On 3/22/2018 1:07 PM, Wayne Boatwright wrote:
> On Thu 22 Mar 2018 08:12:49a, Nancy Young told us...

>> 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.

> Vernor's ginger ale is the oldest ginger ale in the US, originally
> formulated by a pharmacist in Detroit, MI. It has fairly wide
> distribution. I'm really surprised that most people are not familiar
> with the most common brands; i.e., Canada Dry, Schweppes, Seagrams,
> and Vernors. IMO, Vernor's has the most authentic and strongest
> ginger flavor, altough some people find it a bit strange compared to
> the other brands.

I would have expected everyone to be familiar with all those brands
aside from Vernors, being nationally distributed. I have never seen
Vernors here, never would have heard of it.

But those clerks didn't even know ginger ale, we got the blank
stare.

nancy