302088 Fri May 26 08:08:18 -0700 2006 18 27 General Chowhounding Topics 0 1689038 Last week while I was on vacation I made an iced coffee - but I wanted some fizz- so I added some diet coke. It was good. Then I took some diet coke over ice and added some half and half- really, really good! You only need a little of the milk product so this gives you a lot of fizzy goodness for little calories. I am addicted. Fri May 26 08:08:18 -0700 2006 0 cocoagirl 1 1689040 You are hardly alone: that's a fairly common mixture. My preferred mixture is far less common: Coke and orange juice. Fri May 26 08:09:57 -0700 2006 1689038 0 Karl S 2 1689214 coke and oj? never thought of that, but something along the same lines i used to (haven't in some time now) mix coke with slice. that's a pretty good mixture. maybe similar to the oj and coke concoction? Sun May 28 23:00:20 -0700 2006 1689040 0 lotsanivanh 2 1689650 no coke but---root beer with milk.. ummmmmm Tue Jun 06 03:01:22 -0700 2006 1689040 0 jazzpjr 1 1689041 I used to do that with Vanilla Coke when that was out. Pretty much the same idea as a root beer float (or brown cow) except with a little milk instead of a scoop of ice cream. Fri May 26 08:10:03 -0700 2006 1689038 0 JugglerDave 1 1689045 My grandmother used to make my brother and I milk and coke all the time. I thought this was quite common actually... in the 70's at least.?.?. Fri May 26 08:51:51 -0700 2006 1689038 0 Silverjay 2 1689059 My family too, we called it "soda milk". I was surprised to find that not everyone knew what it was. I assume it was so we got our daily ration of milk. Fri May 26 12:06:24 -0700 2006 1689045 0 coll 3 1689095 We drank it too, although not often, in the late 50's and early 60's. Fri May 26 15:10:40 -0700 2006 1689059 0 LBQT 4 1689100 I thought this was common. Maybe it was an Eastern US thing. Ok, this will make me sound older than I am, but the corner pharmacy had a soda fountain. A vanilla coke was made with Coke, vanilla syrup and a just enough milk to harmonize everything and take the harsh edge off the Coke. A chocolate coke was similarily made with coke, chocolate syrup and a shot of chocolate milk. When I moved to Calif, I was couldn't believe no one put milk in vanilla cokes. Then you could go crazy and turn both these into coke floats with a scoop of ice cream on top. Cherry cokes didn't have milk though. A vanilla soda was seltzer, milk and vanilla syrup. I really miss that place. They had the best strawberry ice cream sodas. I still remember the taste of that strawberry ice cream. It could have been Bordon's or Litchfield Farms ... but when either was good and used real cream, strawberries and sugar to make the ice cream. That should tell me that perhaps I was born with Chowhound tendancies. Like how many kids know the brand of ice cream used in their ice cream sodas, especially umpteen years ago. Fri May 26 15:24:28 -0700 2006 1689095 0 rworange 1 1689046 A Laverne favorite (from Laverne and Shirley), but as I remember she was teased about it on the show. Fri May 26 09:30:56 -0700 2006 1689038 0 krissywats 2 1689048 I think it was Pepsi and milk that Lavern chugged Fri May 26 09:50:49 -0700 2006 1689046 0 jetlag 3 1689055 Correct. It was Pepsi and Milk. I had been drinking that concoction since I stumbled upon it as a kid in the early 60's - I think I was trying to make an egg cream and it got twisted, somehow, but as they say - necessity is the mother of invention... Fri May 26 11:44:03 -0700 2006 1689048 0 Frank 2 1689068 I recently observed someone doing this at Great Harvest and referenced Laverne but it went over her head...It must be pretty common...I may have to try it now.:) Fri May 26 13:03:11 -0700 2006 1689046 0 Bean Counter 1 1689049 This drink, iced coffee with coke in it, is popular in certain countries in Europe and South America. The iced coffee is usually instant coffee, more often than not Nescafe. Fri May 26 10:12:45 -0700 2006 1689038 0 Lenny 1 1689053 Basically, it's a coke-flavored egg cream. Fri May 26 10:46:59 -0700 2006 1689038 0 Steve S. 1 1689054 They sell coffee with coke at the stores now, it's called Coke Black or something. Not very popular, so it won't be around long... Fri May 26 11:12:36 -0700 2006 1689038 0 theSauce 2 1689101 Thew Coke with coffee is called "BLAK" and comes in the old 6 oz style Coke bottle...however I think the missed on the name, it should be "BLEECK"... Fri May 26 15:34:57 -0700 2006 1689054 0 Phu Bai 1 1689645 That is a trip in the way back machine . My great-grandmother used to serve us pepsi and milk WAY before Laverne or Shirley or whichever one it was had it . I think she knew back then that too much pop was not good for the children , so she cut it with pure , wholesome milk . Thing was , she drank it all the time too . It was ok , but I preferred my Pepsi straight up , cold . Still do , in fact . Mon Jun 05 22:55:55 -0700 2006 1689038 0 GoalieJeff 1 1690371 You gotta try this! A&W root beer with a splash of cream! MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM!!! To die for! If you don't want the cream, try half & half. Dee Fri Jun 16 16:26:04 -0700 2006 1689038 0 Dee