# Eureka! A Novel Addition To Seltzer **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** food-cooking\ **Created:** [May 4, 2022, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eureka-a-novel-addition-to-seltzer/963978 "2022-05-04T23:19:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2022, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eureka-a-novel-addition-to-seltzer/963978/1 "2022-05-04T23:19:23Z")
I recently found Bosco coffee syrup. This thread is not about that. To mimic a very expensive (but well worth it) coffee soda a friend bought me, I also bought milk and seltzer. I was wondering what else might go well with seltzer. Obviously, various syrups go very well. I bought all natural cherry syrup (ingredients- cherries, water, sugar) from the Soviet market near me and the results were astounding. Then, it came to me. What if I added a teaspoon of honey to a glass of seltzer? I thought to myself ‘The results must be terrible. Otherwise I would have heard about this before.’ I tried it anyway. You need to stir an awful lot to thoroughly mix in the honey. The mixture is wonderful! Having brought the world Swedish Fish Salad, I can only wonder what I’ll come up with next. ---
**Author:** ![Tarataratara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Tarataratara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tarataratara)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2022, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eureka-a-novel-addition-to-seltzer/963978/2 "2022-05-04T23:24:01Z")
I love seltzer on ice with lots of lemon and salt. ---
**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:** [May 4, 2022, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eureka-a-novel-addition-to-seltzer/963978/3 "2022-05-04T23:44:16Z")
Salt? 😝 ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2022, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eureka-a-novel-addition-to-seltzer/963978/4 "2022-05-04T23:51:39Z")
The best Seltzer drink is of course a New York Egg Cream, having neither egg nor cream to confuse people. - Stir with a long spoon 2-3 tablespoons of Fox’s U-Bet chocolate syrup & 1/4 cup of milk into a 16 ounce glass. - Then pour or best yet spritz the seltzer off the stirring spoon into the glass until a foamy head reaches the top of the glass. - Give it a quick vigorous stir and enjoy. * * * And of course a red wine spritzer predates wine coolers by decades and is quite awesome. ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2022, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eureka-a-novel-addition-to-seltzer/963978/5 "2022-05-04T23:57:22Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > The best Seltzer drink is of course a New York Egg Cream I heartily agree! > [@](#): > > Fox’s U-Bet chocolate syrup I usually ignore celebrity rumors. But when I heard that Jerry Seinfeld has a case of U-Bet delivered to his house every month, I found it very believable. > [@](#): > > And of course a red wine spritzer predates wine coolers by decades and is quite awesome. I am now thinking I adore mead. Why not get myself a soda stream and carbonate mead? ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2022, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eureka-a-novel-addition-to-seltzer/963978/6 "2022-05-06T16:58:32Z")
Brew it yourself and you can customize. I’ve won myriad awards for _Karen’s Downfall_, my sparkling ginger mead. Quite refreshing over ice on a hot summer day. Sneaky, though (see the name!)