This thread somehow makes me think of Radar O'Reilly and his Grape Nihi's. I liked Nesbitt's both the orange and the grape as a kid. Vernor's Ginger ale was a Detroit tradition at one time, now the real thing is long gone. Seems like all the good junk food has been bought out by the conglomerates and turned into something artificial.
There were good beers in the US back in the 50's and before. Thank god for the microbrew fad that has brough some decent beer back on the market here. Only now you have to pay premium plus for it.
I just bought some margerine that claims to taste like butter. How they do that is to mix a bit of buttermilk into it. Strange, you put the stuff you take out of the butter into the margerine to make it taste more like butter.
Guess I could go on and on here, couldn't I? In some ways the old days were better (mostly food, quality wise), but I will stick to, not, otherwise.
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Butch Black wrote:
Root beer! I'd forgotten that ghastly stuff, aaaargghhh. How could anyone say Vegemite is horrible but enjoy root beer? Sarsaparilla causes a gag reflex for me, as well.
If you think that's bad, we have a soft drink called Moxie. The best way to describe it's taste is it tastes like a bad patent medicine. How it has managed to survive all these years is anyone's guess. Then there is Dr Pepper, which I believe is carbonated prune juice with caffeine added. That, I have actually come to enjoy. (maybe I need the prune juice?)
Butch
Each man had only one genuine vocation - to find the way to himself.
Hermann Hesse (Demian)
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