Italian Ice

S06E24 The UnderstudyretroOct 24, 2006, 8:22 PM ET11 years later4 posts by 4 posters
Question

Fans discuss what Italian ice is, clarifying that it's a frozen dessert similar to sorbet rather than slush, and noting regional naming variations like "water ice" in Philadelphia.

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Brian

In "The Understudy," Kramer gets a pineapple-flavored Italian Ice for Bette Midler.

What exactly is an Italian Ice, anyway? Is it just fruit-flavored slush (like a "Slush Puppy"), or is it something else altogether? (And is it strictly an NYC thing?)

-B.
projectile vomit chickBrian

In "The Understudy," Kramer gets a pineapple-flavored Italian Ice for Bette Midler.

What exactly is an Italian Ice, anyway? Is it just fruit-flavored slush (like a "Slush Puppy"), or is it something else altogether? (And is it strictly an NYC thing?)

http://www.italianice.net/
NooneBrian

In article , [email] says...

Wiki knows it all...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_ice
slasNoone

For some reason it's called "water ice" in Philadelphia. I have yet to figure out why...