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Article: SWEET LAND OF ICE CREAM FROSTY DRINKS ARE THE AMERICAN WAY
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- June 29, 2005
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On a steamy night at Toscanini's in Central Square, Cambridge, a
customer in the ice cream shop grabs a root beer from a small cooler
and passes it over the counter to the clerk, who pours it into a tall
cup filled with vanilla ice cream. When the root beer hits the ice
cream, it foams up and results in a thick, sudsy float that requires
both a spoon and a straw.
Summer is ice cream cone season, but all the frozen creamy drinks
floats, milkshakes, frappes, and smoothies also have a following.
These tall, cooling glasses are typically American: grand in
presentation, ample in flavor, and loaded with luscious calories.
Though other cultures have their icy drinks, no one tops them full of ...