Subj : soda pop
To : JIM WELLER
From : Ruth Haffly
Date : Mon Aug 22 2022 12:35:04
Hi Jim,
-=> Quoting Dave Drum to Jim Weller <=-
JW> I never order soda pop with meals in restaurants.
DD> At sit-down/table service restaurants my usual beverage order
DD> is tap DD> water w/lemon (if available - to cut the chlorine
DD> taste).
I'm with Dave most of the time on water with lemon to drink. Tried lime
once but I'd rather have the lemon.
JW> Depending on the food, the place and my mood it might be water, beer
JW> or wine with a coffee after the meal.
JW> At the Ethiopian place it's often Koseret, an herbal tea made with a
JW> kind of African lemon verbena related to Mexican oregano.
That sounds interesting. We tried an Ethiopian place in Raleigh about 8
years ago but I don't recall seeing that on the menu. Haven't been back,
so many places to choose from in this area. (G)
DD> Beverage is often included in fats-food meals
JW> I haven't been to one since Aug 2015 when the old KFC right beside
JW> my office shut down. Their combo meals allowed for pop to be
JW> switched out to coffee, tea (the Dene choice), milk (just 1%
JW> unfortunately), lemonade or for a modest upcharge a bottle of apple
JW> or orange juice.
Most fast food places are now, thankfully, allowing more choices, even
in combo meals. We usually ask for a salad instead of the fries.
JW> Also they handed out cups and you filled your own drink at the
JW> fountain and controlled the amount of ice you wanted. If I chose
I usually go for Diet Coke, no ice.
JW> that option I'd make a half portion that was 3/4 7-UP and 1/4 Orange
JW> Crush with just a little ice.
Have you seen the machines Coke has out where you can get your choice of
Coke products? Around here, Wegman's has one in their food court area
and PDQ (mostly chicken, not as good as CFA, IMO) has one. I usually go
for raspberry Diet Coke, again, no ice.
We've bought flavored sparkling water during the summer for several
years now. Depending on the brand you buy, the flavoring is either very
subtle or more pronounced. Also, last time we made a major Sam's (or
maybe it was Costco, I forget which) run, we found a box of 3 dozen
Zevia sodas. They're made with stevia, no artificial colors or flavors.
The box had 6 of each root beer, cream, cola, ginger ale, grape and
black cherry. Bought it about a month ago and we're barely half thru it.
JW> At work my main drink is de-chlorinated reverse-osmosis filtered
JW> water from the office cooler with a splash of lime juice.
We have a reverse osmosis filter on our kitchen sink also. It was one of
the first projects Steve did after we bought the house; the water is
used for drinking and cooking.
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Catch you later,
Ruth
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