SODA BRAND MUSINGS (an observation)................

[bigwheelzip]

When I was a kid in Brooklyn, a friend's family had a seltzer delivery service drop off wooden cases of seltzer bottles with nozzles at their home.
A few years ago, we ran into my seltzer friend at "All American" burger in Masapequa and went back to his home nearby to reminisce. He still had wooden cases of that old style seltzer in recyclable glass bottles with nozzles.

What’s Old is New Again in NYC: How to Get Seltzer Delivery Right to Your Doorstep

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[Chubbo]

I use Sodas, or Pop, as we call it in my area, daily. Our family doctor, when I was a kid, stated that if anyone chose to drink pop, Vernors would be best. At that time, Vernors claimed their soda was aged in oak casts. They maintained a year around Soda bar on East Broad St. in Columbus OH. In the hot seasons, they served it ice-cold, and in the cold seasons, they also served it steaming- hot.

The last few bottles of Vernors ginger ale, that I opened were completely void of CO2 / fizz. That is the first time that's happened in about 85 years of drinking my favorite Pop. I sure hope that doesn't become a common occurrence.

 

[jag312]

I haven't see RC Cola in years. Do they still make it, or am I in the wrong part of the country?

 

[ladder13]

I hated seltzer, and still do. Now, an egg cream...... Yummy.

 

[ladder13]

While stationed in Vegas-
Our one New Yorker went Gaga when a Real NY Deli opened.
He especially went long on They Got Dr. Brown!
So we went there.
The Pastrami was good!
But To me, the Dr. Brown tasted like every other soft drink I ever had.

There’s “real ny deli’s” and “real ny pizza” everywhere. Except they’re not.

 

[gregintenn]

Lots of Soda is just local.
‘Well let's all go, down to Dumas Walker
Let's all go, down to Dumas Walker
We'll get a slaw burger, fries and a bottle of Ski
Bring it on out to my baby and me’
The Kentucky Headhunters
Did not realize that Ski is a real Soda.
I heard the Song and have spent a lot of time where it’s sold, but I don’t recall ever seeing any.
Anybody drink Ski?

Beats the pants off Mountain Dew!!!
It is bottled by Double Cola in Bowling Green, Kentucky and is only available locally. It is a staple around these parts.

 

[gregintenn]

I haven't see RC Cola in years. Do they still make it, or am I in the wrong part of the country?

It is still made. We have it available locally. One of the better dark sodas in my opinion.

 

[gregintenn]

I miss Bubba Cola.


"If your neck's red and your feet stink, Bubba Cola is the one to drink!"

 

[max]

I drank a lot of Pepsi when younger. Now, maybe 5 or 6 times a year. I prefer to get it in a convenience store where they have it "on tap." I now prefer the cherry flavored as opposed to regular.

Use to drink 7-Up with whiskey, now prefer just ice with whiskey.

 

[gregintenn]

In the hills of Tennessee, we are quite fond of a locally produced clear drink made from corn and yeast. It is commonly bottled in Mason jars.

 

[Marshwheeling]

Cel-Ray used tohave a real distinctive celery flavor. These days, it’s jus sugar water.

My pop used to get Blenheim Hot Ginger Ale by the case. The ginger will snap your head back if you inhale the vapors in the top of a glass. It’s made in S. Carolina, can’t get it around here unless you order it. For a locally available substitute, Aldi sells a very good ginger beer that has a good ginger kick.

I drink a lot of Trader Joe’s sparkling water, $0.79 a liter. I cut it with a couple of fingers of grapefruit juice or their Ginger Lemon Echinacea juice in a pint glass.

Day in and day out, I opt for Diet Dr. Pepper.

 

[lkabug]

Born and raised in West Virginia we never had seltzer. Our water was from a mountain stream, just as pure as one can get. At least in West Virginia. We did have royal Crown and Coke-Cola in those small glass bottles (5 cents). A bottle of pop and a candy bar, or moon pie was a big treat. Used Mason jars were used by the older folks for their home made libations. Those were fun times.

 

[quikdraw67]

I haven't see RC Cola in years. Do they still make it, or am I in the wrong part of the country?

Available in NEPA.

I'll drink it over Pepsi anyday.

 

[rockquarry]

A few comments...I drink a lot of seltzer water. The cheapest brand I can find (Kroger's) has a good fizz that will easily last a few hours after opening.

Sweet tea... indeed nasty stuff; guess you don't like tea if you drink it sweet. Sort of like ruining something with Miracle Whip, Velveeta (the one some think is cheese), or Ranch Dressing.

How long does the fizz last in a carbonated drink? We don't drink many cokes, etc., but one time left an eight pack of Cokes in plastic bottles untouched. Not a scientific test, but there was no fizz - completely flat- after six months.

 

[Chubbo]

I haven't see RC Cola in years. Do they still make it, or am I in the wrong part of the country?

RC Cola is sold in Kroger stores here in central Ohio. My wife and daughter-in-law like it.

 

[wood714]

I'll take Mexican Coke.

This is what real Coca Cola tastes like.

The **** in the cans and plastic bottles is high fructose corn syrup swill.

Never cared much for Coca Cola, but I liked Sprite pretty good.

I won't drink any Coca Cola product anymore.

I'd say why, but might not be allowed.

I love me some Pepsi with ice, and a can of Mt. Dew. Use to drink a 2 liter bottle of Pepsi a day. Cut down to one can a day now.

 

[Redbert31]

Well, I don't know where you fellas were born and raised, but in NY where I was born and grew up, Seltzer was as common as breathing! My parents would get a case of Seltzer delivered every week (the bottles that were refillable glass with the squirt valve lever on the top and delivered in wooden cases). They actually only got to drink a portion of them if I was around with my friends in the Summer. We use to have Seltzer fights - fun for us UNTIL our parents came home that is!



PS: When I went to College I discovered just how "local" some things can be. When I went into the local eatery for a burger and asked for an Egg Cream they looked at me and said, "what the heck is that"? I had to explain that it is a Chocolate Soda with milk added in just the right amount. The Soda Jerk said I was welcome to make it myself - which I proceeded to do. I'd bet many here have no idea what an Egg Cream is.....

I grew up in the Bronx and had many egg creams. The candy store on Kingsbridge Road near the Concourse put the chocolate syrup in first, then the milk. They mixed it with that chopping motion from back to front like mentioned in the you-tube that you provided, and then added the seltzer straight from the fountain till it just went over the top of the glass. They gave it a quick stir so as not to lose the fizz in the chocolate and milk in the bottom and the"head" just formed at the top. Heaven! I've had it made with Fox's U-bet or Hershey brand syrup and they're both good. I'm going to have to get the fixings and make one real soon. The candy stores also made something called a Cherry Lime Rickey in the big metal milk shake glasses. As much as I can remember, they made a cherry soda with lots of crushed ice, added fresh lime juice, shook the heck out of it and garnished it with fresh lime slices. If anyone of my Bronx friends has an exact recipe for that, please pass it along. That was my treat that I'd stop for in my way home after my piano lessons. I hated the piano lessons, but loved my Lime Rickey!
My Dad had a bakery on the Grand Concourse near Fordham Rd. and he had cherry syrup around and I did the egg cream thing with the cherry syrup instead of the chocolate and also with orange syrup instead of the chocolate syrup. Torani orange syrup is available and it works fine. The orange one is like a creamsicle. The cherry and orange ones were my creation that I made for my Daddy. He died young in 1978. His 100th. birthday would have been 4/21/2021 and Wednesday I thought of him and my soda creations that I made for him. Miss him a lot[emoji178][emoji178] Thanks for the trip down memory lane [emoji16][emoji16][emoji106][emoji106]

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[Redbert31]

I too am a big seltzer drinker. Vantage is a decent one, but lately, I have been buying the Poland Spring brand.



Schweppes is another good one to try.



I usually get whats ever on sale.



My real favorite is Hals.



I really dislike ginger ale, maybe because my mother would give it to me as a child when I would throw up... ecccck...



My wife lover ginger anything, her ginger ale is a treat for her. She buys some small brand in cans, they seem to only have root beer and ginger ale



Do enjoy the occasional cream soda or root beer.



Anyone like a nice cold Cel-ray?

Oh yes, and in the Bronx we loved Dr.Brown's Cel-Ray! I grew up with it and once when we took our kids to New York and let them taste the Cel-Ray, you'd think I gave them poison, lol! It's an acquired taste, I guess if you never had it as a kid. It had to be very cold or it was yucky. Memories.....[emoji16][emoji16][emoji106][emoji106]

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[chief38]

The Fellas & Gals who have never tried one, owe it to themselves to make an Egg Cream!!! The only MUST MUST MUST is you HAVE TO use Fox's Ubet Syrup. If it is not available locally, you can order it from Walmart or Amazon. You will love it - but follow the guy in he video I posted above. Hershey's and other brands just won't cut it!

 

[Rustyt1953]

I rarely drink sodas anymore but in my traveling days I think I covered the majority of them.

As a boy growing up in a small coastal village we had the Corona Man come door-to-door every day singing "Cah-roh-nah". Kids would run into the street to buy some. It was always a treat.



I have also introduced this southern treat to my kids and grandkids. They went nuts for it.