of icy white crystals.
1. Snow Ice Cream
Snow ice cream is my most cherished childhood memory. Fearless in the face of salmonella, my grandmother would make a custard base by mixing a few raw eggs with sugar, cream, and vanilla. Then she would fold it into snow we had captured in a speckled Melmac bowl on the back porch. Which is pretty much how you make any sort of ice cream. Using snow rather than a machine merely saves a step by letting the weather do the freezing for you.
If you don’t want to eat raw eggs, there’s another school of snow cuisine that uses sweetened condensed milk.
Food writer Karen Gaudette Brewer’s The Definitive Guide to Snow Ice Cream with has even more ideas for how to enjoy your surplus harvest.
2. Real Snow Cones
Gather a big ball of snow and then instead of throwing it at your best friend, plunk it in a gorgeous glass. Top with your imagination.
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