"Christopher M." wrote in message
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Sheldon wrote:
"Christopher M." wrote:
Is it just me or is anybody else frustrated that most ice cream
workers these days don't know how to make a good ice cream soda?

Tell us what you consider a good ice cream soda.

I'm not picky. I could go for a couple of soft scoops of vanilla ice cream
in cream soda.

Most places don't have cream soda and use hard scoops, which take a while
to melt. It's not a cream soda if the ice cream doesn't melt.


W. Pooh (AKA Winnie P.)
While we're at it, how about a real chocolate MALT! Not a shake, or soft
serve with chocolate syrup, but a real freakin malt? Places around here have
them on the menu, but when I watch them, it's all the same. Dipped/soft
serve with choc syrup and skim milk. yechh. Ask the counter person about it,
and that's the way they make em.

Rex

Rex wrote:

While we're at it, how about a real chocolate MALT! Not a shake,
or soft serve with chocolate syrup, but a real freakin malt?

Lin called me from Oklahoma the other day to brag that one of her daughters
had just brought her a yummy chocolate malt.

One-a these days....

Bob

On Wed 16 Jul 2008 07:14:56p, Bob Terwilliger told us...

Rex wrote:

While we're at it, how about a real chocolate MALT! Not a shake, or
soft serve with chocolate syrup, but a real freakin malt?

Lin called me from Oklahoma the other day to brag that one of her
daughters had just brought her a yummy chocolate malt.

One-a these days....

Bob



Some years ago I bought a 1940s Hamiton Beach Malt Mixer from a local
drugstore that was closing own their soda fountain. I order Horlick's Malt
online. I usually have U-Bet Chocolate Syrup on hand, so it's easy to
throw an honest-to-goodness chocolate malt together, and it's sooooo good!

--
Wayne Boatwright
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Wayne Boatwright wrote:

Some years ago I bought a 1940s Hamiton Beach Malt Mixer from a local
drugstore that was closing own their soda fountain. I order Horlick's Malt
online. I usually have U-Bet Chocolate Syrup on hand, so it's easy to
throw an honest-to-goodness chocolate malt together, and it's sooooo
good!

Now *that's* authentic!


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Wayne wrote:

Some years ago I bought a 1940s Hamiton Beach Malt Mixer from a local
drugstore that was closing own their soda fountain. I order Horlick's
Malt online. I usually have U-Bet Chocolate Syrup on hand, so it's easy
to throw an honest-to-goodness chocolate malt together, and it's sooooo
good!

I'm not crazy about U-Bet syrup. It tastes one-dimensional to me; it doesn't
have the fragrance and complexity that other chocolate syrups (even
Hershey's) have.

I'm not ARGUING here; I'm just bemused: King Arthur Flour sells big blocks
of a chocolate called Merckens. According to the King Arthur site, "The
Chocolate Report" did a blind tasting of chocolates among some professional
chefs, and Merckens came out on top. But it's got that same one-dimensional
quality to me that U-Bet syrup has. I guess there are lots of people who
don't like more-complex chocolate, so there's a market for this stuff, but
I'm not part of it.

Bob

On Wed 16 Jul 2008 08:32:44p, Bob Terwilliger told us...

Wayne wrote:

Some years ago I bought a 1940s Hamiton Beach Malt Mixer from a local
drugstore that was closing own their soda fountain. I order Horlick's
Malt online. I usually have U-Bet Chocolate Syrup on hand, so it's
easy to throw an honest-to-goodness chocolate malt together, and it's
sooooo good!

I'm not crazy about U-Bet syrup. It tastes one-dimensional to me; it
doesn't have the fragrance and complexity that other chocolate syrups
(even Hershey's) have.

I'm not ARGUING here; I'm just bemused: King Arthur Flour sells big
blocks of a chocolate called Merckens. According to the King Arthur
site, "The Chocolate Report" did a blind tasting of chocolates among
some professional chefs, and Merckens came out on top. But it's got
that same one-dimensional quality to me that U-Bet syrup has. I guess
there are lots of people who don't like more-complex chocolate, so
there's a market for this stuff, but I'm not part of it.

Bob

I'm not aware of that many chocolate syrups on the market unless, of
course, you make your own. I tried Hershey's first. Found I didn't like
it as well as U-Bet. I like and use Hershey's in other things, but in a
chocolate malt it seemed to have a bitter edge to it that I found
unappealing.

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Wayne Boatwright
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Wednesday, 07(VII)/16(XVI)/08(MMVIII)
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Sometimes I feel like a figment of my
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Bob Terwilliger wrote:
Wayne wrote:

Some years ago I bought a 1940s Hamiton Beach Malt Mixer from a local
drugstore that was closing own their soda fountain. I order Horlick's
Malt online. I usually have U-Bet Chocolate Syrup on hand, so it's easy
to throw an honest-to-goodness chocolate malt together, and it's sooooo
good!

I'm not crazy about U-Bet syrup. It tastes one-dimensional to me; it
doesn't
have the fragrance and complexity that other chocolate syrups (even
Hershey's) have.

I'm not ARGUING here; I'm just bemused: King Arthur Flour sells big blocks
of a chocolate called Merckens. According to the King Arthur site, "The
Chocolate Report" did a blind tasting of chocolates among some professional
chefs, and Merckens came out on top. But it's got that same
one-dimensional
quality to me that U-Bet syrup has. I guess there are lots of people who
don't like more-complex chocolate, so there's a market for this stuff, but
I'm not part of it.

Bob

I agree. I like chocolate that has different "notes".

My problem with U-Bet syrup is that now you can't find one labeled
as containing sugar--it's always sugar OR corn syrup. So, I don't
even get to the buying or tasting part.

--
Jean B.