On Tue, 27 Sep 2011 07:15:30 -0700 (PDT), Jerry Avins >
wrote:

>On Sep 26, 11:38*am, "Steve Freides" > wrote:
>> Christopher M. wrote:
>> > What's cooler than vanilla seltzer?
>>
>> > Just asking.
>>
>> > W. Pooh (AKA Winnie P.)
>>
>> What's vanilla seltzer? *Here, we homemake vanilla syrup, and we add it
>> to our SodaStream-produced seltzer, but the result is called cream soda.
>> Cream Soda can or cannot have actual cream in it - it's basically
>> vanilla seltzer.
>
>In my book, cream sodas differ from vanilla seltzer in being
>sweetened. Egg cream is another fizzy "cream" drink that doesn't
>contain cream, but at least it has milk. (But no egg. Go figure.)

Whole milk contains cream. It's called an *egg*cream because the foam
at the top looks like frothy beaten egg whites... made correctly the
foam should be pure white without a speck of syrup.