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An Outside Look at Snow Balls
Posted on 5/23/19 at 11:13 am
Posted on 5/23/19 at 11:13 am
quote:Atlas Obscura
The snoball is a New Orleanian iced treat that (controversial opinion alert) improves upon the classic snow cone. All thanks to the engineering skills of Ernest Hansen, the erstwhile proprietor of Hansen’s Sno-Bliz, which has been in business since 1939. The snow cone is made of coarser chips of syrup-doused ice that can be crunched on, while a little puddle of flavored sugar syrup forms in the bottom of the cup, to be enjoyed as a sweet ending. The snoball on the other hand, is just as it sounds, a ball of ice shaved smooth enough to resemble a snowball. Sweet, flavored syrup is swirled on top, and melds perfectly with the “snow,” making each slurp and lick a smooth, sugary flavor bonanza. An otherworldly respite in the hot summer, akin to making snow angels with your tongue.
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Posted on 5/23/19 at 11:35 am to Stadium Rat
I could spend days on that website.
Especially now that they have the gastro section.
Especially now that they have the gastro section.
Posted on 5/23/19 at 11:38 am to vilma4prez
quote:I agree. I get their main newsletter as well as the Gastro one.
I could spend days on that website.
Especially now that they have the gastro s
Posted on 5/23/19 at 11:40 am to Stadium Rat
Are they way better than sno-cones?
Posted on 5/23/19 at 11:42 am to KosmoCramer
Yes. After having a nola style snow ball, youll never eat a sno-cone again
Posted on 5/23/19 at 12:07 pm to KosmoCramer
quote:
they way better than sno-cones?
Remember life before smart phones? That’s the sno cone
Posted on 5/23/19 at 12:09 pm to KosmoCramer
quote:
Are they way better than sno-cones?
Sno-cones
Snow Balls
Posted on 5/23/19 at 1:32 pm to Stadium Rat
So I'm a Hansen's fan all the way, but the entry is misleading. Mr. Ernest built only a few machines, of which two are still operating, at the Tchoup location. Technically, those are Sno-Bliz machines, and the resulting treat is called a Sno-Bliz, not a Sno-Ball.
You've got to credit George Ortolano, founder of the Sno-Wizard company & inventor of the eponymous machine, with the ubiquity of snowballs. He made his first machine in 1936 & the company has sold thousands.
Texturally, Sno Bliz is finer and fluffier than Sno Wizard's ice.
You've got to credit George Ortolano, founder of the Sno-Wizard company & inventor of the eponymous machine, with the ubiquity of snowballs. He made his first machine in 1936 & the company has sold thousands.
Texturally, Sno Bliz is finer and fluffier than Sno Wizard's ice.
Posted on 5/23/19 at 1:38 pm to Stadium Rat
Hansen's is the BEST! Now I've got to go get one. 
Posted on 5/23/19 at 1:42 pm to Stadium Rat
quote:
that (controversial opinion alert) improves upon the classic snow cone.
That's "controversial"? The frick?
Posted on 5/23/19 at 1:58 pm to hungryone
quote:
You've got to credit George Ortolano, founder of the Sno-Wizard company & inventor of the eponymous machine, with the ubiquity of snowballs. He made his first machine in 1936 & the company has sold thousands.
She mentioned that in the article. I went a few weeks ago and they are still great. Growing up I always got chocolate with condensed milk. Last two times I got the nectar.
Posted on 5/23/19 at 2:04 pm to KosmoCramer
Yes way better
Unless you really just like Crunching ice
Unless you really just like Crunching ice
This post was edited on 5/23/19 at 2:06 pm
Posted on 5/23/19 at 2:10 pm to Stadium Rat
Sno balls remind me of my yat cousins when I was a kid. That and cabbage ball. They were always blabbing about eating Sno balls and playing cabbage ball. I thought they were aliens.
Posted on 5/23/19 at 2:19 pm to Stadium Rat
never knew there was a difference, figured people just called it different shite (like pancake vs flapjack)
need to try me a NOLA snowball then
need to try me a NOLA snowball then
Posted on 5/23/19 at 2:21 pm to TrimTab
quote:
Hansen's is the BEST!
Hands down.
Posted on 5/23/19 at 2:22 pm to Stadium Rat
I went to a kid’s bday party at Hansen’s a few years ago. They broke out a gas powered sno-ball machine that blew through a F150 bed full of ice in a minute or two. The entire back yard was covered in snow. Pretty impressive for a 80 degree spring day.
Posted on 5/23/19 at 8:32 pm to pjab
Plum Street and Imperial Woodpecker will do off-site snowball parties. Pretty sure Hansen's will too.
Posted on 5/23/19 at 9:43 pm to Carson123987
The snowball stand on Burbank is a New Orleans guy from rummel
He uses snow wizard machines, best ice in town
He uses snow wizard machines, best ice in town
Posted on 5/24/19 at 12:48 pm to djangochained
quote:
The snowball stand on Burbank is a New Orleans guy from rummel
not far from there, i will go check it out
snoman snoballs?
Posted on 5/24/19 at 12:51 pm to Carson123987
Yes, those are the best in BR.
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