On 3/22/2018 10:40 AM, Steve 'Weenie Wonder' Wertz wrote:
> Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>
>> 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.
>
>
> Isn't Vernor's Ginger Ale a Michigan "thing"...it is fairly widely distributed here in >the Chicagoland area.

We had Thanksgiving at my SIL's in Michigan and stopped to get
soda to bring with the wine. No problem grabbing Cokes but no
ginger ale to be seen, so we asked at the counter.

The clerks didn't even know what ginger ale was, it was like we'd
asked for some exotic ingredient from Thailand. Finally one offered
We have Vernor's? and it was our turn to say What?

I'm pretty sure we found the only two American people who had never even
heard of ginger ale or Canada Dry.

nancy