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Removed Recipe

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-Ancanus 19:33, 27 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Can you please give me the recipe, as I need to make one, they sound good.--Witeandnerdy 23:20, 16 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Use the "History" tab at the top of each page to find older versions. You would look for an edit by Ancanus around the time of his entry on this discussion page. Here is an older version of the page with the recipe intact: http://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Ice_cream_soda&oldid=44918030 Of course, you should also learn to rely on Google to do research; in this case you might search for "ice cream soda recipe" and get plenty of hits. 71.57.52.253 00:38, 30 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Shouldn't there be a link to the appropriate wiki_ entries? I'll try to add them. --smIsle

Merge

Unless someone objects, I'm going to merge Root beer float and Snow White (ice cream float) here. We really only need one article about this kind of dessert/drink. Rhindle The Red (talk) 17:21, 26 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Be bold and go for it. Terraxos (talk) 02:38, 13 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Black Cow

Some additional references for referring to a root beer float as a "black cow": QUICK BITE/Point Pleasant Beach; O, for a Draught of Root Beer? Get Thee to Stewart's from the New York Times, Andrea Higbie, July 2, 1995; ANYONE FOR A “BLACK COW” ? by Ginnie, who worked at a soda founain in 1950 in Wellesley Hills, Massachusetts, Black Cow Ice Cream Soda recipe from Gourmet, Feb. 1998. —Preceding unsigned comment added by DMellis (talk • contribs) 23:35, 4 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Also, this press release discusses what is supposedly the first "black cow" or root beer float. —Preceding unsigned comment added by DMellis (talk • contribs) 23:38, 4 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I don't have references here, but black cow was/is extremely popular at Hong Kong's mass level localized Western food outlets like cha chaan teng or Hong Kong style Western restaurants using cola and vanilla ice-cream. Another variety named golden cow uses mango ice-cream and lemonade/lemon soda like 7-Up or Sprite.--JNZ (talk) 07:01, 7 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

James William Berweick

This supposed Canadian inventor of the ice cream soda was added in a anonymous edit in Sep 2008. Finding no non-Wikipedia related mentions of him on the Web, I have removed him from the article. Rmhermen (talk) 19:45, 23 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Foam-ability

This gives the beverage a "foamy head" similar to a beer head.^{[citation needed]}

I don't think a "citation needed" tag is required for this. It's like putting a ^{[citation needed]} tag after a sentence that says "There are 5 fingers on the human hand". There's even a picture clearly demonstrating the frothy properties of the drink right next to this quotation.

Root beer float sentimentalism

Am I the only one who finds the story for the "black cow" a bit wistful and folk-story-ish? It seems terribly unencyclopedic, but I'd hate to just nuke the section if there is some sort of citation available for it. Either way, it might need a rewrite to be a little less like a grandpa story. -Matt S. (talk) 00:16, 16 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Ice cream soda vs. Float in the US

In the US, a float is an ice cream soda made from a premade soda. The term ice cream soda is generally reserved for one where a syrup and club soda are used.--RLent (talk) 16:52, 31 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Schloneger's rootbeer floats

Schlonegers icecream connosieur in Kidron, Ohio has created the most amazing icecream float ever. it is truly delectable. Just go to Lehman's hardware and pick one up near the back entrance.