Lilt, we have discussed, is bloody awful and taste of cheese. it's a given.
I quite like Sprite Light ... tho why they didn't call it Sprite Lite for continuity purposes I shall never never know. Never.
Dunno why I'm talking about these things as my favourite drink - and far more healthy - goes like this:
Ingredients: Some sparkling mineral water and a carton of apple juice (not from concentrate)
Method:
• Get a pint glass
• Half fill with apple juice
• top up with sparkling mineral water
... that's it.
In germany they call it an Apfel Shorla ... well that's what it sounds like, spellings could be a bit awry here. Basically it means 'Apple Spritza'.
It's delicious, it's the best way to drink apple juice, it's got vitamins in it too.
.......
On a recent trip to my local corner shop I saw a new looking kind of drink in there. It was called 'coconut water'. I imagined fresh sparkling water with a hint of coconut ... just like when they give you coconut on the beach in Italy.
What it actually tasted like was some weirdly milky sweet drink with a vague synthetic coconut flavour to it. NEVER drink it. I think it was from the sub continent.
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Much less exotic than your fave, I happen to be passionate about Dr. Pepper. (A Native Texan thing, you understand.) They are exceptionally well suited to washing down a Moon Pie.
A UK friend recently tried a Dr. Pepper at my urging, and she had to temper it with a splash of gin. I have to try that some day, Kev.
I once lived in the Northern region of the Midwest US and found myself in a heathen society that had neither Dr. Pepper nor sweetened iced tea. Heresy!
If I ever make it to the UK, I will make sure to try some of the things you guys have that we don't. Not sure that Diet Lilt will be one though.
Is this where I stake a claim for Dr. Pepper? Dr. Pepper is British! It was bought by Cadbury/Schweppes at least 10 years ago. Mmm, a lovely fizzy almondy drink? ;) Actually I used to really like it as a kid, the can looked cool and American and seemed a bit exotic at the time.
And Tizer? God do they still make that stuff? It's flipping orrible. Is that what it says on the can? Tizer flavoured Refreshers were quite nice tho. Tizer, ick. Do we export it to the states then? I'm sorry.
We used to have a refreshing peach flavoured drink called Quatro at one stage ... dunno what happened to that.
What is Moon Pie anyway? Is it like Gypsy Tart? Does it have cloudberries in it?
Oh one of those? Quite small, with a biscuit base, a big dome of marsh mallow on top and all coated in choc.
we have those.
Oddly I think, though I could be wrong here, I think we call them 'teacakes'. God, I'm not right am I? Why would we call them that?
Well Tizer never used to have that picture on the front! Yikes. I am occasionally moved to get some American candy / groceries in Cyber Candy in Covent Garden. here. It's an online store, everyone.
Oddly the shop at the top of my road sells American and German candy. Why? I can buy Hershey bars, Reeces Pieces (or however you spell it).
Claim to fame: I've been to Hershey in Pennsylvania. Don't ask me why it was VERY random. And most people in Britain haven't even heard of Hershey chocolate.
Lost episode 3 has just come on ... I saw it last week. I can't be bothered to stay up to 11pm to see the next episode on E4 because I'm feeling a bit shite really. Hey ho.
No, no, no, teacakes are NOT just like Moon Pies. Similar maybe, but I doubt "just like".
http://www.moonpie.com/hist_text.asp
When I did the research, I was amazed to find that Moon Pies now come in fruity versions. Can't say I've tried them though.
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I never associated Dr. Pepper with "almondy" either, but I'll give you points for having liked the can. The distinctive brownish-red is still the trademark colour, although the logo has changed a bit over the years. The origins of Dr. P come from Texas, and like Coca Cola, it was sold in drugstores at first at the soda fountains and claimed to "pep you up" at 10, 2 and 4 o'clock. That was part of the early logo. It still boasts a whopping amount of caffeine unless you drink the "unleaded" version I do now. Thank goodness there is a quite acceptable diet/caffeine free version that does taste remarkably like the original.
My all-time best memory of summer was having a dime to go to the local drugstore and sit at the soda fountain on the stool with a friend and drink a cherry Dr. Pepper. A huge treat.
Dr. Pepper is also one of my favourite winter drinks, heated and topped with a thin slice of lemon.
Wow, never expected to give you a dissertation on southern junk food.
I have just found that Moon Pie has an entry in Wikipedia, also. They are referenced to being similar to a "wagon wheel".
It also gives reference to the stock "RC Cola and a Moon Pie" phrase. I much prefer mine with Dr. Pepper.
Cheers!
My dad had to visit a dentist when I took him to New York a couple of years ago. Dentist was like a businessman. Ratcheting up the price every 30 seconds.
What's the candy cane summer link going on?
Last time I went to Cyber Candy in Covent Garden I bought some cinnamon flavoured tic tacs. We don't get them here. We don't get many cinnamon flavoured things here at all actually. Not surprising, they were a bit rank.
Hi Damon, I am now back from my holiday! Good to see your weblog again and thanks for your email as I read it while I was out there in Majorca in some strange internet cafe.
I think fizzy drinks is a cool post!
But you should try the disgusting mix of their Coca- Cola light out in Majorca, it tasted fowl, even my Dad tried some and said the same, it was great to see a vending machine in the baggage reclaim area at Gatwick selling proper Diet Coke!!!!!
Will spaek soon, Katie
They're not twats, are they? I think some are , but there are nice BBC people like you and the Ouch team, and Mik Scarlet!
Hello everyone, we have just had Tizer and both said 'do you remember Quattro' so I'm afraid that's 2 more people to add to list of people who remember Quattro.
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