{"id":3417,"date":"2018-08-20T18:40:00","date_gmt":"2018-08-20T18:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apexsamplework.com\/insightnews\/?p=3417"},"modified":"2025-05-09T18:42:51","modified_gmt":"2025-05-09T18:42:51","slug":"young-entrepreneur-scores-big-with-state-fair-booth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apexsamplework.com\/insightnews\/2018\/08\/20\/young-entrepreneur-scores-big-with-state-fair-booth\/","title":{"rendered":"Young entrepreneur scores big with state fair booth"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Let\u2019s get one thing straight right off the bat \u2026 shave ice is&nbsp;<em>not<\/em>&nbsp;a snow cone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And yes, it\u2019s shave ice, not shaved ice. That was the lesson being taught by Jason Giandalia, proprietor of Minnesnowii Shave Ice, one of the food sensations at festivals throughout the state including the upcoming Minnesota State Fair.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Shave ice is a traditional dessert of Hawaii. It was there where Giandalia, 32, was introduced the icy treat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI spent a lot of time in Hawaii and on one trip I was hanging with a buddy of mine and he was saying let\u2019s go get this shave ice thing,\u201d said Giandalia. \u201cI was like I didn\u2019t spend eight hours on a plane just for a snow cone.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Giandalia relented and spent an additional two hours in line for the \u201csnow cone\u201d but clearly it was worth the wait.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cYou can truly say it was love at first bite. I was blown away,\u201d said Giandalia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As the owner of Minnesnowii explained, shave ice differs from mainland snow cones in the way the ice is prepared. Shave ice starts with a large block of ice that is finely shaved with a razor blade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe ice is so finely shaved and so soft that the flavors of the juice absorb into every piece of snow,\u201d said Giandalia. \u201cIt\u2019s just light and fluffy and full of flavor.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Twenty-four flavors to be exact. Minnesnowii offers the traditional cherry, grape, lime, watermelon, etc., but it also offers the exotic in the form of mango, dragon fruit, tiger blood (strawberry and coconut), lychee, guava, passionfruit and more. Exclusive for the fair are three new flavors \u2013 maple bacon, Pumpkin spice and Giandalia\u2019s take on the Mexican favorite, mangonada.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Giandalia said he imports all his flavors from Hawaii and uses locally-sourced sugarcane to create his sweet icy treats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In business since 2011, Minnesnowii has had a coveted spot at the State Fair for the past three years. This year his booth is in the new West End Market at the fair. Asked how he was able to get the proverbial golden ticket into the fair, the shave ice maker said his efforts at other fairs and festivals throughout the state got him noticed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI just worked hard and I earned it,\u201d said Giandalia. \u201cI\u2019m glad they (state fair officials) picked me and I\u2019m blessed to be in business with the fair. It\u2019s really like a dream come true.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Minnesota State Fair runs Aug. 23 \u2013 Sept. 3 in St. Paul.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Let\u2019s get one thing straight right off the bat \u2026 shave ice is&nbsp;not&nbsp;a snow cone. And yes, it\u2019s shave ice, not shaved ice. That was the lesson being taught by Jason Giandalia, proprietor of Minnesnowii Shave Ice, one of the food sensations at festivals throughout the state including the upcoming Minnesota State Fair. Shave ice [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[2332,2333,2334],"class_list":["post-3417","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business","tag-jason-giandalia","tag-minnesnowii-shave-ice","tag-minnesota-state-fair","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/apexsamplework.com\/insightnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3417","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/apexsamplework.com\/insightnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/apexsamplework.com\/insightnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apexsamplework.com\/insightnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apexsamplework.com\/insightnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3417"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/apexsamplework.com\/insightnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3417\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3418,"href":"https:\/\/apexsamplework.com\/insightnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3417\/revisions\/3418"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/apexsamplework.com\/insightnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3417"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apexsamplework.com\/insightnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3417"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apexsamplework.com\/insightnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3417"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}