When I was little, my sisters and I saved our pennies for months to be able to buy the Snoopy Snow Cone Machine. We loved that thing. It was messy and you only got a tiny little snow cone out of it--but we though it was the best. Sadly, I no longer have the Snoopy Snow Cone Machine, but today I decided that I would make a snow cone to honor its memory. So I blended ice cubes and pineapple juice, then strained the mixture so the icy part was left--and that was my snowcone. It yielded about the same amount of treat as my old machine, and I also managed to make a mess along the way. Still, it wasn't the same. And I seem to remember that a lot of the fun in getting the Snoopy Snow Cone Machine was in saving for it, so I'm going to do that again--save my change for a Snoopy Snow Cone Machine:)