292039 Thu Feb 27 00:31:00 -0800 2003 6 27 General Chowhounding Topics 0 1592520 All these posts about soda made me think of something from my childhood. Whenever we drank cream soda, we always put in about an inch of milk and stirred it together. It was delicious, we thought. Don't know what I'd think now. Anyway, was this just a strange family thing, or did other people do it too? This was on Long Island and in Connecticut. My husband thinks I was just weird! Thu Feb 27 00:31:00 -0800 2003 0 Barbara 1 1592554 We never poured milk in it, but as kids we often poured it over vanilla ice cream - which is pretty close. We thought it was the best thing ever, but of course, I haven't had it since I was about 15... Thu Feb 27 11:04:16 -0800 2003 1592520 0 LindaH 1 1592569 Sounds almost like an Egg Cream. I believe a traditional egg cream consists of Seltzer, milk and chocolate syrup. Thu Feb 27 11:39:25 -0800 2003 1592520 0 Steve 1 1592572 We used to mix ginger ale with milk - called it a Boston Cooler. Thu Feb 27 11:56:13 -0800 2003 1592520 0 sheiladammassa 1 1592694 On the rare occasions I was allowed to coca-cola as a kid, my mom would mix it with milk. I still have a hankering for it sometimes (and on occasion would do that in the dining hall when I was in college - and yes - people thought it was pretty disgusting). I have no idea where my mom got the idea from, although the weakening of the beverage made me feel like I was drinking cambric tea, just like my favorite characters in 19th century children's books! --Joanna Fri Feb 28 08:17:31 -0800 2003 1592520 0 The Turtle (Bay) Dove 2 1592778 We had similar mothers. My parents were convinced no child should have undiluted coke until they were over 12 years old, and maybe not even then. So I drank, when I was allowed (and it was made with sugar in the those days, too, not even the evil HFCS) skim milk from the dairy (we had access to really good fresh milk, which probably helped) with coke in it as a special treat. I still love it. When I was feeling homesick I used to do that, too, in my college dining hall, like you did. It was particularly good on all-night study sessions. This might have been a Midwest thing, also, because I knew other people did this too. Remember Laverne and Shirley with their milk and Pepsis? For me, though, it always had to be Coke. My mother gave me cambric tea, also. I didn't realize at the time that it was old-fashioned -- I read about it in books too, and thought other people still drank it. None of my friend's mothers gave it to them, though, so I guess our family was a throwback. Wouldn't surprise me -- in our remote hometown a lot of old food traditions seem to have been preserved. Fri Feb 28 17:17:43 -0800 2003 1592694 0 Mrs. Smith 3 1592839 I had this occasionally as a child. Called it a purple cow. I wonder if anyone else used the same name. Sat Mar 01 20:27:01 -0800 2003 1592778 0 DanM