DALLAS COUNTY, Texas — It is not just the ice. It is the identity.

“Alright, everybody asks that,” said Kelly Bolding, Sneaux Nola owner.

She was referring to a common question people ask her, “What’s the difference between a snow cone and snowball?”

“The main thing is that the ice is totally different,” Bolding said.

She said snow cones are crunchy.

“It’s like if it’s fresh snow falling from the sky, that’s what a snowball is,” Bolding said.

The snowball is a New Orleans treat that Bolding grew up eating. It’s why she started Sneaux Nola in Cedar Hill.

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“My kids, they’ll probably never get the lifestyle and the culture that I did growing up simply because we all relocated to Dallas,” Bolding said.

Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans in 2005, displacing many residents.

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