Sayings from Yesteryear - of Days Gone By

Sayings from Yesteryear - of Days Gone By

Firstly I want to wish all my wonderful readers a very Happy New Year. May 2015 bring you your heart's desire this year. What an awesome start it has been to the New Year.

My old mate Rusty used to love old sayings, quotes and whatever that brought back good memories of years gone by.

The New Year always brings back thoughts of years gone by for me, maybe it does for you all too.

It is a time to reflect on what has been, what we wanted to accomplish and those things that time was just never found to do that year.

We remember friends and family we have since lost.

Friendships made and also lost over time.

We wonder about regrets and triumphs over what was said could never be done.

For me I also think of the innocent lives lost in tragedies such as the multiple air disasters we have been so unfortunate to have seen in 2014 and the horrific Ebola outbreak that has taken so many innocent lives.

We have also witnessed great courage b\y those that travel to other lands to ensure that we here on earth are kept as safe as possible. All gave some and some gave all!

As always there have been many changes in the past year. Some have been good and others not so good as is always the case each year that passes.

I have been sitting here for the past two days wondering what on earth I was going to write for the first post for 2015.

So much raced through my head these past two days. I thought about some good old remedies and gardening tips. Some old fashioned recipes that would ease the wallet as people recover from over spending at Christmas.

But what stuck most in my mind was remembering what times were like years ago and wondering why in so many cases we abandoned so many things that were good.

So I have decided that my first post here for 2015 will be a trip down memory lane, in memory of my dear departed friend Rusty who was proud to call himself a Marine and serve his country.

As we journey into yesteryear here are some terms you have not have heard in ages, others just think of the show ("Happy Days") the language of your favourite soda jingle. Yes, they had their own language, calling out our orders as they made them. It was part of the fun, part of the atmosphere and part of what we grew to love so much.

Let’s see how many you can remember:

Baby: Glass of milk
Bottom: Ice cream in a drink
Bucket of . . .: Several ingredients combined
Chicago: Pineapple juice or soda
Cow Juice: Milk
Crash: Cookie crumbs
Crowd Three: (Two's company, three's a crowd)
Draw One: Coffee
Draw One From The South: Strong coffee
Forty-One Lemons: lemonade
Freeze: Ice cream
Fuzzy: Peaches
Gravel: Nuts
Hot Cha: Hot chocolate
In The Hay: Strawberry milk shake
Java: Coffee
Mash One Strained: (mashed) banana
Mud: Chocolate ice cream
Natural: 7-Up
One On The Country: Yogurt or buttermilk
Patch: Strawberries
Sand: Sugar
Shake One: Milk Shake
Spit In It: Raspberries or Blueberries
Spit On It: Raspberries on top
Squeeze One: Orange juice
Through Georgia: Chocolate syrup added
Van: Vanilla ice cream
White Cow: Vanilla milk shake

Brings back some great memories, don't it? 

Photo credit ascord04

In most soda fountains ice cream was divided into 4 categories, sodas and floats, sundaes, shakes and malts and the ever popular banana split. 

Photo credit Joy

Here are some recipes you can make at home to bring those memories back and to relive with your kids.

Sodas
For frosted glasses, rinse in HOT water and place in freezer for ½ an hour.

Despite the name, Egg Crèmes are not made with either egg or cream.

Some of the recipes do call for raw egg, which we now know can be dangerous. If you do not trust where your eggs come from then do not make these. If you clean the eggs with bleach, you can minimize your risk.

Make these at your own risk.

Cherry Coke: Into a glass filled with ice, pour 3/4 oz of Cherry syrup. Fill the glass with Coca Cola. It will take you right back to your childhood!

Bronx Egg Crème: 2 tablespoons chocolate syrup, 5 ounces milk, 3 ounces seltzer water. Mix the chocolate syrup and milk together. While stirring, add the seltzer and continue stirring.

Black And White: Chocolate syrup, seltzer, vanilla ice cream.

Bodacious Black and White: Chocolate syrup, seltzer, FRENCH vanilla Ice Cream

Canary Island Special: Vanilla Syrup, seltzer, Chocolate Ice Cream

Black Cow: Root beer afloat with vanilla ice cream, holding the whipped cream.

Root Beer Float

Photo credit L Cate Smith

Brown Cow: Coca-Cola 1 tablespoons Chocolate syrup and vanilla ice cream

Chocolate Soda: 3 tablespoons chocolate syrup, 1 tablespoon  milk, 1 scoop ice cream (chocolate, vanilla or other) soda water (carbonated water - not club soda) - Put the syrup and the milk into the glass. Stir well. Add the ice cream. Fill the glass with soda water. Stir again.

Strawberry Soda (In The Hay): 1/4 cup strawberry syrup, a splash of milk, seltzer and vanilla or strawberry ice cream.

Photo credit Juliana Schorck

Hoboken: ½ cup pineapple syrup, a splash of milk, seltzer, and chocolate ice cream.

Boston Cooler: Dry ginger ale with a scoop of vanilla ice cream, holding the whipped cream.

Catawba Flip: 1 scoop Vanilla Ice Cream, 1 large Egg, 2 oz. Grape Juice Shaved Ice, Seltzer - Put all the ingredients in a blender, except the seltzer, and blend until smooth. Pour into the glass and fill with seltzer water.

Caramel Egg Cream: Into an iced filled glass, pour 1 ½ oz. Caramel syrup. Add 4 oz. COLD milk and stir. Add ice. Fill with seltzer (seltzer has no sodium), leaving ½ inch of space at the top of the glass. Top with ½ oz. Vanilla syrup. Stir again.

The Apple Blossom: 1 ½ oz. Apple syrup; 1 tablespoon Whipped Cream or Ice Cream or 1 ½ oz. Coffee Cream and 2 dippers of Vanilla ice cream are added to a soda glass. Add carbonated water ¾ full. Garnish with a spoon of whipped cream and a slice of fresh apple.

The California: ¾ oz. Pineapple syrup; ¾ oz. Orange syrup; 1 tablespoon ice cream or whipped cream and 1 dipper each of Orange Sherbet and Vanilla ice cream are placed in a soda glass. Add carbonated water 3/4 full and garnish with whipped cream and a half slice of fresh orange.

Black Raspberry Passion: ¾ cup sparkling water, ½ cup raspberry juice, 2 tablespoons almond flavoured syrup, ½ cup frozen blackberries, 1 cup Raspberry Sorbet In blender container, combine all ingredients; blend at high speed until smooth. Serve immediately.

As you can these are all American favourites from the time of the TV Show “Happy Days” and possibly even further back than that. Rusty was proud to be an American.

A favourite from this era in other lands was the “Spider” which from all that I have read is very similar to the American “Float”. These were so popular when I was growing up and it was a real treat to be able to have one for most families.

Simply place a good scoop of vanilla ice cream into a tall “Soda” glass and pour over your favourite flavoured soda pop. The most favourite flavours were “Fanta”, “Raspberry”, “Line” and “Coke”.

Photo credit Amy Harding

Milk shakes were also very common then but the drink that was enjoyed the most was of course Coca Cola that had been sitting on ice.

Photo credit gmendez1

Milk shakes are still a popular drink to day although the smoothie does seems to be winning the race in that are these days.

I hope that you have enjoyed this wander down memory lane

What memories do you hold of the yesteryears?

Please feel free to reminisce in the Comments section below.

© KB Barnes