SODA BRAND MUSINGS (an observation)................

[SMSgt]

I haven't see RC Cola in years. Do they still make it, or am I in the wrong part of the country?

It's on the shelf, right next to the Moon Pies.

 

[sceva]

Can't speak on Seltzer but I do have opinions on Soda Pop

Ginger Ale; There is only one VERNERS, anything else pale in comparison.

Cola; I'm a Pepsi guy but as a kid I like 3V Cola because the bottles were bigger.

Barq's Red Cream Soda is good.

 

[Rustyt1953]

I, too, like Vernor's. Another favorite "ginger beer" (as mom puts it) is this local favorite from Winchester, KY.

Good stuff.

 

[kaaskop49]

Re YouTube video above: Maybe that's how egg creams are made in Brooklyn, but NOT in the Bronx! Too much syrup, way too much. After the syrup, fill the glass halfway with seltzer and stir. Add the milk and top it off with seltzer while stirring. BTW, regardless of the 'proper' ingredients, it's nearly impossible to make a true egg cream at home. Don't believe everything you see on YouTube.

Kaaskop49
Shield #5103

 

[Rustyt1953]

PS: my mom still makes shandies in the summer. Half ginger ale/half beer. As a young woman that was her drink of choice in the pubs.

Refreshing yet it wouldn't take your landing gear out.

 

[TX-Dennis]

I haven't see RC Cola in years. Do they still make it, or am I in the wrong part of the country?

We can still get it here in the middle of nowhere Western Texas high plains.

 

[Redbert31]

Re YouTube video above: Maybe that's how egg creams are made in Brooklyn, but NOT in the Bronx! Too much syrup, way too much. After the syrup, fill the glass halfway with seltzer and stir. Add the milk and top it off with seltzer while stirring. BTW, regardless of the 'proper' ingredients, it's nearly impossible to make a true egg cream at home. Don't believe everything you see on YouTube.



Kaaskop49

Shield #5103

I lived in the Bronx too and they made the egg creams a bit different like I mentioned above. I lived on Grand Concourse between Kingsbridge Rd and 196 St. There were so many neighborhoods in the Bronx and everyone made egg creams a bit different (like pizza) After we got married, we lived in Brooklyn while we finished school and the egg creams were different there . P. S. I cleaned everything out of my PM. Thanks for letting me know[emoji16]

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[Redbert31]

PS: my mom still makes shandies in the summer. Half ginger ale/half beer. As a young woman that was her drink of choice in the pubs.



Refreshing yet it wouldn't take your landing gear out.

I should try what your Mom made. I'm not a beer lover, but I love ginger ale. I bet I'd actually like the beer then. I've always wanted to like beer but never developed a taste for it. I do drink other kinds of alcohol though, so I'll give Mom's shandies a try!

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[Rustyt1953]

I should try what your Mom made. I'm not a beer lover, but I love ginger ale. I bet I'd actually like the beer then. I've always wanted to like beer but never developed a taste for it. I do drink other kinds of alcohol though, so I'll give Mom's shandies a try!

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Schweppes is her first choice, Canada Dry being second.

Fresca with a wee bit 'o gin and a lime wedge is another one she likes.

 

[326MOD10]

RC Cola is my favorite. In the City where I used to work we had card fuel pumps to fill up our patrol cars. They had an RC machine there.

Nothing better than 3 AM in the dead of winter and you could get an ice cold RC out of that machine.

The Coke in bottles on ice in a bucket from the real Mexican food trucks was a close second.

 

[chief38]

When I was a Tot, I use to get a kick out of watching my Dad mix Coca-Cola with about 1/3 Dr. Pepper. Today that is known as a Cherry Coke.

We use to always make Ice Cream Soda's using Coke and Vanilla ice cream. Mmmmmm.

 

[hemiram]

Not a seltzer fan at all.

My sister loved and still loves Vernor's. I never liked it at all. If I was going to drink Ginger Ale, it was Canada Dry for me. Better it being pretty much tasteless than mild cough syrup like Vernor's was.

But to me, nothing beats Pepsi. I don't care if it's the corn syrup or the cane sugar kind, I love it better than anything. Fountain the best, if it's done right, but bottled is fine. Not a huge fan of it canned, it's just off a little. Still better than any other cola. I like Cheerwine a lot too. Shasta Cola was OK, better than Coke or RC, or Faygo, etc. At this point, I have one Pepsi a week or so, but I was bad tonight and had 2. As far as sugared drinks go, mostly I drink Lipton Pure Leaf Sweet Tea. I can't stand diet pop. Oh, even though I'm a fat old bald guy, my sugar is "Amazing" and my A1C last time from about 6 months ago was 5.0, down .1 from six months before that. I have so many type 2 diabetic friends who just shake their heads and didn't believe me, so I had to go to my doctor's patient portal to show them. I think if I ever lose a bunch of weight I'm going to be like my mom, who was a true hypoglycemic, who had to snack constantly, or she would be like a snapping turtle. Driving with her before we figured out what was going on wasn't fun at all.

 

[quikdraw67]

Never cared much for Coca Cola, but I liked Sprite pretty good.

I won't drink any Coca Cola product anymore.

I'd say why, but might not be allowed.

I love me some Pepsi with ice, and a can of Mt. Dew. Use to drink a 2 liter bottle of Pepsi a day. Cut down to one can a day now.

The Coca Cola company put food on my family's table for 40 years. So I'm pretty loyal to the product.

That said. I don't drink much of any brand of soda.

Glad you cut back your Pepsi consumption.

Soda really isn't good for you in that amount.

 

[pawngal]

Not sure if this was just a local thing or not but every year the Coca Cola truck would come to the schools here and all us kids got a free bottle of Coke and a pencil. Was my first taste of Coke and I thought is was horrible, have long since changed my mind. Is my pop of choice and besides that it goes with rum and Jack Daniels.

 

[Onomea]

PS: my mom still makes shandies in the summer. Half ginger ale/half beer. As a young woman that was her drink of choice in the pubs.

Refreshing yet it wouldn't take your landing gear out.

I was gonna comment that I thought shandies were lemonade and beer, then thought it unlikely that Rusty's mom would get it wrong. So, looking it up, I found this:

...in the UK, lemon-lime soda (like 7UP) is what is referred to as “lemonade” and so there was a lack of translation when this drink crossed “The Pond”! I explained this to the bartender who was curiously surprised. Instead of adding the US version of lemonade, he made the shandy with lemon-lime soda: a proper shandy (as proper as you can get in the US at a bar) and no complaints from the guest!...

How to Make a Traditional British Shandy (the PROPER way) - Christina's Cucina

 

[ladder13]

I grew up in the Bronx and had many egg creams. The candy store on Kingsbridge Road near the Concourse put the chocolate syrup in first, then the milk. They mixed it with that chopping motion from back to front like mentioned in the you-tube that you provided, and then added the seltzer straight from the fountain till it just went over the top of the glass. They gave it a quick stir so as not to lose the fizz in the chocolate and milk in the bottom and the"head" just formed at the top. Heaven! I've had it made with Fox's U-bet or Hershey brand syrup and they're both good. I'm going to have to get the fixings and make one real soon. The candy stores also made something called a Cherry Lime Rickey in the big metal milk shake glasses. As much as I can remember, they made a cherry soda with lots of crushed ice, added fresh lime juice, shook the heck out of it and garnished it with fresh lime slices. If anyone of my Bronx friends has an exact recipe for that, please pass it along. That was my treat that I'd stop for in my way home after my piano lessons. I hated the piano lessons, but loved my Lime Rickey!
My Dad had a bakery on the Grand Concourse near Fordham Rd. and he had cherry syrup around and I did the egg cream thing with the cherry syrup instead of the chocolate and also with orange syrup instead of the chocolate syrup. Torani orange syrup is available and it works fine. The orange one is like a creamsicle. The cherry and orange ones were my creation that I made for my Daddy. He died young in 1978. His 100th. birthday would have been 4/21/2021 and Wednesday I thought of him and my soda creations that I made for him. Miss him a lot[emoji178][emoji178] Thanks for the trip down memory lane [emoji16][emoji16][emoji106][emoji106]

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Great post Linda. I used to love watching egg creams being made.

Your dad died way too young, indeed.

I had been in the bakery, certainly walked by it umpteen times but don’t recall the details. Maybe a black and white or two, or a linzer tart
I never had much of a sweet tooth. I do remember Gormans for hotdogs, delicious with the crunchy outside , and all the pizza joints nearby.

Lime Rickeys at Jahns.

I spent years on Fordham Rd going to movies, buying clothes, just hanging out or in between classes at Lehman.

What was the name of the other sweet shop near your family bakery?

 

[meaneyedcatz]

Flavored seltzer or carbonated water isn’t bad. It might be an acquired taste.
I have IBS and seltzer water is like a 12 once alka seltzer. Settles the stomach.

 

[charlie sherrill]

I, too, like Vernor's. Another favorite "ginger beer" (as mom puts it) is this local favorite from Winchester, KY.

Good stuff.

They still bottle "A Late One" in returnable bottles. We went by the plant a couple of years ago and watched the process. I didn't much care for it straight up, bud it does make a decent mixer.

 

[charlie sherrill]

I always liked Barq's Root Beer or Creme Soda. It was invented by Ed Barq Sr. in Biloxi,Ms. back in the late 1800's. It was bought out several years ago by Coca Cola and can still be found in many parts of the country.

 

[ladder13]

I always liked Barq's Root Beer or Creme Soda. It was invented by Ed Barq Sr. in Biloxi,Ms. back in the late 1800's. It was bought out several years ago by Coca Cola and can still be found in many parts of the country.

The only Root Beer I ever drink is Barq’s.