@jakeduck
EGGCREAMS!!,,Chocolate eggcreams are the best. It’s chocolate syrup, milk and seltzer in the right proportions and mixed by hand to get a nice frothy head much like the head on a beer. It’s rooted in the ethnic Jewish tradition and may have started in Brooklyn but definitely a NY thing. Someone was purported to have invented a special chocolate syrup. You can get it bottled in NY and it is a favorite in Long Island where I lived. I think there’s a few places in Manhattan where you can still order one.

As a teenager we had our favorite places to get them and usually drank them several times a week. There were a few other flavors like strawberry but I don’t think they caught on and I can remember the taste to this day.

You hate eggs? Good thing I didn’t suggest omelettes or frittatas. I only drink good wine...not a wine snob but know my wines. Recently sent back an inferior Pinot Gris at a restaurant. Was substituted for another more expensive label. It wasn’t the label they said it was. I was with family who are also wine drinkers and they agreed. Not an upscale restaurant so I let it go. It just completes a meal for me. And yes, I do have a wine refrigerator. That I made space for.

Another hot stormy day from FL Mary