Snowball/Snow Cone (1931); Spaghetti Sauce/Gravy (1931)

[Bob Fitzke]

My former wife, from Biloxi, Mississippi, talked about "snow cones" at least
as early as the early 50s.

Bob
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Subject: Snowball/Snow Cone (1931); Spaghetti Sauce/Gravy (1931)


> SNOW BALL/ SNOW CONE
>
>    DARE stops at "Sk," so we're in suspense.
>    John Mariani's ENCYCLOPEDIA OF AMERICAN FOOD AND DRINK (1999) gives
1960
> for "snow cone."  He then gives no date with this: "In New Orleans this
> confection is called a 'snowball.'"
>