1.   Drfn said the medicine tonic became the phosphate, where flavored syrup was mixed with seltzer water and a few other ingredients.

2.   Flavored syrups are on the cutting edge these days -- trendy and chic.

3.   Look for the flavored syrups at coffee shops and gourmet stores.

4.   Sugar-free flavored syrups will also work.

5.   The Arabs, often referred to by modern-day Sicilians as Saracens, taught the locals how to mix snow from Mount Etna or elsewhere with flavored syrup.

6.   While shaved ice is just that, with overly sweet, artificially flavored syrup poured over it, a granita is a frozen flavored liquid.