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Page 1 A Cozy Holiday Mood
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Page 3 The Truth About Elder Abuse Cases
DIY Holiday Eggnog
Page 4 Make the Perfect Snowball in 3 Steps
HOW TO MAKE THE PERFECT SNOWBALL
WITH AND WITHOUT SNOW!
If you live in a snowy climate, you’ve likely made at least one snowball — but how good was your technique? It turns out the process of snowball-making is more complicated than grabbing a handful of powder and squeezing it. To understand the nuance, Popular Science asked both a NASA astrochemist and a director from Montana State’s Snow and Avalanche Laboratory to weigh in.
To see if your snow is worthy, try the squeeze test. If it sticks together when you squeeze it without gushing water, you’re set! 2. Keep your gloves on. There’s no need to go gloveless if your snow passed the squeeze test. You may be tempted to try turning dry snow into wet snow with your body heat, but ignore the urge — at best you’ll create a fragile snowball with only a thin shell of snowball glue. 3. Crank up the pressure. The tighter you squeeze your snowball, the better it will be! At the annual Japanese snowball fight Yukigassen, players use molds to make extra-tight snowballs. You can buy one on Amazon for under $10. The Snowball You Can Drink If your backyard is snowless, we have good news: You can still make snowballs — the drinkable kind! The Snowball is a classic Christmas cocktail named for the dome of froth that appears when you stir it. It’s made by mixing one part lime
According to the astrochemist, a truly perfect snowball would need to be made in a lab or outer space. Those are the only places where you can achieve pressure high enough to melt the snow and refreeze to make a “meniscus” (aka “snowball glue”) throughout the ball. But if you don’t have a private lab or rocket ship, here’s the next best thing. 3 Steps to Snowball Perfection 1. Test the snow for “free water.” Your snow can’t be too soggy or too dry. You want what The
cordial and two parts Warninks Advocaat Liqueur with ice, then straining the mixture and adding six parts lemonade. For more details and snowball trivia, visit GoodHousekeeping.com.
International Classification for Seasonal Snow on the Ground calls “wet” snow, which is 3%–8% water by volume.
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