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shave ice truckSome places you can also request a finishing layer of sweetened condensed milk or li-hing-mui powder (pulverized dried salted plum) to be poured over the ice dome after flavored syrups are poured. No matter how you choose to have your shave ice, the result is always creamy, fruity, and delectable!Japanese plantation workers who migrated to Hawaii around 1920 to 1930 to work in the sugar and pineapple fields bought shave ice to Hawaii. The workers enjoyed it as a refreshing break in the hot, tropical climate. In those days it was only sold on Sundays, which happened to be the only day off the plantation workers received. They would use their machetes to shave flakes of ice from a large block of ice into cups, then pour different fruit juices over the top.In the 1950s, children would order their shave ice by color only, knowing what flavor each color represents. A mix of colors was called kalakoa, Hawaiian for "calico."When Japanese immigrants moved off the plantations and opened their own family-run grocery stores, shave ice went commercial and it was, and still is, hugely popular.Today, these ice treats are also popular in Japan, which is the source of most shave ice machines.
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