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Thread #101214 Message #2045388
Posted By: Charlie Baum
07-May-07 - 03:34 PM
Thread Name: BS: Soda fountains, ice cream and pharmacies
Subject: RE: BS: Soda fountains, ice cream and pharmacies
Ron Olesko mentioned: You can't get a decent egg cream outside of the 5 boroughs. Even in NJ it doesn't taste the same. You have to have U-Bet syrup for an authentic egg cream.
My cousin from Brooklyn moved for one year to the San Juan Mountains of Colorado. He went to Denver to fetch U-Bet syrup, but when he made egg creams using seltzer created from the local water, it tasted different. He is convinced that seltzer made from New York City tap water is an essential ingredient in a true egg cream.