Letters from NYC

What do you give a woman

What do you give a woman who has everything? A woman who is funny, thoughtful & sweet, sexy, an incredible cook (so I've been told), a great conversationalist (I've had the priviledge of talking with her), who can make the darndest frown turn upside down?

I've spent the last 24 hrs asking myself that question every spare moment I've had. I saw that AWTM gave her Beckham, the most brilliant soccer player on the planet. Then I ran into Oddybobo and saw that she gave him a NYC Firefighter and Leslie's Omnibus gave her some Beefcake. So just as I was about to give up the light bulb went on. That's it... that's it... NY Firefighters, Beefcake, I can give her an incredible cheesecake. I'll give her a very unique cheesecake photo she'll not soon forget, and might even pin up. I'm giving her something she can only find in NY, and to go along with that lucsious photo a very tall, very cool drink.

So here it is darlin', your presents: >>>>>>>

First, the Cheesecake... Chocolate Raspberry Truffle Cheesecake. I'll keep it cool for you over here for whenever you decide to stop by.

And here's the very original, tall, cool, NY drink - a recipe for a NY Egg Cream.
The New York Egg Cream is a cool way to keep off the heat on a hot summer day without too many calories. But don't be mislead by this drink's name, because it neither contains eggs nor cream. Yep, only in NY!

No one has ever been successful, in bottling this drink and so it remains a soda fountain drink till this day. Its fresh taste and characteristic "head" requires mixing of the ingredients a few minutes just before drinking. It has been described as a "poor man's ice cream soda," because it has a similar overall flavor, but is traditionally sold for only a slight premium over an ordinary fountain soda.

This drink got its start in New York, and it's making a comeback all over again!

Here's Everything You'll Need:

Large Glass, or Large Size Coca-Cola Glass
Fox's U-Bet Chocolate Flavored Syrup (or something like Hershey's)
Long Handled Spoon
Chilled Whole Milk
Bottled Seltzer Water (that is if you can't get a seltzer pressurized cylinder)
A Long Straw

Steps:

Get a tall, chilled, straight-sided, or Coca-Cola 8oz. glass.
Spoon 1 inch of Chocolate flavored syrup into the glass.
Add 1 inch of whole milk over the syrup.
Pour in cold seltzer making a nice foamy head to within 1 inch from the top of the glass. Use the spoon when pouring to prevent direct pouring into the syrup and milk. The foam will turn an egg-white color (hence the name).
Stir vigorously with a long spoon to mix the chocolate and milk into the seltzer foam.

Enjoy the true experience by sipping it slowly with a long straw. Use the straw to stir in between sips. Allow yourself to make loud sipping noises with the straw as you clean up the foam around the edge of the glass

Tips:
Skim or 1% milk won't foam as well, but can be used in a pinch. Non-homogenized milk is not recommended.
Bottled seltzer water will not pour out of the bottle with enough velocity to foam the milk, so stir vigorously to get the real thick foam.
No other chocolate syrup will give you the same taste or foam as Fox's U-Bet Chocolate Flavor Syrup for the New York Egg Cream.

Warning:
Do not let Egg Cream sit for a long period of time - 5 minutes or more will make the drink go flat.

Posted by Michele at July 28, 2006 01:10 PM | TrackBack