Post #129504 by tikibars on Tue, Dec 7, 2004 3:41 PM

Found this Hawaii Ice thing at a thrift store last week.

It was $2, and it was unused - the accessories were still sealed in their factory plastic bags.

I'm always looking for an easier solution to crush ice, and for $2, I am happy!

This thing is called HawaiiIce. It's a plastic contraption that seems designed for making sno-cones or something. I love that it is called HAWAII ice, not Jamaican ice, or Frostee-ice, or igloo-ice or something. Hawaiian Ice. Rockin'.

Comes with two dishes that you fill with water, and freeze. You end up with a hockey puck of ice. You can also use plain old cubes, but it doesn't work as smoothly.

You put the ice puck in the top and the empty cup in the bottom and screw the lid on.

Crank the handle...

..and viola! Shaved ice for those proper mai tais!

Now, this thing shaves the ice a little TOO fine fior many drinks. The line between 'shaved' and 'crushed' can be fine, and sometimes 'crushed' absolutely means 'crushed'. Not 'shaved'.

But, this thing beats the hell out of using cubes, and I noticed that the ice tends to stick together after the drink is poured, so it works pretty well.