Black Cows
I have been wanting some mugs for Black Cows for some time and for my birthday Alicia was sweet enough to remember that I wanted them. Even better was that she found some cute little mugs for the girls to have their very own black cows.
Edited to add ~ a black cow is a root beer float. We grew up calling them that and that is what I have always know them as. Don't know why that is just what it is.
Edited to add ~ a black cow is a root beer float. We grew up calling them that and that is what I have always know them as. Don't know why that is just what it is.
posted by Brenda at
1:30 PM
6 Comments:
awwwww!! how cute. im glad you got your mugs.
Did I read that right? Does she really not know what a Black Cow is? That is so sad!
Anyway, they were super yummy and I am wondering when I can have some more? Anna and Em look so cute!!
According to Wikipedia: The origin of the name "black cow" has always been of interest to food and beverage experts and apparently dates to August of 1893 in Cripple Creek, Colorado. Frank J. Wisner, owner of the Cripple Creek Cow Mountain Gold Mining Company had been producing a line of naturally flavored, naturally carbonated premium soda waters for the citizens of the then booming Cripple Creek gold mining district. He had been trying to create a special drink for the children of Cripple Creek and came up with an idea while staring out at his properties on Cow Mountain on a moonlit night. The full moon's glow on the snow capped Cow Mountain reminded him of a dollop of vanilla ice cream floating on top of his blackened Cow Mountain. As he told the story later, he was inspired by this view to hurry back to his bar and add a big scoop of vanilla ice cream to the one soda water he produced that the children of Cripple Creek seemed to like best - Myers Avenue Red root beer - and served it the very next day. The drink was an instant hit. Originally named "Black Cow Mountain", the local children shortened this to "black cow". Wisner was known to say many times in his later years that if he had a nickel for every time someone ordered a black cow, he'd have been a rich man.
Did you get it from A-1?!? ;)
your welcome!! and i already knew that i was a great big cousin!!!
The Root Beer is A&W. A-1 is a steak sauce!
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