By eHow Food & Drink Editor
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Region appears to dictate the name and contents of this cold, sweet drink. Known as a root beer float, a black cow, a brown cow, and a sassy cow, this all-American favorite is a snap to make. This recipe serves one.
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Anonymous said
on 8/14/2006 To make what I call an orange cow, use orange soda and vanilla ice cream. This tastes remarkably like a Dreamsicle (orange sherbet and vanilla ice cream on a stick). Enjoy!
Anonymous said
on 11/22/2005 Depending on where yer from, this is a Brown Cow with Coke or a Black Cow with Coke or a Brown Cow with sarsparilla or a Brown Cow with chocolate syrup and root beer or ... you get the idear.
Anonymous said
on 11/22/2005 Growing up in Chicago, root beer and ice cream was a Root Beer Float. A Black Cow was Coke and ice cream.
Anonymous said
on 2/25/2006 At our house, when grandma asks if we want a brown cow, that means a Pepsi or Coke with ice cream, and a black cow is root beer with ice cream.
Anonymous said
on 11/22/2005 A tip to making a Black Cow is to put the root beer in the glass first. Then gently drop the ice cream in and garnish to your liking. This prevents the root beer from foaming up too much and overflowing.