Reese Witherspoon defends eating snow after backlash over ice-cold drink tutorial

Snow-eating Reece Witherspoon doubles down on her “Chocochinno”; technique

Reese Witherspoon has defended her unorthodox method of making iced coffee from fallen snow collected from a barbecue.

The 47-year-old Oscar-winning actress came under fire from fans after sharing her recipe for «Chococinno» «, made from cold brew coffee, syrups and snow she collected in a mug outside her home.

Fans wrote to warn her that snow is not safe to eat and can absorb pollution and other toxic substances. from the air.

“What if the birds poop in this snow?” another commented.

In her defense, Witherspoon referred to her childhood and periodic snowfall

In response, Witherspoon defended her unusual recipe, writing: «So many people here say snow is dirty, so we went and got snow from the backyard, microwaved it, and it's clean,» she said.

“Is this bad? Shouldn't I eat snow?

In the second clip, she added: “Okay, we're in the 'you only live once' category and it snows maybe once a year. I don’t know!

“And I also want to say something. It was delicious. It was so great.”

The Morning Show and Big Little Lies star added: “I didn’t grow up eating filtered water. We drank water from the tap. In fact, we put our mouths to the tap, and sometimes, like in the summer when it was hot, we drank from the hose.

“So you're saying that I should filter the snow before I eat it? I just can not. Filtered snow. I don't know how to do this.»

Witherspoon won the Academy Award for Best Actress in 2006 for her role as June. Carter Cash in the Johnny Cash biopic Walk the Line.

Scientists have found that snow is generally safe to eat, but it can also contain harmful pollutants, including car exhaust, that combine with the snow in the air as it falls.

< p>Laura Martin, assistant professor of pediatrics at Ohio State University, said in a blog post: “As snow falls, it can pick up small but measurable amounts of chemical pollutants from the air.”

“This is of great concern in densely populated industrial regions and areas with significant air pollution. On very windy days, most of these pollutants are dispersed in the falling snow.»

Experts have warned against eating freshly fallen snow, which attracts the most pollutants from the air, or snow that has been plowed or coming into direct contact with the ground.