egg cream
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of egg cream
Probably earlier than 1950–55
Example Sentences
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“Dr. Brown’s Cel-Ray soda with a crunchy delicatessen hot dog and round potato knish. Runner up: anything with a chocolate egg cream made with whole milk and Fox’s U-Bet syrup.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026
Or take, for instance, the classic egg cream.
From Salon ● Dec. 3, 2022
Some say you can only make an egg cream, the iconic New York beverage of milk, chocolate syrup and seltzer, with Fox’s U-bet syrup, but some people need to relax.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 20, 2022
It is definitely the chocolate syrup most associated with the classic egg cream and it is sacrilegious for me to be telling people not to use Fox's U-bet.
From Salon ● Apr. 5, 2022
Beat the egg, cream, and milk together until perfectly mingled and foamy with air bubbles; then add, gradually, beating well at the same time, one pint of what berry flour.
From Science in the Kitchen. by Mrs. E. E. Kellogg
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