Ice cream float
 An ice-cream float | |
| Alternative names | Ice cream float, Coke float, root beer float, spider |
|---|---|
| Type | Beverage |
| Place of origin | United States |
| Created by | Robert McCay Green |
| Main ingredients | Ice cream; soft drink, or syrup and carbonated water |
An ice cream float is a beverage. It has ice cream in either a soft drink or in a mixture of flavored syrup and carbonated water. It can also be called soda (United States, United Kingdom, Canada, South Africa and East Asia), coke float (United Kingdom), root beer float (United States,[1] Canada) or spider (Australia and New Zealand).[2]
References[change | change source]
- ↑ Wenzl, Megan. "The Hidden History of Root Beer Floats in Chicago". Chicago Eater. Retrieved 2 July 2017.
- ↑ "spider, n.4" The Oxford English Dictionary. 2nd ed. 1989. OED Online. Oxford University Press.