View Full Version : Is Philly the only place that we refer to a snow cone as "WATER ICE"


TVFactFan
08-19-2008, 04:52 PM
Some people from other cities that i chat with online said they never heard of a WATER ICE-lol


So what do you guys call a snow cone in boston, NYC, cleveland, dallas, baltimore, and La??

Mikado
08-19-2008, 04:53 PM
we call them Sno-Cones (no "W")

BarneyFife
08-19-2008, 05:14 PM
Sno Cones here in Nashville too. Water Ice?:lol:

Brieannas21
08-19-2008, 05:46 PM
We call it Sno Cones in Dallas.

I think that Water Ice is just a Philly thing

Jude The Obscure
08-19-2008, 06:10 PM
Sno Cones or Sno Balls here

Theda Bara
08-19-2008, 06:32 PM
Some people from other cities that i chat with online said they never heard of a WATER ICE-lol


So what do you guys call a snow cone in boston, NYC, cleveland, dallas, baltimore, and La??
I had to ask my dad, whom was born and raised in Philly; and he told me that it was the Italians were responsible for calling a snow cone," water ice"; because, that where the snow cone idea came from...but, here in California, it is called, a Snow-Cone...

Lodee
08-19-2008, 07:31 PM
We call them sno cones here too. I've never heard them called water ice before.

*Pleasant Tomorrow*
08-20-2008, 05:08 PM
yeah, sno cones in upstate ny as well...never heard of water ice lol. it's like an oxymoron.

LuLu Rogers
08-20-2008, 06:02 PM
Sno Cones here in Nashville too. Water Ice?:lol:

I didn't know you were from Nashville! I only live about 2 hours away from you in North Alabama. ;)

And yes, we call them sno cones here too.

TVFactFan
08-20-2008, 06:05 PM
I think I'm going to eat a blueberry water ice tonight

Mikado
08-21-2008, 05:26 PM
I think I'm going to eat a blueberry water ice tonight
Eat a Sno-Cone instead! :lol:

TVFactFan
08-21-2008, 06:52 PM
Eat a Sno-Cone instead! :lol:


That water Ice put me right to sleep-lol