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Chocolate Soda

A historical recipe from What to drink, by Stockbridge, Bertha E. L. (Bertha Edson Lay) (1920).

A historical recipe

What to drink: The blue book of beverages; recipes and directions for making and serving non-alcoholic drinks for all occasions, by Stockbridge, Bertha E. L. (Bertha Edson Lay) (1920). Project Gutenberg eBook #76921.

From an old book: a historical recipe, not current advice. Its methods, additives and storage may be unsafe by today's standards.

Source and licence

From What to drink, by Stockbridge, Bertha E. L. (Bertha Edson Lay) (1920). Digitised by Project Gutenberg, eBook #76921 (https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/76921). Public domain in the USA; its status may differ elsewhere.

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What was changed: As printed, from the book's text; Project Gutenberg's header and licence removed. Ingredient lines were read out of the text by a program. A historical recipe, not current advice.

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Ingredients

Method

  1. ½ cupful of top milk, ⅛ cupful of chocolate syrup (2 tablespoonfuls), 2 tablespoonfuls of vanilla ice cream, Carbonated water.
  2. Put the chocolate syrup in a tall glass, then the top milk, or milk and cream mixed, add two tablespoonfuls of ice cream;
  3. fill the glass with carbonated water, using a syphon.
  4. Serve with a long handled spoon.
  5. One may use chocolate ice cream if one prefers.