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W1GUH
10-11-2011, 07:01 PM
Such a delectable beverage. If you've never heard of them, the recipe is:

About an inch of U-Bet chocolate syrup in the bottom of a soda glass.
About an inch of milk in the same glass - stir.
Add soda water and stir again.

Enjoy!!

Last time I looked, nobody really knows why they're called "Egg Creams".

U-bet is the authentic NY Egg Cream chocolate syrup. Hershey's can be substituted if desired or necesary.
kc7jty
10-11-2011, 07:13 PM
http://marksteigelman.files.wordpress.com/2011/05/bosconj.jpg http://blogs.villagevoice.com/forkintheroad/DSC04776v.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2499/4137758458_166fa2fe28.jpghttp://farm6.static.flickr.com/5217/5440375234_070c6fc603.jpg
I drank WAY too much chocolate milk as a kid.
In suburban Philly we had black & white shakes. Milk, vanilla ice cream, chocolate syrup. Perfect with a very greasy burger.
That CM jar on the left was probably a relic found in grandma's cupboard from the early 70s after she passed away.
W1GUH
10-11-2011, 07:15 PM
I forgot about Bosco! How could I?

In those days I was an Ovaltine person. Captain Midnight said it's "The heart of a hearty breakfast." Said so right there on my Ovaltine mug. Earlier, Howdy Doody said, "Hey kids! Be keen! Be keen! Drink chocolate flavored Ovaltine!"

Gonna hafta try an Ovaltine Egg Cream.
kc7jty
10-11-2011, 07:35 PM
Never did Ovaltine, probably didn't like it. Didn't care for Quick or the powdered Bosco either. We were pretty much a Hershey's can chocolate syrup family.
http://static.flickr.com/53/145862804_572019b82c_t.jpg

There were straws that had dry flavoring in them that mixed with the milk when sucked through. I remember the strawberry.

http://www.rrmerritt.com/mabelvale/MHS_Images/I_FlavorStrawsLong.jpg
W1GUH
10-11-2011, 07:45 PM
Now you've given me a nostalgia brain-freeze. Cocoa Marsh!!! Holy shit...haven't thought of that for a few decades. But even more...Flav-r STraws! Holy Shit! Those were FUN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
W1GUH
10-11-2011, 07:48 PM
Just thought of something else. The way you made Ovaltine was to put the powder in a glass add a little hot water and mix that up. Then you put in the milk. Making it was like a chemistry experiment!

And...for that certain "extra" flavor.....

In my peak Ovaltine days, my dad installed a new electric water heater. To save money he used the old gas pipes to hook up the new heater. Ever taste Ovaltine with that distinctive flavor of gas scent! Ewwwwwww!!!!! I griped, and he just said, "Won't hurt you!"
kc7jty
10-11-2011, 08:35 PM
I think Ovaltine was a double negative. It must have been expensive or hard to get (which would have instantly gotten my mother propagandizing against it) plus we kids didn't like it.

I used to eat lots of 'ol smokey hot dogs. There was a drawing on the package of an old tree stump with a face and branches for arms & hands that held a smoker's pipe with smoke rising from it.
I have searched the web for a picture of it in the past but never found anything. This is back when hogs were raised locally and fed the household garbage that was collected weekly. EEEyuK!
KG4CGC
10-11-2011, 09:38 PM
Last time I looked, nobody really knows why they're called "Egg Creams".

Because they actually used an egg. George Burns and Larry king both used to talk about going out for egg creams when they were kids. Before the big salmonella scares of the 80s, Orange Julius used an egg in their whipped orange beverages.
Raw egg was a popular ingredient in many sweet drinks back in the day.
W1GUH
10-12-2011, 06:57 AM
Never heard that -- thanks.

And another blast from the past -- Orange Julius!
kc7jty
10-12-2011, 04:38 PM
Mister Softee dilly bars.
suddenseer
10-12-2011, 08:21 PM
It is a humbling experience to watch old people relive their collective childhoods.
NQ6U
10-12-2011, 11:16 PM
It is a humbling experience to watch old people relive their collective childhoods.

Who are you callin' old? Now, get off my lawn, kid!
n6hcm
10-13-2011, 06:25 AM
"ma! mr softee's here! ma! mr softee's here!" wash-rinse-repeat until a packet of coins were tossed down from the fourth-floor window.
n6hcm
10-13-2011, 06:26 AM
and i totally am going out tomorrow night and buying egg cream supplies.
W1GUH
10-13-2011, 11:35 AM
Anyone know of a good seltzer bottle to buy? I'd like one just like Clarabel used...dunno if they still make 'em. Til then, bottled seltzer works fine.
n2ize
10-13-2011, 07:39 PM
Never did Ovaltine, probably didn't like it. Didn't care for Quick or the powdered Bosco either. We were pretty much a Hershey's can chocolate syrup family.
http://static.flickr.com/53/145862804_572019b82c_t.jpg

There were straws that had dry flavoring in them that mixed with the milk when sucked through. I remember the strawberry.

http://www.rrmerritt.com/mabelvale/MHS_Images/I_FlavorStrawsLong.jpg

You have to try the European Ovaltine. Unlike the American version which is loaded with sugar the Euro verison is not as sweet and is malt flavored. I was able to get it in some ethnic stored in Manhattan and Brooklyn. Haven't looked for it in recent years. Dunno of I can still get it.

Cocoa Marsh was good stuff. Bosco, UBet, ... not the same as in the old days.
n2ize
10-13-2011, 07:41 PM
Anyone know of a good seltzer bottle to buy? I'd like one just like Clarabel used...dunno if they still make 'em. Til then, bottled seltzer works fine.

My dad used to deliver seltzer in the glass bottles when he was a kid. They used to have to haul cases of seltzer up 4, 5 and 6 flights of stairs in the Bronx. Best deal nowadays is to buy a soda maker + CO2 cartridges and charge your own seltzer "Soda King" was a good brand years ago. Dunno which are good now.
n2ize
10-13-2011, 07:42 PM
Who are you callin' old? Now, get off my lawn, kid!

What are you doing on my lawn ??
W1GUH
10-14-2011, 10:01 AM
My dad used to deliver seltzer in the glass bottles when he was a kid. They used to have to haul cases of seltzer up 4, 5 and 6 flights of stairs in the Bronx. Best deal nowadays is to buy a soda maker + CO2 cartridges and charge your own seltzer "Soda King" was a good brand years ago. Dunno which are good now.


Thanks, John. Uh-huh...gotta get my own maker. But it's not all that bad buying it in small bottles...but that doesn't allow the fun of using a maker! I'll check out "Soda King." (Not the same as "Sofa King"!!!)
n2ize
10-14-2011, 03:22 PM
Not sure if the brand "soda King" is even around anymore. It was a division of the Kidde corporation (yes the fire extinguisher people) My folks had one in the late 60's/early 70's. Might be all different brands around these days