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Default floats (was, root beer and black cows)

(Lee Rudolph) wrote:

>"Jean B." > writes, from a "Boston-area" location:
>
>>It's great to have all of these first-hand memories from you.
>> I am 57, and all I can say that I personally remember is
>>root beer made from the syrup and soda water at the town drug
>>store, which was conveniently situated between school and
>>home. They had a much mellower flavor than what I find bottled.
>>
>>Gee, after all this, I think I'll forget dinner and have a...
>> root beer float.... :-) I have the root beer but may need
>>to run out and get some ice cream....

>
>I'm a few years older than you, and though I now live in
>southeastern Massachusetts, when I was a teenager in Cleveland
>a standard item was a so-called "Boston cooler". As far as
>I could ever tell, it was the same as what you're calling
>(and what I would probably now call) a "float".


I grew up in the Detroit area, and a "boston cooler" was a float made
with Vernor's Ginger Ale (and stroh's ice cream). (OK, when -I- was
growing up, it was something that parents remembered from their youth.
Although, IIRC, there were still a few places where you could order a
Black Cow or a Boston Cooler and not have the staff look at you
oddly.)

jenn

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