Shaved ice, snow cones, slushies, raspa, kakigōri, patbingsu — whatever you want to call them

Thanks to Harry’s for sponsoring this video! Click here to get your $3 starter shaving kit: This isn’t really a recipe. To make a fruit syrup, put some fruit in a pot with a little water and boil it until it’s starting to fall apart. Strain it through a sieve, discard the solids and rinse out the pan. Return the juice the pan and combine with up to an equal quantity of sugar. (Be conservative — you can add more later after you taste it.) Boil until the sugar is dissolved and the bubbles start to stack up on each other. Cool and taste. Add more sugar if it needs it, and maybe extra acidity, such as lime juice or balsamic vinegar. Let cool before pouring on ice, which I would pulverize with a blender, or scrape from a wide, frozen pan of water with a large steel chisel. Of you could buy an ice shaving machine.