Sitting on the porch this 2022 July 4 afternoon when daughter served a ‘popsicle’, ice with syrup encased in plastic.
Whoa. Thought frozen popsicles came on a stick.
Also think shaved frozen ice packed into a paper cone, your choice of syrup on top, was invented before they froze ice around a stick.
Back when my mother-in-law Ila took orders for your color of syrup. Children with a quarter to spend while celebrating the summer holiday called her the ‘snow cone lady’. You could chose between dark or bright red, green, and yellow syrup. Her companion Stuart packed the shaved ice in the cup, then doused the ice with your choice of color.
Maybe when we quit making plastic from crude oil, go back to shaving ice from a block of frozen river ice, spooning ice into a paper cup and adding the sweet-tasting syrup, I’ll have at least one dollar to pay for what used to cost a quarter.
What flavor? Make mine green, Please.
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