If there’s one thing celebrity recipes are guaranteed to do, it’s spark a (lightly-controversial) conversation in the comments of their social media. Reese Witherspoon did just that after she shared a new creation with the world on TikTok January 18: a mug of snow mixed with cold brew topped with salted caramel and chocolate drizzle.
Witherspoon brainstormed a few different names for her sweet drink before landing on «snow salt choccocino.» The post has garnered over 210,000 likes and 5,500 comments, with a majority of people not really knowing how to feel.
To make her snow salt choccocino, she takes two mugs and fills them to the brim with fresh snow from the top of her car. After bringing them inside, she adds chocolate and salted caramel syrup because «we like how they taste together.» (She got her syrups at Whole Foods.) Then for a «yummy coffee flavor,» she pours in boxed cold brew from Slightshot Coffee Co.
“Isn’t snow dirty?” was the resounding question among several of the top comments on the video, while others were concerned about what could potentially be contaminating Witherspoon’s coffee.
If you’re attempting Witherspoon’s recipe for yourself, you probably don't need to worry. Eating snow—especially in small amounts—from an area you know generally doesn’t get much foot traffic isn’t harmful. It's a good idea to take snow from somewhere that’s visibly untouched, though.
Witherspoon defended her drink of choice via a response video (which has over 181,000 likes) in which she microwaves a bowl of snow water to show her viewers it was completely clear.
«We're kind of in the category of you only live once, and it snows maybe once a year here,» she said in a separate response video. «Also I wanna say
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Carol Verhake gardens in Berwyn, Pennsylvania (Zone 7a), and after two years without getting any snow, she got a beautiful snowfall this winter. Here are some shots she took of the garden looking beautiful under its white blanket. If you want to see her garden during the growing season, check out this post: Carefully Chosen Colors Bring a Garden Together.
Anyone who knew Angela Jupe, the late landscape architect and garden maker, will remember her particular love of snowdrops, or Galanthus, as this genus of dainty bulbous perennials is properly known.
In the depths of winter the focus on what happens under our feet is generally centered around staying safe and minimizing slips, trips, and falls on steps or walkways covered in snow or ice. But while safety is a worthwhile concern, gardeners must also consider the detrimental long-term effects on soil health that can be caused by products commonly used to remediate dangerous winter conditions.
DAVID CULP is a self-professed Galanthophile, a lover and passionate, longtime collector of snowdrops in all their various incarnations. He’s also a host of the annual Galanthus Gala symposium, which happens the first weekend of March in Downingtown, PA, and virtually online, too, for those of us who want to join in without even leaving home, as I did last year, and will again this time around.
Well it’s here!! It rained all night and strong winds as Storm Darcy battered out bedroom windows upstairs. But as we were eating our breakfast the rain began turning to snow. Because the ground was very wet I wasn’t expecting it to settle, but as the morning went on it became heavy snow and very large flakes, so it started to cover the ground. It was sub zero, but apparently felt like -8 with the wind chill. And it felt like that when I went to give the chickens their breakfast this morning.
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Mat Reese is head gardener at Malverleys in North Hampshire, where, with its owners, he has designed and developed a modern English flower garden over the past decade.
Maximising Snowdrop Multiplication: Utilising the “in the green” planting method is highly effective for snowdrops, particularly when aiming to increase their numbers. Follow these updated guidelines to effectively plant and cultivate winter snowdrops in your garden using this approach.
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