"Serendipity" > wrote in message
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> tuppy wrote:
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> > "Serendipity" > wrote in message
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> >>Tom or Mary wrote:
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> >>>I found a number of receipes on the net for making ginger ale. The one
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> > that
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> >>>seems the easiest is made with seltzer water, honey, lemon rinds and
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> > ginger.
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> >>>There were other more complicated ones which required a couple of weeks
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> > of
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> >>>aging. Any suggestions from people who have made it?
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> >>>Thanks
> >>>
> >>>Tom
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> >>We haven't made ginger ale but tried our hand at root beer. Now that
> >>was funny! The plastic bottles ended up with a lot of pressure turning
> >>them into minature bombs. DH let the rest off on the street in front of
> >>our then current home. My gosh, you should have heard the noise! Since
> >>then, our pop making came to a screaching halt.
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> > Now, if we can find the original recipe for the classic ginger ale,
Vernors.
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> >
> Oh, Vernors was the absolute best! They still sell it here in cans but
> it isn't quite the same. There is a Vernors factory within a couple of
> hours from here still few stores carry it any more.

You are correct, Vernor's today is not the same beverage of 30 years ago
from their Detroit plant which I believe is now closed. Then, you could
open the bottle and literally be overcome with ginger fumes....fabulous
stuff. This is one of the few items that I can say with disappointment
"They sure don't make it like they used to."