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Egg cream - Quiz
Contributed by: Robbins
  • 1. What are the three main ingredients of a traditional egg cream?
A) Eggs, cream, and soda water
B) Milk, ice cream, and chocolate syrup
C) Carbonated water, vanilla extract, and heavy cream
D) Milk, carbonated water, and flavored syrup
  • 2. What is the egg cream used as a substitute for?
A) An eggnog drink
B) An ice cream float
C) A chocolate malt
D) A milkshake
  • 3. What proportion of a properly prepared egg cream glass should be foamy head?
A) 1/4
B) 1/3
C) 2/3
D) 1/2
  • 4. What proportion of a properly prepared egg cream glass should be liquid?
A) 2/3
B) 3/4
C) 1/3
D) 1/2
  • 5. Which of the following ingredients does an egg cream actually contain?
A) Neither eggs nor cream
B) Both eggs and cream
C) Only eggs
D) Only cream
  • 6. What is the primary way an egg cream is served?
A) As a bottled beverage in major supermarkets
B) As a frozen dessert
C) As a fountain drink
D) As a hot tea
  • 7. Why is the egg cream not well-represented on shelves in the US?
A) The ingredients are too expensive
B) It tends to go flat quickly when prepared fresh
C) It requires fresh eggs to remain stable
D) It is illegal to sell outside of New York
  • 8. Which company debuted a styled flavored canned egg cream in September 2025?
A) Coca-Cola
B) AriZona
C) Dr Pepper Snapple Group
D) PepsiCo
  • 9. Where are the canned egg creams by AriZona sold?
A) Standard vending machines
B) Gas stations nationwide
C) Specialty snack stores
D) Pharmacies exclusively
  • 10. Who claims that his grandfather invented the egg cream?
A) George Peltz
B) Andrew F. Smith
C) Boris Thomashefsky
D) Stanley Auster
  • 11. According to Stanley Auster, what happened to the origins of the name?
A) They originated in an 1850 cookbook
B) They came from a heavy Yiddish accent
C) They are lost in time
D) They are well-documented in Paris
  • 12. Among which demographic group did the egg cream originate in New York City?
A) Irish laborers
B) Yiddish-speaking Eastern European Jewish immigrants
C) German merchants
D) Italian immigrants
  • 13. What Yiddish word is suggested as a possible corruption resulting in the word 'egg'?
A) echt
B) essen
C) zaftig
D) bubbe
  • 14. What does the Yiddish word 'echt' mean?
A) Cold or refreshing
B) Sweet or creamy
C) Genuine or real
D) Fizzy or carbonated
  • 15. According to one etymology theory, 'echt cream' would translate to what?
A) A chocolate soda
B) An actual egg
C) A good cream
D) A fake beverage
  • 16. Which actor is mentioned as possibly asking for 'chocolat et crème'?
A) Stanley Auster
B) George Peltz
C) Boris Thomashefsky
D) Andrew F. Smith
  • 17. Where had Boris Thomashefsky possibly experienced a drink similar to 'chocolat et crème'?
A) London
B) Berlin
C) Vienna
D) Paris
  • 18. According to food historian Andrew F. Smith, what was made during the 1880s as a popular specialty?
A) Chocolate syrup, cream, and raw eggs mixed into soda water
B) Milk, carbonated water, and vanilla syrup
C) Whipped egg whites and blackberry wine
D) Milk and cinnamon oil
  • 19. According to Andrew F. Smith, how was the Egg Cream created in poorer neighborhoods?
A) By adding more expensive chocolate syrup
B) By importing ingredients from Paris
C) As a less expensive version without the eggs or cream
D) By substituting soda water with plain water
  • 20. What does an 1850 source for an egg cream use instead of soda water?
A) It does not include soda water
B) Sparkling water
C) Carbonated milk
D) Blackberry wine
  • 21. What spice oil was included in the 1850 recipe for egg cream?
A) Oil of cinnamon
B) Vanilla extract
C) Oil of peppermint
D) Oil of cloves
  • 22. Who showed the froth being created by whipping an egg in 1885?
A) Stanley Auster
B) Boris Thomashefsky
C) George Peltz
D) Andrew F. Smith
  • 23. What type of wine was used in George Peltz's 1885 recipe?
A) Blackberry wine
B) Red table wine
C) Sparkling champagne
D) White dessert wine
  • 24. What sweetener was added in George Peltz's 1885 recipe?
A) White sugar
B) Honey
C) Chocolate syrup
D) Vanilla syrup
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