A limber is a frozen treat made by pouring fruit juice, coconut milk, flavored syrup, or sweetened cream into a small plastic cup and freezing it solid. There is no stick. To eat it, you squeeze the bottom of the cup until the frozen block slides out, then lick or bite it as it melts. […]

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A piragua is a pyramid of hand-shaved ice packed into a cup, doused with fruit-flavored syrup, and eaten immediately before it melts. The name combines the Spanish pirámide and agua — pyramid water — describing both the shape and the substance. The piragüero shaves ice from a large block using a specialized metal scraper, packs […]

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