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Yes, the info about kosher Coke for Passover is correct. Our grocery chains (Stop & Shop, Shaw's, Shop Rite and Big Y all carry Coke sweetened with sugar at Passover. There really is a difference in taste - I don't drink sugared sodas as a rule, but will always pick up a few bottles at Passover for a treat. It really is "lighter" tasting than the one with HFC.

Lately I have been looking at labels more closely to avoid HFC when possible -for example with preserves. There is a lot of HFC out there!!!
 
Probably negative to any Costco/Sams (other than in the border area) selling MexiCoke...too expensive to ship. Explains why you see Mexican chlorine bleach in border areas, and Canadian chlorine bleach in Michigan.

Also MexiCoke can be construed as a breach of the local bottler's contract...they have the permanent right to sell all Coke (Pepsi, RC...) products in their defined territory. Coke in Atlanta has apparently come to some sort of accommodation with the border areas.

I've been really intrigued in the past about the bottling process and companies...when I lived in Tampa there was a Tarpon Springs Coca-Cola bottling company...this was an independent (rest of Florida was CCE, I believe) They had the right to sell all Coke in a roughly 5 mile radius...they had (as I recall) a single bottling line and bought all other packaging wholesale from CCE. Other small and/or private bottlers are/were in Milledgeville, GA, Tulsa, OK, Philadelphia (!)...
 
In Australia in the dim past (till maybe the 1970s??) there was a tax law that said all fizzy drinks with at least 5% apple juice would be taxed at a lower rate. It was to protect the apple growers. So guess what drink had 5% apple juice in AU?

Chris.
 
Not to send things too far off topic, but what do people think about Coke from a fountain as opposed to bottled? I prefer it from a fountain and can detect a difference between fountains. Is it my imagination? Does the fountain syrup use a different sweetener (actual sugar maybe?) than HFC used in cans & bottles?

Oh, and remember those soda machines that used to drop the cup down, fill it with ice, syrup and carbonated water? They must have been very problematic, and these days a little 6 oz cup would seem skimpy.
 
Fountain Coke-

depends a GREAT deal upon the local water supply. If the water is unpleasant to drink, the Coke and other beverages will be less pleasant.

However, a good fountain Coke is pretty awesome.

The gas station mini-mart across the street and up from me is finally installing a fountain, and I am delighted that diet caffeine free Coke is one of the choices.

Lawrence/Maytagbear
 
I think Frigilux has a point...

To me, as well, McD's coke DOES taste different from any other coke, canned, soda dispenser, bottled, etc. The taste of McD's coke seems to be the same to me no matter where the restaurant is located (example California and Nevada). It seems to me, as well, that I heard that McD's has their own syrup mix variant so there would be a difference. (The possible joy of being one of CocaCola's biggest customers?) I do remember seeing syrup containers with both CocaCola's and McD's emblems on them when there doing service...

RCD
 
I recall fondly a news item in the 60's or 70's about the Russian equivalent of an American coke machine.

The Russian equivalent was made primarily of raisins (Russia for some reason produces a lot of raisins) with other added flavors like citrus. Apparently it wasn't bad stuff, but the dispensing machine was a real trip.

It would use real glass tumblers... the customer was expected to return the glass to the machine, where supposedly it would be washed automatically and be ready for the next customer. I suppose theoretically that could work (with hot enough water and proper detergent/disinfectant), but the ick factor was undeniable (although most bars use a similar method to serve mixed drinks).
 
My older sister worked in a movie theater (The Plaza, in Waterown, SD) when I was a little kid---this would have been 1963-65. The pop machine next to the concession stand was cool: A paper cup would drop, then it would fill with a mixture of syrup and carbonated water. You could opt for crushed ice, which, of course, I always did. You'd lift a little plexiglass door and pull out your glass of pop.

Does anyone else remember pop machines like that one?

Rich---Very interesting story about the Russian pop machine. Ick factor is right!
 
I had read about that Russian-style vending machine.

Maybe there is a UV lamp as well.

ICK FACTOR.

Communion in my brand of Voo-doo (religion); One chalice (cup) that the one spoon goes back into with each "serving". The spoon goes into everyone's mouth (by the priest) We try not to enclose/touch the spoon with our mouths or tongues as a courtesy, not out of "fear"

In theory "germs don't stick to good gold" (the spoon and chalice/cup) [I take this as a matter of faith and don't even WANT to research it]. And the alcohol in the MAVRODAPHNE (dessert/port) wine also is said to kills germs.

Usually it's infants and children first, older folks, then middle aged folk and then young adults /teens. We think nothing of it, at all.

Actually one's tootbrush is two meters/yards or less from the toilet. And as we all know, a good ripe fart is merely airborne S**T partciles. Try not to worry about it; it hasn't killed anyone yet! *LOL*
 
Togs, you're back! Yay! How was the move?

Bathroom Ick Factor:
1. Always close the lid before flushing to minimize germ spew.
2. Keep your toothbrush in a case inside a drawer.

Communion Ick Factor:
1. I haven't attended church since 1976, but recall on the rare occasions we had communion wine (I was Catholic), the priest would wipe the edge of the chalice with a little cloth. About 150 times. I'm SURE that took care of the germs *LOL*.

Little-known Frigilux Fact: I was an altar boy until my friend Bruce and I got very stoned before the first service one morning and accidentally set an altar candle too close to an overhanging flower arrangement, which caught fire. Actually, it didn't really burn, it sent up a huge plume of smoke. We didn't realize anything had happened until I noticed people in the congregation making frantic gestures and pointing to the top shelf of the altar.

Once we realized what was going on, I hoisted Bruce up by the foot, he grabbed the flower arrangement, and we exited---stage left, even---unsuccessfully attempting to stifle stoner laughter.

We were never asked back. I was totally insulted; I'd been an alter boy since the 6th grade and had never set anything on fire prior to that unfortunate incident. Ingrates! *LOL*
 
Dealing with the Bathroom Ick Factor by Shutting Toilet Lid

I remember reading of some researcher who proved the value of shutting the toilet lid before flushing. As I recall, they put dye into the water, and placed a piece of paper across the top of the bowl to show the "splash effect." They had some cute name, like Commode-a-Graph.

Another plus--in situations where there is both males and females sharing a given bathroom, shutting the lid completely ends that tiresome, age old fight of whether or not men should lower the seat. By completely shutting the toilet, everyone is equally inconvenienced 100% of the time.
 
Hi Lawrence--- I concur with your statement about bottlers using filtered water to minimize differences in taste. However, I think the difference in fast-food Coke goes beyond that. I've often wondered if they just skimp on the syrup, making it go further.
 
Dropping Cups

Hey Eugene, see my post further up. So there are at least two of us who remember the cups that filled with syrup and carbonated water. I forgot about crushed ice being optional.

I think coffee dispensers of this type were more common back in those days.

Ralph
 

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