[Sca-cooks] Meanderings on family histories and foods, was, Re: Packing from the Nimatnama
Phil Troy / G. Tacitus Adamantius
adamantius1 at verizon.net
Sat May 19 06:52:33 PDT 2007
On May 19, 2007, at 6:36 AM, Margaret Rendell wrote:
>>
>> --On Friday, May 18, 2007 11:24 AM -0400 "Phil Troy / G. Tacitus
>> Adamantius" <adamantius1 at verizon.net <http://
>> lists.ansteorra.org/listinfo.cgi/sca-cooks-ansteorra.org>> wrote:
>>
>>> / On May 18, 2007, at 10:02 AM, Sue Clemenger wrote:
>> />/
>> />>/ --Maire "it's a grinder not a sub or a hoagie, dammit" NiNuanain
>> />/
>> />/ Here, it's none of those things, in spite of the intrusions of
>> />/ insidious and substandard national chains. It's a hero. Accept
>> no sub-
>> />/ stitutes. Most especially, it is not a "wedge" <shudder>.
>> /
>> And does is come with coke, soda, or pop?
>>
>> toodles, margaret
>> (from PGH, where is adamantly a hoagie with pop :-))
>>
>
> I've been skimming a bit lately, so I may be reposting what originally
> led to this question (sorry), but if not, enjoy...
>
> http://popvssoda.com:2998/countystats/total-county.html
>
> and the correct answer is "soft drink" :)
Hmmm... I'd think most people would say "soft drink" is a group or
generic term for the larger set of non-alcoholic beverages, of which
soda/soda pop/phosphates (does anyone on earth really call anything
that is not Coca-Cola brand cola "coke"?) is a subset. Other soft
drinks might include lemonade, fruit juices, chocolate or malted
milk, milk shakes, etc. My suspicion is that many such drinks evolved
as commercial products in response to Sunday blue laws against
alcohol sale.
I'm reminded of the wonderful early P.G. Wodehouse short story, "My
Battle With Drink," in which our hero falls in with a fast-paced
crowd of decadent pleasure-seekers, has his first brief flirtations
with lemon-squash and cherry phosphate, and eventually sinks into a
life of total depravity, hitting the hard stuff with double-scoop
black-and-white sodas. Of course, just when his health is ruined, and
he's left in the gutter without a friend, or a penny, in the world,
he's pulled from the brink by the love of a good woman and a bottle
of Scotch. "I drink highballs for breakfast," he says. "I am saved!!!"
Then, of course, there was the Kids In the Hall routine about The
Girl-Drink Drunk, his life a shambles as he forever seeks his next
fix of crushed ice, little paper umbrellas, and a blender...
Adamantius, off to pour himself a healthy breakfast
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