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Post by Skelda on Jan 10, 2018 21:06:25 GMT -5
Snow cones are a different thing though. Snow cones you squirt syrup on plain ice. I haven't heard of Pelican's though. Usually water ice places have like 5-10 flavors that change daily.
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Post by Lala on Jan 10, 2018 21:09:08 GMT -5
How is water ice made, then? You are correct about the snowcones -- shaved ice with syrup poured on top.
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Post by Lala on Jan 10, 2018 21:11:35 GMT -5
Katie -- there is a Pelicans in Auburndale, FL. I've never heard of Auburndale, but I think that's the only one in Florida. I think they are GA, SC, NC and maybe one in VA.
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Post by Skelda on Jan 10, 2018 21:14:24 GMT -5
I honestly have no idea. I have never made it. It comes in tubs like ice cream and it gets scooped out. There also are gellatis which have layers of water ice and soft serve in them.
Also what do you guys call the waxy colorful things that you put on ice cream? I think they're called jimmies.
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Post by Zinnia on Jan 10, 2018 21:18:10 GMT -5
I honestly have no idea. I have never made it. It comes in tubs like ice cream and it gets scooped out. There also are gellatis which have layers of water ice and soft serve in them. Also what do you guys call the waxy colorful things that you put on ice cream? I think they're called jimmies. Sprinkles. I thought Jimmies were just a specific brand or shape of sprinkles for the longest time, honestly. |
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Post by Skelda on Jan 10, 2018 21:21:17 GMT -5
I honestly have no idea. I have never made it. It comes in tubs like ice cream and it gets scooped out. There also are gellatis which have layers of water ice and soft serve in them. Also what do you guys call the waxy colorful things that you put on ice cream? I think they're called jimmies. Sprinkles. I thought Jimmies were just a specific brand or shape of sprinkles for the longest time, honestly. How does being wrong feel? I'm curious, I don't have much experience |
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Post by Lala on Jan 10, 2018 21:25:54 GMT -5
They are sprinkles here. We make fun of people who call them "jimmies" because we know they aren't from these parts. I think Zinnia is correct that Jimmie's might have been a certain brand or variety of sprinkles.
It's like Kleenex for just regular tissues or Coke for regular soda.
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Post by Zinnia on Jan 10, 2018 21:26:39 GMT -5
Sprinkles. I thought Jimmies were just a specific brand or shape of sprinkles for the longest time, honestly. How does being wrong feel? I'm curious, I don't have much experience Sprinkles was used first, wasn't it? I'm quite sure if either is 'correct' here, it's Sprinkles. |
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Post by Lala on Jan 10, 2018 21:27:18 GMT -5
Sprinkles. I thought Jimmies were just a specific brand or shape of sprinkles for the longest time, honestly. How does being wrong feel? I'm curious, I don't have much experience  |
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Post by Skelda on Jan 10, 2018 21:28:06 GMT -5
Well I don't do either of those things. I've never heard of the jimmies brand, but it could well be. North Jersey people infamously also do that with Taylor Hams. And pretty much everyone I know does it with bandaids.
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Post by Lala on Jan 10, 2018 21:28:35 GMT -5
Jimmies is the most popular term for sprinkles in the Philadelphia and Boston regions. The origin of the name "jimmies" is first documented in 1930, as a topping for cake. Though the Just Born Candy Company of Bethlehem, PA claims to have invented jimmies and named them after an employee, this is unlikely.
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Post by Skelda on Jan 10, 2018 21:29:19 GMT -5
I think it might also depend on if they are on ice cream or cupcakes, I think on cupcakes they are called sprinkles. But don't quote me on that.
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Post by Skelda on Jan 10, 2018 21:34:38 GMT -5
According to Google apparently some people in Boston just use the word jimmies to refer to the chocolate ones, but other people say that it's a racist reference to the Jim Crow laws which I really hope isn't the case. I've never thought that before and honestly it seems like the sort of linguistic backstory that people would make up. It reminds me of those "Fornication Under Command of the King" and "Ship High In Transit" acronyms that were also lies
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Post by Skelda on Jan 10, 2018 21:36:59 GMT -5
I didn't actually realize how deep this rabbit hole was, this term is shrouded in mystery
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Post by Kat on Jan 10, 2018 21:47:42 GMT -5
You are correct Lala. But people in North Jersey are stupid people and call it Italian ice. I have that in the store too, I would call it water ice though even though it isn't exactly. Water ice is like what you'd get at Rita's, which I'm pretty sure changed its name to Rita's Italian Ice in the North to cater to stupid people. Polish Water Ice is a thing down the shore too, though I prefer regular water ice personally. Polish Water Ice is more creamy. Water ice is not a slushy, it is more firm than a slushy and it is scooped like ice cream. Also I think it comes in more varied flavors than I've seen with slushies. Yeah thats a type of italian ice/slushie |
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