T Minus 3 Days and Counting...

I apologize for not posting any sooner, but things got a little crazy up in here. I finished all my APs (yay!), and I just finished my first final exam for this semester, morality. It was 150 objective questions and an essay in 1.5 hours. I wrote a 14-page review, so I better have gotten an A...

I have my Spanish final tomorrow morning and then math on Thursday. Math will be my last final, and then I am free! Summer is so close I can just taste it. It tastes like snoballs...

Not these snoballs:


http://chickaboomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/51Ef34Ta8ZL1.jpg

But these snoballs:

http://blog.pennlive.com/life/2008/09/large_CAFE-NOLA_snoballs.jpg

What are snoballs? Good question. I'm not even going to pretend to be an expert in this frozen field of summer treats. What I do know, however, is that snoballs are a type of shaved ice topped with flavored cane sugar and water. I also know that "shaved ice" is a category of icy desserts consisting of shaved (or even crushed) ice topped with some sort of flavored topping, consisting of either pure ingredients (such as cane sugar and water) or preservative-laden syrups. There are many levels of shaved ice, ranging from Hawaiian shaved ice (the most coarse) to snoballs (the finest shaved ice there is). So fine, that it feels like powdered snow. Actually, I'm pretty sure it is powdered snow.

Here are some of the different varieties (in increasing order of ice coarseness):

Snoball

http://yokoandkalea.files.wordpress.com/2012/07/matsumotos.jpg

"Snow cones are a variation of the shaved ice dessert commonly served throughout North America in paper cups or styrofoam cups."

http://img.coxnewsweb.com/C/00/02/49/image_1549020.jpg


Raspas is a word derived from the Spanish verb raspar meaning "to scrape off." How cool is that?!

[Thank you, SpanishDict.com: http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2778/4172264529_0857b48e4e.jpg]



"Shave ice or Hawaiian shave ice is an ice-based dessert made by shaving a block of ice. While the product can resemble a snow cone, snow cones are made with crushed, rather than shaved, ice."

http://whatscookingamerica.net/History/ShaveIce1.jpg
[Thank you, Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shave_ice]


While I'm sure both types of snoballs are delicious, I'm definitely partial toward the icy snoballs. Sorry, Hostess. The pink coconut is a wee bit off-putting.

Except for this sculpture here. Somehow, it works.

http://www.freshcharacters.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/sno-ball_1.jpg