2006-11-28 10:43:44 · 22 answers · asked by tuscangrammy 1 in Food & Drink ➔ Non-Alcoholic Drinks
Just don't eat teh yellow snow!!
Naw, so long as it is clean, you are fine. Just melt it first, otherwise, if you were outdoors or something, you could end up with hypothermia. But if you are thinking for a survival situations, ice would be better. To get enough water, you would have to melt a ton of snow.
2006-11-28 10:47:06 · answer #1 · answered by Jes 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Why not! Snow is just frozen water crystals. If you are going to eat/drink a lot of it, boiling if would be a good idea to get rid of most of the bacteria. Just remember, watch out for the yellow snow!
2006-11-28 10:52:45 · answer #2 · answered by The Answer Man 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think It's ok to eat snow but as far as boiling It how will you get It In the house before It melts?
2006-11-28 10:49:02 · answer #3 · answered by jaie06 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, you can eat it. When the electricity is out it can also be brought into the house and we melted it on the kerosene heater top so we could bathe during the ice storm. Also made coffee and tea at that time and boiled eggs in the snow water.
2006-11-28 10:46:03 · answer #4 · answered by goodbye 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Snow is basically just frozen rain. Totally ok to eat and you don't have to boil it unless you want it hot.
But watch out for the yellow snow.
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2006-11-28 10:45:59 · answer #5 · answered by heart o' gold 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes and no. The snow won't poison you or anything - it's just frozen water, after all. But if you eat it, you're going to drop your body's core temperature down pretty fast, and if you're not in a place you can warm up, you can get into trouble that way.
2006-11-28 10:45:59 · answer #6 · answered by triviatm 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, but if you eat snow it makes you even thirstier and when you melt it, the snow just evaporates. Its almost impossible because theres so much air in it. Ice will melt easily into lots of water.
2006-11-29 10:34:57 · answer #7 · answered by h103192 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ingesting snow in city factors, i.e. factors with a remarkable style of air toxins/smog, isn't recommended. besides the fact that in purifier factors, i.e. distant/rural factors, snow is typically risk-free sufficient to devour, besides the fact that if basically rather reported in survival circumstances. Even in distant factors ingesting snow would nicely be risky. different than for the evident airborne dirt and dirt and animal waste, there are micro-organisms that throughout many instances mattress down interior the better-crust of the snow, they deliver about a reddish-hue and the intake of those organisms would nicely be deadly. additionally, it rather is maximum suitable whilst ingesting snow to scrape away the best inch of snow, exposing purifier, purer snow. you may devour snow that has not been boiled whilst needed, besides the fact that that is in all probability maximum suitable to boil it once you're making plans on making snow your sole source of water.
2016-12-17 17:57:31 · answer #8 · answered by sory 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. one person even lived off snow for 15 days.
2006-11-28 11:27:11 · answer #9 · answered by Pratyush H 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Snow is frozen water, so yes you can eat it, boil it, make snow cones, what ever you want.
2006-11-28 10:45:35 · answer #10 · answered by Betty Boop 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋