Date:  Fri, 31 Mar 1995 02:00:00 LCL

From:  "M. Lynne Murphy" <104LYN[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]MUSE.ARTS.WITS.AC.ZA>

Subject: ginger ale & sherbet



> Speaking of another delightful mixture...Does anybody else besides my neighbors

> in Chicago call a mixture of sherbet (lime or orange) and ginger ale *frappe.*

> Pronounced frap?



i never had g. ale w/ sherbet, but we used to make ginger ale floats

with ice cream and my mom told us they were called "boston coolers"

(upstate n.y.). maybe it was supposed to be sherbet.



lynne

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