Coke floats

[vraiblonde]

It has come to my attention that Coke floats are not popular everywhere, that it's a midwestern thing.

I did not know that.

The reason I did not know that is because I've never been a big fan of floats, therefore I don't look at that part of the menu at an ice cream place or diner.

So let's talk about where you're from, your native cuisine, and when you realized that it wasn't universal and was in fact a regional specialty.

I don't expect everyone to know what a runza is but it still gets me when someone isn't familiar with a loose meat sandwich. And I just realized not too long ago that pork tenderloin sandwiches aren't a staple on every diner menu.

 

[MMM_donuts]

I grew up in Texas and Arkansas and coke floats were a popular thing down south.

Tennessee not so much.

 

[MMM_donuts]

I would like to add that I ordered one at an ice cream shoppe in North Carolina and they blended it all together before giving it to me, which I thought was weird.

 

[b23hqb]

I would like to add that I ordered one at an ice cream shoppe in North Carolina and they blended it all together before giving it to me, which I thought was weird.

Way weird. They are still very popular around here. If you want one and can't find it, easily made yourself.

 

[mAlice]

root beer floats :shrug:

 

[terbear1225]

I love coke floats, even better as a kid my grandma would make us floats with strawberry soda.

she also made something called bug casserole that I thought was pretty common but no one else had ever heard of it. made with wild rice and sausage.

 

[RoseRed]

Grandma made it fun. She gave us ice cream bars to eat the chocolate off first, then dunk into the coke. She grew up in Hawaii and I in California.

 

[MarieB]

Ham salad
Isaly's chipped Ham barbecues
City chicken


Just to name a few

 

[GWguy]

root beer floats :shrug:

This was more common in NY, but I always got a Coke float.

I get one every so often from the little ice cream shop on the pier at Solomons.

As far as other foods, Long Island was a melting pot for all kinds of cuisine from different places, not really sure there was anything unique.

 

[mAlice]

Grandma made it fun. She gave us ice cream bars to eat the chocolate off first, then dunk into the coke. She grew up in Hawaii and I in California.

I've never heard of dunking your ice cream bar. Must be an Island thing.

 

[MMM_donuts]

One of my moms would make a coke float with Sprite if me or my brother wasn't feeling good. She told us it was medicine.



I never knew Maryland fried chicken was a thing until I was on my way back to TN and noticed a Maryland Fried Chicken restaurant in Bristol.

We talked about it once on the forums.

 

[mAlice]

This was more common in NY, but I always got a Coke float.

I'm a Florida girl :shrug:

 

[wharf rat]

For me, in Texas, it was all about Dr. Pepper floats.
I've never seen it offered in the north east.

I like ice cream soda's too.
In the south, you can order a chocolate (or any flavor) ice cream soda with no more said.
When you order one in the north east, they'll ask what kind of ice cream you want with it? I never understood that.

 

[Freefaller]

Curious

Ham salad
Isaly's chipped Ham barbecues
City chicken


Just to name a few

You from Pittsburgh?

 

[jg21]

Yinz from Pittsburgh?

*fixed*

 

[Dye Tied]

For me, in Texas, it was all about Dr. Pepper floats.
I've never seen it offered in the north east.

I like ice cream soda's too.
In the south, you can order a chocolate (or any flavor) ice cream soda with no more said.
When you order one in the north east, they'll ask what kind of ice cream you want with it? I never understood that.

In the northeast it is a frappe.

 

[RoseRed]

I've never heard of dunking your ice cream bar. Must be an Island thing.

No idea. She, along with her sister & parents moved there around 1919 or thereabouts. my dad was also born and raised there.

 

[Bean Machine]

I thought this thread was about a "package" Vrai found floating in the bay...

 

[wharf rat]

I think they call that a white lobster in Florida.

 

[lucky_bee]

Connecticut: suuposedly the home of the cheeseburger and the pizza (particularly the white clam pie) both claim to have originated in New Haven. Clearly every region has their own way of eating these. Also home to the Steamed Cheeseburger (see my post over in Foods/Nutrition)

New England: Lobster Rolls (anywhere in NE you can get fresh lobster, anything that travels farther seriously compromises the integrity of the Lobster meat ) Maple Syrup (stock up any time I crossed in to VT) and of course we got NE clam chowder and RI clam chowder.

Don't think we have anything particularly regionaly in regards to coke/root beer floats.