https://journalism.blog.brooklyn.edu At Brooklyn News Service, student journalists from Brooklyn College of the City University of New York cover the news of New York City. Brooklyn College offers a B.A. in Journalism and a B.S. in Broadcast Journalism. Mon, 12 May 2014 15:33:02 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 https://journalism.blog.brooklyn.edu/2014/05/whats-an-egg-cream/ https://journalism.blog.brooklyn.edu/2014/05/whats-an-egg-cream/#respond Mon, 12 May 2014 14:46:06 +0000 http://journalism.blog.brooklyn.edu/?p=3831 ...[read more]]]> Egg creams were once a popular drink in New York’s Jewish immigrant communities in candy store soda fountains. But what’s an egg cream? Steve Loffredo investigates what goes into making an egg cream. He says its U-bet syrup, seltzer and milk. He examines why the egg cream is a vanishing drink.

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