Root Beer Float
$6 play money
Vanilla ice cream foaming in a mug of root beer. On the ChowChow Feast menu it costs $6 in play money, which puts it in the Snack tier ($1 to $14). It is one of the small, cheap things that make an order feel real.
No payment, no address, no delivery. This is a game.
Key facts
- Cuisine
- American
- Menu section
- American
- Price tier
- Snack ($1 to $14)
- Play-money price
- $6
- Main ingredients
- root beer, vanilla ice cream
- How it is served
- A glass mug of dark soda with a scoop of vanilla ice cream foaming on top
History, tradition and origin
The soda fountain was the social centre of American drugstores from the late 1800s. Ice cream floated in soda came first, then sundaes, which were sold on Sundays, and the banana split in the early 1900s. Electric blenders in the 1920s made the thick milkshake possible, and diners kept the tradition going.
Food economy and industry
These treats grew alongside the American dairy and ice cream industries and refrigeration. Milkshakes remain a high-margin item for restaurants because the ingredients are cheap. Ice cream sales are strongly seasonal, and dairies balance milk supply between fresh milk, butter, cheese and frozen desserts.
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