[Grovenet] I have a solution to cleaning snow from cars

[David Morelli]

On Dec 22, 2008, at 3:03 PM, Walt Wentz wrote:

>
> Cute, David!
> I have another suggestion for removing snow... admittedly, only about
> a gallon at a time, and only in households with small children...
> a good old blast from the past, Snow Ice Cream.
> Put a heavy bowl outside in the snow to chill down.
> Scoop up about a gallon of light, soft snow. Quickly mix in about one
> cup of cream, (or half-and-half, or at least ordinary milk), 1/4-cup
> sugar and a tablespoon of vanilla extract.
> Stir quickly to mix (it will shrink down to about 1/4 in size) and
> feed to the required small children, who are the only ones happy to
> eat ice cream in weather like this!
> Those willing to experiment with other flavors might try mixing
> chocolate syrup with the milk beforehand, adding pureed frozen
> strawberries, etc. The old recipe with vanilla extract is the
> authentic Depression-era standard, however.
> Walt


Sounds good to me.

--- slow transition ---

Be care full where you select the snow.  Avoid the areas around  
bushes, trees and telephone poles.

--- final segue ---

Today while shoveling the white stuff, I encountered something I have  
never seen before.  Yellow ice.  Because it was at the base of a  
telephone pole, I would expect that it came from the same process as  
yellow snow, only it was intercepted by the layer of ice.  Must have  
been a really big dog.


David