Re: And the Eskimos have 100 words for 'Snow Cone'

[John Cowan <jcowan@reutershealth.com>]

Robin Turner wrote:

> What is a 'snow cone' by the way? Is it what we Brits call an ice cream
> cone?

No, ice cream is ice cream on both sides of the Pond.  A snow cone
consists of shaved ice chips infused with fruit-flavored sweet syrup,
held in a cone-shaped paper cup.  Good on hot days, provided you can
take the intense sweetness.  Kids like 'em.

ko na citka loi pelxu snime
	--da

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