Witherspoon posts video of making ‘Snow Salt Chococcino’ with snow
It became a hot topic with 5.3 million views… “Snow is dirty” negative opinion
Witherspoon retorts by posting video of melting snow and making clear water
‘A small amount is okay’ ‘There is a risk of contamination’… raising various opinions
After American actress Reese Witherspoon introduced a drink made from snow, debate continues over whether it is okay to eat snow in the United States.
Witherspoon posted a video of making a drink called ‘Snow Salt Chococcino’ on her TikTok account on the 19th (local time). In the video, Witherspoon says, “We’ve had a ton of snow recently, so I decided to make a recipe using snow,” and he fills a cup with snow that’s piled up on his backyard grill. Afterwards, he went indoors, sprinkled salted caramel and chocolate syrup over his eyes, and poured cold brew coffee. After tasting the drink, Witherspoon rolled her eyes and exclaimed, “It’s really delicious.”
This video became a hot topic, reaching 5.3 million views as of the morning of the 24th. As it became a hot topic, among the more than 5,000 comments, there were quite a few that expressed negative opinions about eating snow. Netizens asked, “Isn’t the snow dirty?” “All Canadian mothers tell their children, ‘Don’t eat snow. They said, ‘It’s dirty.’”
Witherspoon posted a series of videos directly responding to comments left on the video. For example, one netizen asked, “Can you put snow in a clear cup and melt it? He left a comment saying, “I want to see first if it is safe enough to eat.” In response, Witherspoon said, “So many people say my eyes are dirty. “So I went to the backyard, put the snow in a glass cup, and heated it in the microwave,” she said. He then showed clear water in a glass cup and said, “It’s transparent. “Do they look bad?” he said, expressing a puzzled response to the opinion that his eyes were dirty.
In another video, Witherspoon said, “You shouldn’t eat snow. In response to one netizen saying, “You could get a serious disease,” she revealed that she grew up drinking tap water. In the video, Witherspoon says, “I didn’t grow up drinking purified water. We drank tap water. “On hot summer days, we even drank water flowing from the hose,” he said. He continued, “Do you mean to purify your eyes? “I can’t do it because I don’t know how,” he said, laughing cheerfully.
Witherspoon’s videos about the negative reactions to eating snow drew a warm response, with a total of 9.6 million views and over 30,000 comments. Netizens seem to generally sympathize with Witherspoon. Netizens said, “I ate ice cream made of snow for 34 years and I’m still alive,” and “I survived even after drinking rusty water from a hose in the summer of the 1990s.” “How bad can it be if you have bad eyesight?”, “There is only one rule. He left comments such as “I won’t eat just the yellowed eyes.”
Meanwhile, in an interview with the BBC on the 23rd (local time), Stacey Simonic, an environmental studies professor at Oregon State University, said, “If the snow fell in a place other than the city, and you waited until the first few centimeters piled up before eating it, it’s okay.” “Freshly fallen snow absorbs pollutants from the air,” Simonic said, adding, “It is best to eat small amounts in areas with few people or animals.”
On the other hand, Paul Williams, a professor of atmospheric science at the University of Reading in the UK, said, “If snow falls to the ground, there is a risk of contamination with much worse substances. I don’t want to disagree with Witherspoon, but there is a reason why humans invented a way to purify water. “There is,” he said.
Source: Donga
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