{"id":9755,"date":"2025-12-09T19:49:34","date_gmt":"2025-12-09T19:49:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sandbox2.foxtrotdev.com\/?p=9755"},"modified":"2025-12-11T22:23:25","modified_gmt":"2025-12-11T22:23:25","slug":"dose-of-history-hot-sodas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandbox2.foxtrotdev.com\/?p=9755","title":{"rendered":"Dose of History &#8211; Hot Sodas"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">As the weather grew cold, it was common for drugstores to sell \u201chot-sodas\u201d, with one pharmaceutical trade magazine from 1919 stating that \u201cChocolates, beef bouillon, tomato puree, [and] malted milk with egg are among the hot-soda standbys\u201d. Although some of these flavors may seem odd to the modern reader, hot-soda may have been closer to soup than modern-day soda. The article recommends that they be consumed with crackers, sandwiches, or cake. As time went on, the wide variety of flavors were increasingly supplanted with the staples we know today, like coffee, tea, and hot chocolate. \u201cWhile of course we feature hot chocolate as soon as the weather gets cold, and sometimes a few other bouillons and hot drinks, the list is not nearly so extensive as it used to be\u201d, states an article published six years later in the same magazine.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"857\" src=\"https:\/\/sandbox2.foxtrotdev.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Hot-soda-1024x857.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sandbox2.foxtrotdev.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Hot-soda-1024x857.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sandbox2.foxtrotdev.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Hot-soda-300x251.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sandbox2.foxtrotdev.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Hot-soda-150x126.jpg 150w, https:\/\/sandbox2.foxtrotdev.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Hot-soda-768x643.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sandbox2.foxtrotdev.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Hot-soda-1536x1286.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sandbox2.foxtrotdev.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Hot-soda-2048x1715.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Hot soda urns heated sodas before they were served. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This Dose of History was brought to you by Leo Ryan, AIHP Intern.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Bibliography:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cGood Soda\u2013A Department of Fountain Helps\u201d. <em>Druggist\u2019s Circular<\/em>, November 1919. 521.<br>\u201cCold Weather Menus\u201d. <em>Druggist\u2019s Circular<\/em>, October 1925. 393.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As the weather grew cold, it was common for drugstores to sell \u201chot-sodas\u201d, with one pharmaceutical trade magazine from 1919 stating that \u201cChocolates, beef bouillon, tomato puree, [and] malted milk with egg are among the hot-soda standbys\u201d. 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