Tiger's blood
{{Short description|Dessert flavor combining strawberry, watermelon, and coconut}}
{{About|the dessert flavor|other uses|Tiger blood (disambiguation){{!}}Tiger blood}}
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| main_ingredient = strawberry, watermelon, and coconut
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| serving_size = 100 g
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{{Wiktionary|tiger blood}}
Tiger's blood or tiger blood is a flavor of shave ice, snow cones,{{cite web |last1=Beach |first1=Hannah |title=What Snow Cone Flavor Is Tiger's Blood? |url=https://www.mashed.com/1217486/what-snow-cone-flavor-is-tigers-blood/ |website=Mashed |publisher=Static Media |access-date=29 May 2023 |language=en |date=3 March 2023 |archive-date=29 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230529050853/https://www.mashed.com/1217486/what-snow-cone-flavor-is-tigers-blood/ |url-status=live }} and other products.{{cite web |title=Mighty Swell Debuts Halloween Themed Items and Tiger's Blood Line Extension for Fall |url=https://www.brewbound.com/news/mighty-swell-debuts-halloween-themed-items-and-tigers-blood-line-extension-for-fall/ |website=BrewBound |location=Austin, TX |language=en |date=12 August 2022 |access-date=30 July 2023 |archive-date=25 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220825204627/https://www.brewbound.com/news/mighty-swell-debuts-halloween-themed-items-and-tigers-blood-line-extension-for-fall |url-status=live }}
It does not contain blood or anything from tigers.{{cite web |last1=Allen |first1=Kevin |title=11 Unusual Shave Ice Flavors Visitors Have To Try in Hawai{{okina}}i |url=https://www.hawaiimagazine.com/11-unusual-shave-ice-flavors-visitors-have-to-try-in-hawaii/ |website=Hawai{{okina}}i Magazine |publisher=aio Media Group |access-date=29 May 2023 |location=Honolulu, HI |language=en |date=1 July 2019 |quote=3. Tiger’s Blood Tiger’s Blood is a great name for a shave ice flavor because it could also be a heavy metal band (it’s actually the name of a heavy metal band’s album). But don’t worry: No tigers were actually hurt in the making of this flavor. It’s just a mixture of strawberry, watermelon and a splash of coconut. Get it at Ululani's Hawaiian Shave Ice on Maui and other shave ice shops in Hawai{{okina}}i. |archive-date=26 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211026155847/https://www.hawaiimagazine.com/11-unusual-shave-ice-flavors-visitors-have-to-try-in-hawaii/ |url-status=live }} The flavor is a combination of strawberry, watermelon, and a smaller amount of coconut, though some syrup makers have slightly different recipes and add other flavors like cherry.{{cite web |last1=Brodesser-Akner |first1=Claude |title=Charlie Sheen's Signature Drink Is Actually a Sno-Cone |url=https://www.vulture.com/2011/03/tigers_blood_beneficiaries.html |website=Vulture |publisher=Vox Media |access-date=29 May 2023 |language=en |date=9 March 2011 |archive-date=29 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230529234420/https://www.vulture.com/2011/03/tigers_blood_beneficiaries.html |url-status=live }}
Though the flavor is strongly associated with Hawai{{okina}}i, some think it originated in Texas in the 1980s. However, ads from the area at the time make clear the connection to Hawai{{okina}}i,{{cite news |title=Tropical Sno |url=https://newscomwc.newspapers.com/article/the-kerrville-times-tropical-sno-coupon/128186837/ |access-date=14 July 2023 |work=The Kerrville Times |date=29 June 1986 |location=Kerrville, Texas |page=27 |language=en |archive-date=14 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230714035504/https://newscomwc.newspapers.com/article/the-kerrville-times-tropical-sno-coupon/128186837/ |url-status=live }} and the flavor was still considered exotic in Texas into the next decade.{{cite news |last1=Gorley |first1=Marvin |title=Beating the Heat.. ..with a treat |url=https://newscomwc.newspapers.com/article/the-paris-news-beating-the-heat-with/128187550/ |access-date=14 July 2023 |work=The Paris News |date=19 August 1990 |location=Paris, Texas |page=1 |language=en |archive-date=14 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230714035616/https://newscomwc.newspapers.com/article/the-paris-news-beating-the-heat-with/128187550/ |url-status=live }} Also in the mid 1980's tiger blood was appearing in Utah and South Carolina along with imaginative flavors like "rock & roll" and "popeye".{{cite news |last1=Jean |first1=Sheryl |title=Chill Mills |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6gYqAAAAIBAJ&dq=Tiger+blood+ice&pg=PA1&article_id=2332,3425124 |access-date=7 August 2023 |work=Spartanburg Herald-Journal |date=13 June 1993 |location=Spartanburg, SC |page=A1 |language=en}}{{cite news |last1=Bridenbaker |first1=James |title=Snow in Moab |url=https://newscomwc.newspapers.com/article/the-times-independent-snow-in-moab/128188001/ |access-date=27 July 2023 |work=The Times-Independent |date=11 April 1985 |location=Moab, Utah |page=2 |language=en |archive-date=27 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230727032617/https://newscomwc.newspapers.com/article/the-times-independent-snow-in-moab/128188001/ |url-status=live }} In 1977 the flavor was in Missouri at a New Orleans-style shave-ice shop.{{cite news |title=New Orleans Shaved Ice |url=https://www.newspaperarchive.com/us/missouri/saint-charles/saint-charles-journal/1977/06-22/page-41/ |access-date=27 July 2023 |work=Saint Charles Journal |date=22 June 1977 |page=41 |language=en |archive-date=30 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230730215858/https://newspaperarchive.com/saint-charles-journal-jun-22-1977-p-41/ |url-status=live }}