# Could you once buy a quart or so of soda in a wax carton from takeout? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 6, 2015, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-once-buy-a-quart-or-so-of-soda-in-a-wax-carton-from-takeout/714391 "2015-03-06T22:54:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2015, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-once-buy-a-quart-or-so-of-soda-in-a-wax-carton-from-takeout/714391/21 "2015-03-07T15:02:47Z")
> [@Grotonian](#): > > Actually, they looked _exactly_ like the vessel on the left. And they were harder than fuck to fold and clip. You _would_ get wet and sticky ---- and not in a fun way. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2015, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-once-buy-a-quart-or-so-of-soda-in-a-wax-carton-from-takeout/714391/22 "2015-03-07T15:16:58Z")
Before the milk carton-style containers, take-out root beer came in these [cone-shaped containers.](http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_f5b8t6c7nNc/SygKJwlSP5I/AAAAAAAAjuQ/FhOrRYPlkjU/s1600-h/Cones.gif) ---
**Author:** ![Sarabellum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sarabellum/32/3492_2.png) [@Sarabellum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sarabellum)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2015, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-once-buy-a-quart-or-so-of-soda-in-a-wax-carton-from-takeout/714391/23 "2015-03-07T17:35:27Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > Oh, _those_ things! I remember those now. The original “extra large” drink. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2015, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-once-buy-a-quart-or-so-of-soda-in-a-wax-carton-from-takeout/714391/24 "2015-03-07T17:45:47Z")
Nowadays, every fast-food place sells that size. It’s called ‘medium’. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2015, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-once-buy-a-quart-or-so-of-soda-in-a-wax-carton-from-takeout/714391/25 "2015-03-07T17:50:01Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > Nowadays, every fast-food place sells that size. > > It’s called ‘medium’. Which is the smallest size they have. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2015, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-once-buy-a-quart-or-so-of-soda-in-a-wax-carton-from-takeout/714391/26 "2015-03-07T18:01:38Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > Which is the smallest size they have. Thank you! It works better when someone else posts it as a follow-up. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Elemenopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b5e925/32.png) [@Elemenopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elemenopy)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2015, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-once-buy-a-quart-or-so-of-soda-in-a-wax-carton-from-takeout/714391/27 "2015-03-07T18:24:20Z")
Bump–That’s it! I owe you…half a Coke. And some pizza. Hope you like mushrooms. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2015, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-once-buy-a-quart-or-so-of-soda-in-a-wax-carton-from-takeout/714391/28 "2015-03-07T21:07:55Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > Before the milk carton-style containers, take-out root beer came in these [cone-shaped containers.](http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_f5b8t6c7nNc/SygKJwlSP5I/AAAAAAAAjuQ/FhOrRYPlkjU/s1600-h/Cones.gif) As mentioned in Post #6. I remember those from my yoot. ---
**Author:** ![Brainiac4](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brainiac4/32/3534_2.png) [@Brainiac4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brainiac4)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2015, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-once-buy-a-quart-or-so-of-soda-in-a-wax-carton-from-takeout/714391/29 "2015-03-09T01:42:52Z")
> [@Grotonian](#): > > Actually, they looked _exactly_ like the vessel on the left. And they were harder than fuck to fold and clip. Exactly these, yes. I used to get them from Dominos when I was in college in the late 80s. ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2015, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-once-buy-a-quart-or-so-of-soda-in-a-wax-carton-from-takeout/714391/30 "2015-03-10T13:19:37Z")
> [@Grotonian](#): > > Actually, they looked _exactly_ like the vessel on the left. And they were harder than fuck to fold and clip. It’s been since when… 1988 that I last saw one of those? My memory was a bit hazy on whether they were exactly like that, or slightly different. Plus, the ones I recall were Pepsi, so that may be throwing me off. ---
**Author:** ![Master\_Wang-Ka](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/master_wang-ka/32/3325_2.png) [@Master\_Wang-Ka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Master_Wang-Ka)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2015, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-once-buy-a-quart-or-so-of-soda-in-a-wax-carton-from-takeout/714391/31 "2015-03-10T15:05:06Z")
Several local chains in south Texas did this; back in the early seventies, it was the only way I knew of to get a serving of Coke that was bigger than twelve ounces… ---
**Author:** ![Honey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honey/32/5074_2.png) [@Honey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Honey)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2015, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-once-buy-a-quart-or-so-of-soda-in-a-wax-carton-from-takeout/714391/32 "2015-03-10T15:14:26Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > It wasn’t a _storage method_. It was a way to get an amount of bulk soda home with your burgers. Nobody expected the stuff to remain fizzy past a couple of hours. Exactly. In the case of A&W, it wouldn’t have been hanging around long enough to need storing. Oh boy, that root beer was good. ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2015, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-once-buy-a-quart-or-so-of-soda-in-a-wax-carton-from-takeout/714391/33 "2015-03-10T17:24:33Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > It wasn’t a _storage method_. It was a way to get an amount of bulk soda home with your burgers. Nobody expected the stuff to remain fizzy past a couple of hours. Essentially a small, disposable soda growler, if you think about it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-once-buy-a-quart-or-so-of-soda-in-a-wax-carton-from-takeout/714391.md?page=1)