reporter's license

Benjamin Barrett gogaku at IX.NETCOM.COM
Mon Jan 5 22:42:18 UTC 2009


I think they are different. Presumably they are modeled after
kakigoori, the Japanese treat.

There's a radio commercial that plays in Seattle that makes that
point clear.

I would try one and report except I can't stand that kind of food.

Aloha from Maui BB

On Jan 5, 2009, at 7:23 AM, Wilson Gray wrote:

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> I know them as "sno(w)-balls," "sno(w)-cones," etc. which are normally
> described as made of "shaved ice," in my experience. I've never lived
> anyplace where these were not available under various local names.
> They're hardly a "local" treat.
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> On Mon, Jan 5, 2009 at 11:40 AM, Victor <aardvark66 at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> A couple of interesting IMO uses in two grafs of a Reuters story.
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>> http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSTRE4BQ06I20081231
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>> ...The agents struggled to hold back people trying to get closer
>> to snap
>> pictures of Obama eating a tuna and melted cheese sandwich and the
>> *girls enjoying shave ices*, a local treat made from finely shaved
>> ice
>> and fruit syrup.
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>> Earlier, as Obama strolled through a mall parking lot, dozens of
>> onlookers swarmed around, snapping pictures and cheering while Secret
>> Service agents tried to keep a protective screen around *the soon-
>> to-be
>> first family*.
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