Root Beer Floats.....

[WCGreen]

Is there anything better...

A&W and Vanilla Frozen Yogurt....

[KamaAina]

1. Nooooooooooo! Not frozen yogurt!!

I do not doubt that the combination of A&W and vanilla frozen yogurt is tasty. It is not, however, repeat not, a root beer float. A root beer float contains four ingredients: root beer (preferably A&W, and never diet), vanilla ice cream, a straw, and a spoon.

On the other hand, you are now free to come up with a catchy name for your frozen yogurt concoction. For instance, if I were to spike the classic with whatever booze was handy, that'd be a "Mardi Gras Float". :-)

[WCGreen]

8. Root Beer Youts....

[ElizabethDC]

34. I agree . . . it's just not the same with fro-yo n/t

[SoxFan]

2. Is anything better? Yes!

A coffee ice cream soda!

[wildhorses]

3. coke floats

not pepsi and real vanilla ice cream:9

[VenusRising]

16. My best friend loves those!!

She used to make them all the time when we lived together.

I can't decide if it's a southern thing or just a thing. :)

:hi:

[driver8]

4. Root beer floats rock...but only with regular vanilla ice cream!! n/t

[begin_within]

5. Dr. Pepper floats.

With good quality vanilla ice cream, or even French vanilla.

[WCGreen]

9. They tried to sell 7-UP floats back in the 60's with this straw ice

cream chamber thing...

That went over like a lead balloon...

[begin_within]

10. That doesn't sound too good.

The lemon-lime flavor of the 7-UP wouldn't blend too well with the vanilla in the ice cream, I would guess. I think the flavor of Dr. Pepper blends perfectly with vanilla ice cream - especially when the ice cream melts a little and they swirl together.

[WCGreen]

12. Oh yea.... That is a good combo....

[cmkramer]

23. sherbet

We used to make 7-Up or ginger ale floats with sherbet.

Is a black cow another name for a root beer float or is that something different?

[mykpart]

35. I'm thinking a Black Cow is a chocolate soda.

But not sure.

[Poiuyt]

37. We always called a root beer float a Black Cow

[immoderate]

30. Coke is brown 7-Up. Lemon is the dominant flavor of Coke and Pepsi.

The dominant flavor of Dr. Pepper is expired cough medecine.

--IMM

[saltpoint]

6. Hard to argue with a root beer float.

Excellent post.

[seemunkee]

7. Guiness floats

[anti-everything]

14. Yes, Guinness floats.

Possibly the best dessert.

[terrya]

19. Really???

Interesting. My boyfriend and I were talking about this...the idea of Guinness and ice cream together. We want to try it....what kind of ice cream did you use, if I may ask?

Thanks

[seemunkee]

21. Just plain vanilla

There is a Carribean ice cream store not too far from me that makes a Guiness ice cream that is delicious

[terrya]

22. Thank you.

I'm glad we're not the only ones who wondered about the combination of Guinness and ice cream. It seems like a great combo of tastes.

[Gormy Cuss]

11. Root beer doesn't float.

Only the scoop of vanilla ice cream in root beer does that.

I remember going to the A & W drive-in...

[Wapsie B]

13. My thoughts exactly.

Ahhhhhhhhh A & W.........frosty mugs......mmmmmmmm

[enigmatic]

15. Madison Park

Summer nights in the 1970's, watching (and being a bat boy for a couple of teams) Lakewood Major Softball at Madison Park under the lights at Usher Field. And yeah, having a Root Beer Float in the stands or in the dugout while watching Pyramid Cafe clobber Beef Corral-HNS in another slugfest. Those are some of my most vivid memories of my childhood.....

[femmocrat]

17. An orange Nehi float?

Do they still make orange Nehi?

[KitchenWitch]

18. drool!

:9

[AlCzervik]

20. you had me until Yogurt.

then i was sad.

[lost-in-nj]

24. and Sorrow floats !!!

lost

[femmocrat]

25. So does Hope....

[sarge43]

26. Verner's ginger ale and vanilla ice cream float

The preferred nectar and ambrosia of the upper Midwest and responsible for the classic upper Midwest pick up line -- "Nice tooth.".

[WCGreen]

27. That sounds real good too....

[sarge43]

33. Yes, it was.

Saturday afternoon: The Old Man putting another wax job on his latest Chevy. Mom puttering around in the kitchen, "Stan's Polka Hour" courtesy WJR, Detroit, bouncing along on her radio. Bluejays in the backyard oak tree talkin' trash, the butterfly bushes rich with honey scent. Me on the front porch with my second long cold Vern float followed by burps that were answered by the tankers out in Saginaw Bay. Good times.

Oh to be young again in Michigan.

[immoderate]

28. Go all the way...chocolate ice cream!

Something I learned here in the Lounge many years ago -- any food which lacks chocolate is inherently incomplete. :)

--IMM

[sarge43]

32. Chocolate is one of the basic food groups. n/t

[havocmom]

29. Highly recommended as a stress-buster in office environments

that have become way too tense. Try it sometime. Just show up with the makins for black cows and do not forget the straws! Office moral will thank you.

[fizzgig]

31. mmmm

i haven't one of those in soooooo long

now i'm craving one :9

[Critters2]

36. I'm sure you meant Sprecher's. Right? nt