Oh pshaw, on Sun 04 Nov 2007 12:27:53a, Sarah Gray meant to say...

> Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>> Oh pshaw, on Sun 04 Nov 2007 12:17:53a, Sarah Gray meant to say...
>>
>>> Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>>>> Oh pshaw, on Sat 03 Nov 2007 10:14:19p, Sarah Gray meant to say...
>>>>
>>>>> Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>>>>>> Oh pshaw, on Fri 02 Nov 2007 04:44:28p, Bobo Bonobo® meant to
>>>>>> say...
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The only cold sodapop was the 2L of Diet Pepsi that had been in
>>>>>>> the trunk of the car for a few weeks. Apparently, it had gotten
>>>>>>> hot enough in there to break down the aspartame, because it was
>>>>>>> completely not sweet. So I added some Splenda to it, and it was
>>>>>>> fine.
>>>>>>> In fact, it tasted better than usual.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> --Bryan
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> Sad to say, perhaps, but I loathe all diet sodas. Unfortunate,
>>>>>> too, because it would be nice to drink a soda without the calories.
>>>>>> I just can't stand the taste, or even the smell and I can always
>>>>>> tell. Friends have tried to fool me, but they've never succeeded.
>>>>>> I drink the occasional "real" Coke, but mostly I drink unsweetened
>>>>>> iced tea or unsweetened iced coffee with cream.
>>>>>>
>>>>> I can't stand diet pop either. I occasionally will have a coke (not
>>>>> pepsi!) or a peach or redpop faygo, but that's only a few times a
>>>>> month. I used to go through a 2-liter a day with my ex husband. Yuk!
>>>>>
>>>> My choices almost exactly, but very rarely. Real Coca Cola, Nehi
>>>> Peach, but Vess Red Cream Soda, IMO far better than Red Pop. Also,
>>>> impossible to find these days.
>>>>
>>> Well Detroit is all about Vernors (amazing with vanilla ice cream!,
>>> even though it's not carbonated enough now) and Faygo. GOtta like
>>> something about this town :>
>>>
>>
>> Geez, I forgot all about Vernor's. I spent most of my life in
>> Cleveland and Vernor's was a staple there. I really liked it at one
>> time, but haven't had it in years.
>>
>
> It makes every ginger pop I've had (besides reed's, which is a totally
> different kind of thing) pale by comparison.
>

Indeed it does. When we first moved to Cleveland in 1957, and I had my
first taste of Vernor's, I though, "so this is ginger ale". Before that I
think I had only had Canada Dry and wasn't very impressed. I'm not
familiar with Reed's.

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