Another new soda pop

[MrFilthyIke]

Bah, Coke...Pepsi...my hat of fizzy soda know no limit!

The only caffinated soda in a persons diet should be Fu kola Cola .

All others are cheap imitations.

edit: because Eric's grandma has strange ideas of what curse words are.

 

[AuroraGyps]

In Buffalo it's Pop

I never called soda "pop" until I moved to Buffalo, NY 10 years ago. When I say pop in front of relatives (all living around the NYC area), they look at me like I have two heads.

Oh, and may I be the second to extoll the virtues of Wegmans. Even the kiddies from NYC (when I went to SUNY Binghamton, there were a lot) raved about Wegmans. If you're even in Upstate NY, try and visit one.

And I will third the praise Wegmans. Not only do I shop there, but I work there too. One of the nicest places to work by far. They are based out of Rochester, NY (Danny Wegman has come to our store more than a few times since we're just about an hours drive up the thruway), but we have several in the Buffalo area. Of course, they have a website, www.wegmans.com, and you can find out where they have other stores in other states. New Jersey is one I think and perhaps Ohio or Pennsylvania.

 

[Ranger REG]

I've tried it. It's like pepsi with a spicy, nutmeg taste to it. I didn't dislike it, but I wouldn't buy it at the store either (got a free paper cup full).

Is that nutmeg? I thought I tasted cinnamon on my tongue. It's okay, so long you don't buy it in a 2-liter bottle. (Pushed my luck on 1-liter.)

 

[Thotas]

Hmmm, I'll have to try it. 'Course, I like to wash ginger snaps down with Pepsi ... I admit it's nasty, but I love it anyway. And I like experimenting, just like I couldn't pass up that Guinness-flavored gelato the other day.

 

[Ranger REG]

Adventurers Wanted

Are there any brave soul with an iron stomach willing to try this holiday pack?

http://www.jonessoda.com/files/turkey04.html

Hehehe.

 

[John Q. Mayhem]

Oh. My. Lord. That is worse than Diet Chocolate Cherry Fudge.

Jones' cream soda ain't bad, but it tastes like marshmallows. Heh...I had one that I had taken the label off, and I tricked a friend into thinking it was vodka. Heh...heh heh.

 

[BOZ]

i remember going to wegmans' back when my grandfather died in '91. we drove all the way to upstate new york for the funeral (my dad's family lives in a little town called hamlin in monroe county). we went back in 2002, but i can't say i remember seeing that chain again this time - must have missed it.

 

[Mercule]

On the pop vs. soda thing. My wife is from "soda" territory, and I'm from "pop" land. My mom helped us move into our first house, in June or July (warm). She ran to the store for cleaning supplies, etc.

When she came back, she was listing what she got. On "soda", my wife jumped for the grocery bag, licking her lips. She got this oddly puzzled and betrayed look on her face when she pulled out a box of Arm & Hammer.

Oh, on the Jones stuff, I could probably be bribed into downing some, but it'd definitely have to involve real money.

 

[Desdichado]

It's all coke (with a small [c]) to me. Although when I get tired of explaining to these silly Midwesterners that live all around me what I mean, I start just saying specifically what I want instead of trying to genericize.

And the only advantage to having Pepsi be the regional superpower instead of Coke is that I can usually get Mountain Dew wherever I go. Although I can't find Dr. Pepper very often up here; a lot of times when I ask for it at restaurants, the waiters will offer me root beer as the consolation drink. WTF? Since when is root beer anything at all like Dr. Pepper?

 

[Vorith]

That new pepsi totaly sucks...and I am a pepsi guy all the way "it taste like rotten potatoes" -my brother.Me, I think it taste like a pumpkin pie mixed with pepsi.I bought a 12pack about 3 weeks ago and there are still 9 or 10 still sitting in my kitchen floor.