My Big Root Beer Float

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Lon

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It's one of my favorite things. I have a big Pewter Mug that I fill with Vanilla Ice Cream & slowly pour Diet A & W Root Beer into it. The Pewter Mug chills up nicely and keeps the ice cream from melting too fast. Ahhhhhh!!!
 

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applecruncher said:
Do you put the empty mug into the freezer for awhile?
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I keep my mug in the freezer compartment of the fridge so it's icy when I put the ice cream in. I'll take a pic and post. I will enjoy this treat with popcorn as I watch a Netflix film tonight
 

My favorite back in Chicagoland, both as a kid and young adult, was a Chocolate Soda with Chocolate Ice cream. "Sodas" were made up from scratch at the neighborhood Mom & Pop Ice Cream company, Frejlach's, starting with soda water, to which was added chocolate syrup, then 2 big dips of homemade ice cream, topped by a dollop of whipped cream, the real stuff! MMMMMM! imp
 
I've got a pewter mug but never thought of using it this way. I have a giant A & W mug and a medium sized one as well, but they are glass of course.

I do sometimes put beer glasses in the freezer so we can have nice frosty glasses of beer.
 
imp said:
My favorite back in Chicagoland, both as a kid and young adult, was a Chocolate Soda with Chocolate Ice cream. "Sodas" were made up from scratch at the neighborhood Mom & Pop Ice Cream company, Frejlach's, starting with soda water, to which was added chocolate syrup, then 2 big dips of homemade ice cream, topped by a dollop of whipped cream, the real stuff! MMMMMM! imp
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Imp, that soda was my favorite. Made just like you said at the Imperial Soda Shop. It cost a whole 20 cents.
 
imp said:
My favorite back in Chicagoland, both as a kid and young adult, was a Chocolate Soda with Chocolate Ice cream. "Sodas" were made up from scratch at the neighborhood Mom & Pop Ice Cream company, Frejlach's, starting with soda water, to which was added chocolate syrup, then 2 big dips of homemade ice cream, topped by a dollop of whipped cream, the real stuff! MMMMMM! imp
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I remember chocolate sodas... We got them at Neisner's dimestore.. they had a soda fountain. SOOO good.. and Green River floats. Remember those?
 
This was MY Neisner's... in Brighton park, Chicago.. Sadly.. long gone.


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I love a coke float - the ice cream gets very icy and crackly. Plus you get the buzz from all the sugar and caffeine! Yummy! Now I want one too.
 
Ameriscot said:
Okay, maybe I'm weird but I like to keep desserts and alcohol separate. No mixing of them.
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Then you haven't had ice cream with chocolate bourbon sauce, Tres Deeleeeshus!
But hey, don't get me wrong, I'm just having innocent little pineapple juice right now with my vitamins!
 
QuickSilver said:
I remember chocolate sodas... We got them at Neisner's dimestore.. they had a soda fountain. SOOO good.. and Green River floats. Remember those?
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Good gosh! Your post struck like a bolt from the sky! Only Neisner's dimestore I ever knew of was in Berwyn, Illinois. Were there others? As a kid of about 10, in summer, my mother and I often stopped at their little lunch counter: a favorite was open-faced hot turkey sandwich, mashed potatoes, and cranberry sauce, 99 cents! imp
 
imp said:
Good gosh! Your post struck like a bolt from the sky! Only Neisner's dimestore I ever knew of was in Berwyn, Illinois. Were there others? As a kid of about 10, in summer, my mother and I often stopped at their little lunch counter: a favorite was open-faced hot turkey sandwich, mashed potatoes, and cranberry sauce, 99 cents! imp
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Yes... In Brighton park on Archer ave.. It was between Kedzie and California.. Don't know the exact cross street, but it was on South Archer..

It was an OLD building and it had wooden floors that creaked when you walked...
 
QuickSilver said:
This was MY Neisner's... in Brighton park, Chicago.. Sadly.. long gone.
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Ah, I missed this before posting about Berwyn. The store there was smaller, squeezed in two doors from the corner. QS, you might like to look at: http://forgottenchicago.com/forum/1/3946/archer_avenue_big_store I copied the following from there, searching for a pic of Berwyn's Neisner's. imp (the date on the Archer Ave. pic, 1942, my birth year!)

Re: Archer Avenue Big Store
Posted by: Richard Stachowski (---.dsl.chcgil.sbcglobal.net)
Date: September 28, 2010 08:16PM

I think it had a downstairs. I lived in Brighton Park from 1960 to 1997 on Francisco and 46th.



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