Subj : soda pop
To : Dave Drum
From : Ruth Haffly
Date : Wed Aug 24 2022 13:50:52
Hi Dave,
RH> Have you seen the machines Coke has out where you can get your choice
RH> of Coke products? Around here, Wegman's has one in their food court
RH> area and PDQ (mostly chicken, not as good as CFA, IMO) has one. I
DD> I have seen them but straight up Coke Zero or Diet A&W work well for
DD> mt. And, if I can find it the Zero Sugar Dr. Pepper w/Cream Soda is
DD> very nice.
So often, Diet (or Zero) Coke, or diet pepsi, is the only diet drink
available at many places to eat. That's why we so often order water with
lemon in restaurants. Sometimes I'll splurge on a Diet Coke, rare but
known to occaisionally happen, a diet pepsi.
RH> We've bought flavored sparkling water during the summer for several
RH> years now. Depending on the brand you buy, the flavoring is either very
RH> subtle or more pronounced. Also, last time we made a major Sam's (or
RH> maybe it was Costco, I forget which) run, we found a box of 3 dozen
RH> Zevia sodas. They're made with stevia, no artificial colors or flavors.
RH> The box had 6 of each root beer, cream, cola, ginger ale, grape and
RH> black cherry. Bought it about a month ago and we're barely half thru
RH> it.
DD> I use the flavoured seltzers in my rotation of canned soda. And
DD> sometimes just plain ol' Club Soda. The flavours are usually very
DD> subtle. But it's all right-proper Belch Water. Bv)=
There are a number of companies around that can sparkling water. Used to
be, most boxes had a dozen cans, La Croix usually the exception with 8
cans to the box. Now, it seems, most canners put 8 in a box, sometimes
6, but Wegman's has stayed with a dozen. They've got a good assortment
of flavors to choose from as well; ginger is one that both Steve and I
like. We tried their lime ginger but it wasn't as good as the straight
ginger.
JW> At work my main drink is de-chlorinated reverse-osmosis filtered
JW> water from the office cooler with a splash of lime juice.
RH> We have a reverse osmosis filter on our kitchen sink also. It was one
RH> of the first projects Steve did after we bought the house; the water is
RH> used for drinking and cooking.
DD> I learned, when keeping an aquarium w/tropical fish that you can let
DD> tap water sit out in an open vessel and the chlorine in the water will
DD> out-gas on its own in 24 hours. Learned that from my fish vendor,
We used to do that when we had aquariums. IIRC, in Germany, especially
in Berlin where the water had a high sulpher content, we'd run tap water
thru a distiller before using either for drinking/cooking or aquarium
use.
DD> Aquaria Unlimited. You can also just boil the water for 8 to 10
DD> minutes. So
DD> saith
https://smartaquariumguide.com/dechlorinate-tap-water-without-ch
DD> micals/
DD> Which also mentions your reverse osmosis thingie. Bv)=
It works tho we did have to replace the tank a couple of years ago.
Don't remember just what the issue was but it was an easy change out.
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Catch you later,
Ruth
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