Shave ice, shaved ice, shave or Hawaiian shaved ice is an ice based dessert made by shaving a block of ice.刮冰,刨冰,刮胡子或夏威夷刨冰是冰甜點。
這種夏威夷式的甜點應該類似於我們吃的刨冰,不過還有另外壹種,和shaved ice稍稍有些區別:A snow cone is a paper cone filled with crushed ice topped with flavored sugar water.壹個雪錐是壹個紙錐裝滿粉碎冰與調味糖水。
從crush和shave這兩個詞的意思上就應該看得出這兩樣甜品的區別吧,crushed ice更像是我們所說的“冰沙”,而snow cone的造型類似於圓筒冰激淩,不過甜品也有多種做法和形狀啦,作為統稱的話,我們可以把“刨冰”叫做shaved ice,將“冰沙”稱作crushed ice。