Shaved Ice

Ah, summer, that time for peaches, hot sun, swimming lessons and shaved ice. I am still looking for the perfect snow cone/shaved ice/slushy. It may be my memory playing tricks but I am pretty sure that one year there was a cart on the mall here in Boulder that sold shaved ices flavored with Torani Italian syrups. They were incomparable. Plenty sweet with rich, deep, real flavors. No artificial color, no artificial flavor metallic after taste - just amazing. Almost too fancy for a summer shaved ice, which might explain why I have never seen them again. No matter, I also love the bright blues, yellows and reds of the common variety shaved ice. Half coconut and half pineapple is a favorite of mine at the carts with fancier flavors. Blue raspberry or cherry at the places with simpler tastes. Either way, nothing says summer like feeling the heat come up from the pavement through your plastic flip-flops while sucking the melted liquid out of the paper cone of a shaved ice. Mmmmmm.