quote: Originally posted by KendoSurf [;)] Not necessarily soda pops, but my first choice IS a soda. http://adirondackbeverages.com/Products/Flavors/BlackCherry/tabid/151/Default.aspx The ingredients list is ordinary. Could be any old run-of-the-mill pop at any price. But imo this one is Just Right. [^] [8)] Addressing the issue of HFCS. Duly noted. http://www.thirstydudes.com/company/adirondack Adirondack Beverages has been around for a long time. [8D] http://adirondackbeverages.com/AboutUs/History/tabid/58/Default.aspx [:(] I lost track of 'em ca. early 2003...hardly ever saw any of their products where I shopped. Eventually I concluded they weren't in business any more. [:)] Now that I'm in Pulaski, Adirondack soda is plentiful once more! An easy walk down the street to the local Byrne Dairy provides a generous assortment of Adirondack flavors. And, they're priced CHEAP! [|)]

[8)] There are (of course) alternatives to carbonated soda soft drinks. Here's a cheap-drinkable-nutritious alternative, amonst many others. http://www.tampico.com/ I have only found the Citrus and Mango flavors around here. Good enuf. [|)]

Most of them are BAD for you, laden with God knows what in the way of chemicals. Maybe the ones using cane sugar are not as bad. But, in many cases, beer is cheaper.

[8)] Yeah, they are lab concoctions. But they taste OK and contain Vitamin C. I consume healthy and not so healthy sustenance equally well.

Back in the day (1970) when I started my drinking career, the hotel beer parlours (as they were called then) had a salt shaker on every table - round tables with terry covers. We'd see the occasional old-timer give his government-mandated 8oz glass a shake or two of salt. Of course we tried it as well, but just a couple of times. Make not difference in the flavour to us kids.

[:0] So it's not required to stir the salted beer! No wonder mine foamed up. Just add a couple shakes at the table and you're good to go. [;)] [8D] Good to see a reply posted. Mostly the only way to know that anybody's been here is to see the Read columns, including for threads that I started.

No Should...if yo are going to be a salt head the Himalaya pink salt is Great, but damn if I am puttin it in me Bier!!!

Urban myth of that time was that by adding salt to your beer, you'd be thirstier, and hence consume even more beer. Supposedly this was a devious strategy employed by the beer joints.

[:D] In the US of A bars may provide free beer nuts, pretzels, etc. to achieve the same goal.