Greetings!

I love your website...very festive!

Here's my situation. I'm a (recent) homeowner, and I *love* fair-type foods. We have a cotton candy machine and a popcorn machine (I'm talking heavy-duty industrial machines here, not the typical household machines). The one thing I'd love to add is a slushy machine of some sort.

The thing is, I don't want a "dedicated" flavor. When we have company (or parties), I'd like to be able to offer people a variety of syrups to add to their slushy, the same way you do if you go into a store that sells Slush Puppies and you pump your own choice of syrup into the drink.

So I guess my questions are: would a Granita machine make essentially the same kind of treat? (I've never actually had a Granita from one of these machines, so I'm unsure of the consistency of the drink.) Can it be used with a "neutral" slush base and then have syrup added on a cup-by-cup basis? Or...what would YOU recommend for my situation?

My brother (some 200 miles away) just told me about a $300 deal on a heavily-used Slush Puppie machine, but I would've had to go get it, and it was huge, and came with no warranty, so I wasn't about to make that investment. I'd rather spend a lot more (for a "lexus") and get something new and durable and attractive. I looked on your "bargain" page, but none of the pictures seemed to display, for some reason.

Anyway, I'd love to hear any ideas you might have!

Yours truly,
Josh

S.R.E. Corporation 2002