Egg Cream

also called egg cream · chocolate egg cream · Brooklyn egg cream · U-bet egg cream · new york egg cream

The table

2 Tbs(30 mL)chocolate syrupstir the syrup into the cold milkpour the seltzer hard off the back of a spoonstir the bottom inch only
1/2 cup(120 mL)cold whole milk
1 cup(240 mL)cold seltzer
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1stir the syrup into the cold milk

2pour the seltzer hard off the back of a spoon

goes in with what step 1 made

Cooking it

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The clock

This one never puts a number on anything — not one of its 3 steps is timed, so how long it takes is honestly unknown. The recipe itself says 5 min altogether, but it does not say where that time goes.

  1. stir the syrup into the cold milk

    not timedfrom the start

  2. pour the seltzer hard off the back of a spoon

    not timedfrom the start

  3. stir the bottom inch only

    not timedfrom the start

You'll need long spoon

See how it is written
>> title: Egg Cream
>> category: Drinks
>> tags: chocolate, seltzer, fountain, no-cook, cold
>> counters: Diner
>> aka: egg cream, chocolate egg cream, Brooklyn egg cream, U-bet egg cream, new york egg cream
>> servings: 1
>> time: 5 min
>> step.1: stir the syrup into the cold milk
>> step.2: pour the seltzer hard off the back of a spoon
>> step.3: stir the bottom inch only

Stir @chocolate syrup{2%Tbs}(30 mL) and @cold whole milk{1/2%cup}(120 mL) together in a tall glass. Syrup first is not superstition — poured on top it sinks in a slug and never comes back up.

Pour @cold seltzer{1%cup}(240 mL) into @&(~1)milk and syrup{} hard, off the back of a #long spoon{} held just above the surface, until a white head climbs to the rim. The head is the drink; a gentle pour gives you chocolate milk with bubbles in it.

Stir @&(~1)egg cream{} at the bottom inch only, twice, leaving the head alone. It contains neither egg nor cream and never has — the name is older than the argument about it, and it is drunk straight away, standing up.