Egg Cream

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This old-time New York thirst-quencher is sweet and full of fizz. Despite its name, the egg cream contains neither eggs nor cream.

In the beginning, it was a soda produced almost exclusively in New York (particularly Brooklyn). the basic ingredients are milk, seltzer, and chocolate syrup. It is traditionally made in a small Coke-style glass.

True New Yorkers insist that it is not a classic egg cream without Fox's U-Bet Chocolate Syrup.

It is perfectly proper to gulp down an egg cream. In fact, egg cream will lose its head and become flat if it is not enjoyed immediately.

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Ingredients

  • 2 T chocolate syrup
  • 6 oz whole milk
  • 6 oz soda water

Preparation

Step 1

Mix syrup and milk in tall glass. Add soda. Serve with a straw.

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Add syrup, then milk, then pour soda directly down center of glass to form a nice head. Use a tall spoon to stir milk and syrup without disturbing the foamy-white head. Serve.

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