[Sca-cooks] OOP - Speaking of Coca Cola

[Ron Carnegie]

I am a big fan of Vernor's, but I do consider it a different beverage than 
either Ginger Beer or ginger ale.  I miss good english Ginger Beers.  All I 
can ever find nowadays are the Jamaican Ginger beers.  The spicist of thos I 
have ever had is not Reeds, but rather Mystic.  I have only had it once, 
found at one of our local discounter shops.  That was painfully hot!  Never 
had Prince's though, never heard of it.

Ranald de Balinhard

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>I confess i fail to see the thrill of Vernor's Ginger Ale.
>
> I grew up in the Chicago area, low these many decades. I didn't like Coca 
> Cola, although i don't mind in nowadays in the right situations.
>
> My preferred soda pops as a child were 7Up, Canada Dry Ginger Ale (the 
> only one i knew about in the 50s), and Squirt.
>
> When i was 12 i went to Europe with my parents. In England i got to drink 
> ginger ale and ginger beer, and after that i was no longer interested in 
> drinking Canada dry...
>
> My dad began buying Vernor's which had a little more flavor than Canada 
> Dry, but it just wasn't like the *real* thing.
>
> While i was in boarding school in the mid-60s, i was won over by Dr. 
> Pepper, which was only available in Texas (and maybe some neighboring 
> state). I was friends with a girl there whose father was an airline pilot, 
> and he'd bring back cases of the stuff when he flew to Texas. When i move 
> to New York City in 1967, i would often go to a tiny hole-in-the-wall 
> called The Texas Chili Parlor, that had barely more than a dozen seats, 
> and was primarily a gay man's hang-out, since it was the only place in 
> town to get Dr. Pepper.
>
> Around the same time i found Cock'n'Bull ginger ale, which had *quite* a 
> bit more kick than Vernor's.
>
> Nowadays my preferred carbonated ginger ale is Reed's.
>
> However, Prince Neville's Jamaican Ginger Beer (not carbonated) will 
> really knock one flat - more punch than Cassius Clay, George Foreman, and 
> Micheal Tyson rolled into one. The Prince's drink is fresh, sold in the 
> cold case where the fresh juices are in my local Whole Paycheck, err, 
> Foods. It's a San Francisco treat, so i don't know how far out of the Bay 
> Area it is available. Fabulous stuff. If you like ginger and you ever see 
> it, you owe it to yourself to try it.
>
> Currently i'm hopped up on my own Ginger Syrup which i've been mixing with 
> my Andalusian Lemon Syrup which i made for a dayboard - the first ever, to 
> my knowledge, in this area - for the Mists/Cynagua War. I did it with a 
> Cynaguan, the fabulous cook Anna Sera. It was by donation. After we made 
> back out expenses, we donated all the rest of the money to our 
> Waterbearers Guild
> -- 
> Urtatim (that's err-tah-TEEM)
> the persona formerly known as Anahita
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