On Thursday, March 22, 2018 at 8:25:13 AM UTC-4, Wayne Boatwright wrote:
> On Wed 21 Mar 2018 07:23:01p, l not -l told us...
>
> >
> > On 21-Mar-2018, Wayne Boatwright >
> > wrote:
> >
> >> On Wed 21 Mar 2018 03:13:42p, l not -l told us...
> >>
> >> >
> >> > On 21-Mar-2018, dsi1 > wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> On Wednesday, March 21, 2018 at 6:21:43 AM UTC-10, Gary wrote:
> >> >> > And leftovers for dinner.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Large casserole dish of scalloped potatoes in the oven and
> >> >> > almost done. Then I'll add some stroganoff noodles
> >> >> > (Knorr's
> >> >> > package) cooked with extra broccoli crowns (frozen) and last
> >> >> > half of a large sweet potato that I had yesterday. No
> >> >> > animals this time although a small chicken thigh would be
> >> >> > nice. Will
> >> >> > add a piece or
> >> >> > two of buttered bread.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > That's all for me today. I'm hanging up the internet.
> >> >>
> >> >> I had a can of Orange Crush at about 4:00 AM and a Choco Pie
> >> >> at 8:00 AM. What I really want is some coffee.
> >> > Choco Pie ˜ Moon Pie. Yum! I haven't had a Mood Pie since
> >> > 1968; but, now I want one. RC Cola or Nehi Orange were the
> >> > drink of choice with Moon Pies in my youth. But, today, I want
> >> > it with an ice cold glass of milk.
> >> >
> >>
> >> Are Nehi beverages still being made? We can't buy them in
> >> Phoenix.
> >> My favoarite was the red Nehi cream soad.
> >
> > The Walmart website indicates Nehi products are still available
> > in some stores.
> >
> > Nehi is an RC brand and RC is very hard to find in St. Louis;
> > it's still here, but, not widely available. I haven't seen Nehi;
> > but, I haven't particularly looked for it..
> >
>
> Nehi fruit lfavored soda and RC cola were extremely popular and
> common throughout most of the mid-south. A couple of flavors and RC
> cola are sold in a few stores here in Phoenix.
>
> After doing some followup, I realize I was mistaken abouat the
> manufacturer of the red cream soda. IIRC, Vess is headquartered in
> St. Louis and at one time made neary 20 flavors of the beverages,
> the red cream soda among them. We lived in St. Louis untl I was 11
> y.o. My parents used to shop at Bettendorfs, now Scnucks, I
> believe. All of our beverages came from there.
>
> Vess has a rather narrow distribution and outside of Missouri and
> possibly some neighboring states. We used to buy Vess when we lived
> there or traveled there.
>
> I found that Amazon has a handful of Vess flavors for sale,
> including the Red cream soda, all available in 12-packs, and I will
> probably order some from them.
>
> Why "red"? It has a unique flavor profile that the brown and clear
> cream sodas lack. Over the years I've tried many of those cream
> sodas that were very disappointing.

Since I'm a Detroiter I grew up with Faygo. Their red
cream soda is called simply "redpop". Looks like the
"red" implies "strawberry". I liked it when I was a kid,
but it's much too sweet for me now. In fact, I stopped
drinking Coke a few years ago and when I last tried it,
it tasted just awful.

Cindy Hamilton