Bear-ly Appropriate Sodas & Sundaes
Channel: Jason R. Merrill
Date: 2021-06-19

Live Soda Demonstration from Ursa Major².

Bear-ly Appropriate Sodas & Sundaes

California Egg Milk Shake 
1 egg 
Cracked ice ........ ¼  tumblerful 
Nectar syrup ...... 1 ¾  ounces 
Shake, strain, finish with milk, and serve in a thin soda glass with grated nutmeg. Price--12 ounces, 15 cents.
(Soda Fountain, 1915, 79)

CA Egg Shake, modern version
1 egg 
Cracked ice ........ ¼  tumblerful
Strawberry Syrup ….. 1 oz
Vanilla Syrup ….. 1 oz
Shake, strain, finish with milk, and serve

Can make it a Cream Shake by adding 2oz cream before shaking, then using soda water instead of the milk.

Celestial (Sundae Topping)
Two pounds English walnuts, 2 pounds pecans chopped together with half pound of powdered sugar; add sufficient simple syrup and fruit syrup to flavor.
(Soda Fountain, 1915, 164)

Much smaller serving for modern use
½ cup walnuts
½ cup pecans 
2oz Simple Syrup
2oz Fruit Syrup of choice (testing w/ Blueberry, but also works really well w/ Chocolate, Butterscotch, or Caramel, etc.)
 
Comet Sundae
Peel one banana, slice in two lengthwise and lay the slices parallel on a plate; place a ball of vanilla ice cream on one end of the slices; place over the banana crushed fresh strawberries and over all pour a thick marshmallow cream, then put a Maraschino cherry on a toothpick on the ice cream. The ball of ice cream represents the head of the comet, while the two slices of banana represent the tail. This dish should bring 15 cents. (C. Ray Wait.)
(Soda Fountain, 1915, 134)

Martian Frappe.
Fill glass half full of shaved ice, 
Add: 
a tablespoonful of powdered sugar, 
juice of 1 orange, 
2 dashes of lemon juice 
1 dash of raspberry syrup. 
Fill glass with carbonated water, stir well, strain into a mineral water glass, and serve.
(Soda Fountain, 1909, 95)

Modern Version:
½ glass shaved ice
2 oz Orange juice 
¼ oz Lemon juice 
1 ½ oz Raspberry syrup (higher qty to boost flavor & color)
Fill with Soda Water, stir, strain, & serve

Bibliography
Parsons, Ph. C., C. W. (Ed.). (1912, July). The Practical Druggist. Soda Water and Candy, XXX(7), 61-70. play.google.com/books/reader?id=xj9AAQAAMAAJ
Soda Fountain. (1909). The Dispenser Soda Water Guide (Second ed.). D. O. Haynes & Co. Retrieved 02 05, 2021, from play.google.com/books/reader?id=Xx86AQAAMAAJ
Soda Fountain. (1915). The Dispenser's Formulary (Third ed.). D. O. Haynes & Co. Retrieved 02 05, 2021, from play.google.com/books/reader?id=bFU2AQAAMAAJ

Ingredients/Shopping List

Banana
Desert Syrup of choice (for Celestial topping)
Egg
Ice, cracked
Ice, shaved
Lemon juice
Maraschino Cherries
Marshmallow fluff
Milk
Nutmeg, grated
Orange juice
Pecans
Raspberry Syrup
Soda/Carbonated Water
Strawberries (crushed)
Strawberry Syrup
Vanilla Ice Cream
Vanilla Syrup
Walnuts