On 22 Dec 2022, Nightfox said the following...

Really? They brought Crystal Pepsi back just a few years ago, for a limited time.

Unless they are doing it a different way, then it was really bad for you. It was on the news, I remember my parents talking about it at the time. We even had some left and they threw it out. I was younger so at the time I remember thinking what a waste of delicious sugar!!

I don't remember exactly what it was reported as, just the situations.

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Cougar428 wrote to MOBBYG <=-

and the water is very mineralized. So I purchased a water cooler and
get 3 or 4 bottles of water delivered a month. I mostly drink chilled water.

I have really hard water with a high chlorine content, and bought a
Waterdrop reverse osmosis system. It was $300, fits underneath my sink
just fine, and only requires a small hole in the counter for the spigot.
If you don't want to/can't cut a hole and have a spare hole in your
sink, you can use that, too.

I went 1 year before the carbon filter flagged that it was time to be
replaced, and it was $39. The RO filter is still going, and it'll be $89
to replace. It's going to end up being a lot cheaper than filtered
pitchers or having water delivered, and it's a lot more convenient. When
I redid my kitchen, I ran a line from it to my refrigerator, and have
filtered water and ice.



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Hi there Poindexter, I learned something new thanks to you. Really I had
heard about RO systems, but thought they were for medical use like at a dialysis center.

But looking up Waterdrop systems was pretty interesting! Thanks for the
tip. This might be a good alternative, but it's a pretty expensive
outlay to start with. In the end though, would most likely be a better proposision.

Sounds like you have a handle on the situation!

Cougar

I have really hard water with a high chlorine content, and bought a PF>Waterdrop reverse osmosis system. It was $300, fits underneath my sink PF>just fine, and only requires a small hole in the counter for the spigot. PF>If you don't want to/can't cut a hole and have a spare hole in your
sink, you can use that, too.

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On 22 Dec 2022, Cougar428 said the following...

I stopped drinking soda more than 10 years ago. Don't have a taste for
it anymore. I also drink mostly water, I do however drink coffee and occasionally tea. Not much for hot cocoa either.

I like Cocoa, and have that more in the winter. Cut I think I go a little overboard, I add creamer to get it really rich and then whipped cream on top. I keep that to like once or twice a month. Any more I know I would be in trouble.

I do find the carbonated flavored waters like 'Bubbly' or other similar ones OK on a limited basis. I live where I have a ground well for water and the water is very mineralized. So I purchased a water cooler and get
3 or 4 bottles of water delivered a month. I mostly drink chilled water.

Please inform Michael Buble'. He still seems to think that drink is named after him. :P

I find the G-Fuel and Monster type drinks to be pretty similar to soda. Nothing against anyone who drinks soda or anything else. I just wanted
to say Hi.

Yea, I got in the habit of it from work just because I was always ready to crash by lunch. So I would have one. It just got to be a bad habit I do now still, even though I left that job. I really should just knock it out all together.

And Howde!

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Dr. What wrote to Blue White <=-

Pepsi with real sugar tastes real bad.

That's because your palate has been ruined by corn syrup.

Or diet drinks.

That too.

Pretty soon he'll be telling us that real maple syrup tastes bad.

I have not seen any in a long while, and maybe because I don't look for it,
but it seems like at some point during the 1980's/90's they had "diet"
syrup that had some artificial sweetener in it. It was nasty.



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Cougar428 wrote to POINDEXTER FORTRAN <=-

tip. This might be a good alternative, but it's a pretty expensive
outlay to start with. In the end though, would most likely be a better proposision.

Sounds like you have a handle on the situation!

Definitely expensive at the get-go, but you'll save money not switching
filter elements as often, if you live in a hard water area like I do. I
would have gone through 3-4 ZeroWater filters in the time I went through
one with my new system.

If I'm not mistaken, they have an even smaller/cheaper model than mine,
and one that sits on top of the counter.


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Yeah, that stuff is just... yuck! I stay away from a lot of those
drinks. I mostly drink just water and tea. Not a coffee guy at all. And
my vice? Either a Bang or G-Fuel enery drink. But only 1 day and I put
it in a tumbler with ice to keep it cold and nurse it for most of the
day. I usually polish it off by 2pm. I have been known to cheat though
on some of the colder days, and have some hot cocoa.

Yeah, I try to stick with water or any kind of flavored water with no sugar. Propel and Gatorade Sugar free. Every once in a while I cheat and have a Diet Coke.

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Pretty soon he'll be telling us that real maple syrup tastes bad.

I had a friend whom I asked if she wanted me to bring anything back from the US, to Germany.

The only thing she requested was pancake syrup. Extra sweet, or sweet in a different way, I guess.

I found it slightly horrifying, but the US is mostly known for heavily-processed foods, and I dutifully packed Mrs. Butterworth into my suitcase.

And, for the record, it _is_ hard to find pancake syrup here, but maple syrup (Ahornsirip) is easy to find, so long as you're happy with Canadian maple syrup.

Though the grading systems seem all over the place. Like maple syrup grading in general, I suppose, but that's a different discussion.

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Adept wrote to Dr. What <=-

I found it slightly horrifying, but the US is mostly known for heavily-processed foods, and I dutifully packed Mrs. Butterworth into
my suitcase.

Yuck. I'm too much acclimated to the real stuff. I can't stand the fake stuff anymore.

And, for the record, it _is_ hard to find pancake syrup here, but maple syrup (Ahornsirip) is easy to find, so long as you're happy with
Canadian maple syrup.

There's a difference between Canadian and U.S. maple syrup?
(other than "maple syrup" and "maple syrup, eh?" 8) )


A friend of ours was going to Japan and would be visiting families there. One custom in Japan is the giving of small gifts (sort of like souvenirs). We picked him up a bunch of 4oz bottles of real maple syrup made near by here. He said that went over very well in Japan.


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Im ok with Canadian style.

However when I go to England I might do a grocery run and see what fun foods I can eat and make.


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There's a difference between Canadian and U.S. maple syrup?
(other than "maple syrup" and "maple syrup, eh?" 8) )

I don't think there really is, but different trees, different place, there's probably some hint of place to it.

The only big difference, in my book, is wanting maple syrup from a particular area because you have some sort of connection to that area (or dislike Canada or something).

Now, the _darkness_ of syrups makes a much larger difference in flavor, but that's more a factor of when in the season a syrup gets harvested.

souvenirs). We picked him up a bunch of 4oz bottles of real maple syrup made near by here. He said that went over very well in Japan.

Nifty!

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Dr. What wrote to Adept <=-

And, for the record, it _is_ hard to find pancake syrup here, but maple syrup (Ahornsirip) is easy to find, so long as you're happy with
Canadian maple syrup.

There's a difference between Canadian and U.S. maple syrup?
(other than "maple syrup" and "maple syrup, eh?" 8) )

I am guessing the difference is that the "pancake" syrup is processed and sweetened, where the ahornsirip maybe is not.

A friend of ours was going to Japan and would be visiting families
there. One custom in Japan is the giving of small gifts (sort of like souvenirs). We picked him up a bunch of 4oz bottles of real maple
syrup made near by here. He said that went over very well in Japan.

When I think of places in the US to get real maple syrup, I would think of northern tier states, like Michigan, + New England so I am not too
surprised it was good.

Well, those places and Funk's Grove, Illinois. :)


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And, for the record, it _is_ hard to find pancake syrup here, but map syrup (Ahornsirip) is easy to find, so long as you're happy with Canadian maple syrup.

There's a difference between Canadian and U.S. maple syrup?
(other than "maple syrup" and "maple syrup, eh?" 8) )

I am guessing the difference is that the "pancake" syrup is processed and sweetened, where the ahornsirip maybe is not.

When I said it, I was thinking about it more in the, "Made in Germany" sense.

E.g., if you buy a t-shirt, it probably doesn't matter which country it came from, beyond whether or not they're likely to have used a quality manufacturing process and/or good cotton.

But maple syrup is made by boiling down sap from maple trees, in the early spring when it's above freezing during the day and below freezing during the night. You'll get a similar product north or south of the Canadian border.

What's probably more important is how late in the season people make the maple syrup -- the later in the season it is, the darker the syrup tends to be, and the more intense the flavor is.

And that darkness is put on a scale, with the scale changing depending on country, and, going back a few years, changing _within_ a country, because of things like how people thought that grade A is better than grade B, when "grade B" just meant, "this is darker, and has more maple flavor". So now, in some places, it's, e.g., "grade A dark amber".

Pancake syrup, on the other hand, is something that's a recipe, chosen by manufacturers

(And "Ahornsirup" is just the direct translation of "maple syrup".)

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And, for the record, it _is_ hard to find pancake syrup here, but map syrup (Ahornsirip) is easy to find, so long as you're happy with Canadian maple syrup.

There's a difference between Canadian and U.S. maple syrup?
(other than "maple syrup" and "maple syrup, eh?" 8) )

I used to grow & make cane syrup. Its 100% sugarcane with nothing added. Has a unique flavor to it. Most of the pancake syrups down here in my area are from sugarcane with a bit of corn syrup mixed in to sooth the flavor.

One thing I learned making syrup everyone has their own preferences. A lot of folks love 100% cane syrup but I'm more of a Mrs. Butterworth fan. Never could get a taste for Maple Syrup either. :)

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