This would be something like snow, thus a Sno-Cone.Īnd, once agian around to your question as to what to put in the blender/shaker/glass. This is typically what you would make a Sno-Cone/Hawaiian Shaved Ice with. Shaved ice is exactly that, an ice cube that has been shaved. I can't think of a reasonable example that everyone will identify with, so I will just say that small chips that are all about the same size. Cracked ice is different sizes from tiny chips to something as large as 3/4 of the original cube size.Ĭrushed ice is small chips of ice that are all generally of the same size. Then, to the question of Cracked - vs - crushed - vs - shaved.Ĭracked ice is exactly that, ice cubes that have been cracked in to smaller bits. Those are the 'general rules.' Specific instructions in your recipe should be followed as close as possible. Shaved Ice is only used if the recipe calls for it. Good question and one that is going to probably pull a lot of conversation from a lot of different fronts.Ĭube Ice (typical ice maker size) goes in your glass for anything 'on the rocks.'Ĭracked ice (exactly like it sounds) goes in your shaker, unless the recipe says differently.Ĭrushed Ice goes in your shaker or you glass, or both, for most recipes unless the recipe says differently. When a volume like the Grog Log says something to the nature of 'blend with a cup/scoop of ice', 1)what size ice is it talking about, and 2)what is the final supposed consistency of the drink?. This is not a trick question, I simply do not remember what my mixology adviser's (the Bum) stance on this is, but I would like to know. The change in public tastes made the Margarita the cocktail of choice in the 70s, so did it become too much hassle to have both, a top mixer and a blender behind the bar? Was the discarding of the mixer in favor of the blender one of the many little compromises that caused the 'Gatoraid-ization' of the Polynesian cocktail?

In observing mid-century modern Tiki culture, and looking at all the elements that fell into place to create it and endear it to the public in its heyday, the decline of the care of making the original cocktails certainly was a contributor to its downfall, to its (literally) watering down. But just as often changes seem to be brought on by compromises that have to be made, and practicalities, and in retrospect it is hard to say if that one element that got compromised is negligible, or if it is one of the contributors to the devolution of the art form. The evolution of a popular art form is often dictated by changing tastes and growing awareness, which is good.

I would like to gently bring up the point about MIXING drinks versus BLENDING drinks again, and discuss if it is Tiki snobbery/purism, or a valid concern.

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