Reese Witherspoon defended her unconventional method of making iced coffee using snow scraped from the grill.
The Actress, Oscar winnerThe 47-year-old was criticized by fans after she shared a recipe for “Chococinno” made with cold-brewed coffee, syrups and snow that she collected in a cup in front of her house.
Fans wrote to her warning that the snow was not protected to eat and could absorb pollutants and other toxic substances from the air.
“What if birds pooped in this snow?” another commented.
Witherspoon she responded, defending her unusual recipe, writing: “There are so many people here who say snow is muddy, so we went out and took snow from the yard, microwaved it and it’s immaculate,” she said.
“Is it wrong? Shouldn’t I eat snow?”
In the second clip, she added: “OK, so we’re in the ‘you only live once’ category and it snows here maybe once a year. I don’t know!
“I want to say something too. It was delicious. It was so good.”
Morning program and the Massive Little Lies star added: “I didn’t grow up drinking filtered water. We drank tap water. We actually put our mouths to the tap and then sometimes, like in the summer when it was warm, we drank from the hose.
“So you’re telling me I have to filter the snow before I eat it? I just can not. Filtered snow. I do not know how to do this.”
Scientists have come to this conclusion snow is usually safe for eating, but it can also contain harmful pollutants, including car exhaust fumes, which combine with the snow in the air as it falls.
Laura Martin, an assistant professor of pediatrics at Ohio State University, wrote in a blog post: “When snow falls, it can pick up miniature but measurable amounts of chemical pollutants from the air.
“This is more concerning in densely industrialized regions and areas with significant air pollution. On very windy days, more of these pollutants are dispersed in the falling snow.”
Experts warn not to eat freshly fallen snow, which attracts the most air pollutants, or snow that has been plowed or has direct contact with the ground.
