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The History of The Sno Cone
The History of The Sno Cone
they are made in pyramid shapes and agua means water in Spanish. Most Puerto Rican snow cone
vendors use street snow cone carts instead of fixed stands or kiosks.
In Mexico, Columbia and south Texas, a finely shaved and syrupy ice is called a raspa, or raspado.
Raspar is Spanish for "scrape"; hence raspado means, roughly, "scraped ice." Raspas come in a wide
range of fruit flavors and classic Mexican flavors, such as leche (sweetened milk with cinnamon),
picocito (lemon and chili powder), chamoy (fruits and chili sauce), cucumber, guanabana, guava,
pistachio, tamarind, among others. When these ingredients are combined with fresh fruit it is called
cholado.
Snow cones from Lebanon are widely known for their religious purposes in Maronite Catholicism.
Snow cones are served to children entering their teenage years, prior to their confirmation in the
Church. This practice dates back to the early 1960s, and was first began by Father Roofing Costs
Francis Ephrem Boustany. Today, snow cones are not limited to the Church. They are a popular
summertime treat among both Maronites and Muslims.
In the Dominican Republic and many Dominican neighborhoods, snow cones are called "frio frio".
"Frio" is the word for "cold" and is thus named for the cold chills one gets while eating it.
The dessert ice kachang served in Malaysia and Singapore is another form of shaved ice. Ice
kachang originally was served with red beans but now includes various fruits and other sweet
toppings.
So how do you prefer your sno cone? And what childhood memory do you recall with sno cones?
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