Soda Formulas
THE SODA FOUNTAIN.
Your soda fountain, and everything attached to the fountain, should be above suspicion as to cleanliness. Your counter top, glasses, crushed fruit jars, spoons, etc., should be perfectly clean.
Add a small amount of common soda or some of the well-known washing powders to a bucket of water and keep under your counter to wash your ice cream soda glasses in, afterwards rinsing them.
Don’t hire a cheap boy to run your fountain; a boy may be cheaper than a man, but people have confidence in a man that a boy cannot inspire.
Use all the ice possible; it don’t pay to skimp on ice.
Every morning wash all your glasses and all of the fountain fixtures with good soapsuds.
Always serve cream with all the syrups that you can; never ask a customer if he wants cream; give it to him whether he asks for it or not. Of course, use some judgment; don’t serve cream with lemon ginger ale, and such syrups.
Always keep a gallon or half-gallon bottle of each kind of syrup in your reserve stock. This should be labeled and kept in your cellar or some cool place.