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