Sometimes nothing hits like a Glass Bottle (Mexican) Coke a cola

[Quagmire]

Had one for lunch today with some pizza I made, goes hard on a hot summer day

For those who don't live in the hell hole of capitalism that is the USA, big corn rules the sugar world and high fructose corn syrup is highly subsidized and used for a lot of sweeteners in almost everything, including most sodas

The ones in the glass bottle (often in the Mexican food section) are made with real sugar

 

[Mark]

ANY Mexican variation of soda is better, hell, even most of their domestic sodas are pretty good. They usually have them at the food trucks, too.

 

[Crystal]

Agreed! Real sugar trumps fake sugars every time.

 

[dimmerwit]

All I can think about is our current Prime Minister completely misunderstanding why people drink Mexican coke in an attempt to look cool and hip. Hopefully he'll be back in California soon to sample some more.

I don't drink many soft drinks these days but I used to drink Coke and the American version tastes like sludge.

 

[Mark]

All I can think about is our current Prime Minister completely misunderstanding why people drink Mexican coke in an attempt to look cool and hip. Hopefully he'll be back in California soon to sample some more.

I don't drink many soft drinks these days but I used to drink Coke and the American version tastes like sludge.

It’s battery terminal cleaner around these parts.

 

[Quagmire]

I don't drink many soft drinks these days but I used to drink Coke and the American version tastes like sludge.

Except the McDonald's version. Something different about it

 

[a dip goblin]

Glass bottles are pretty good for hitting people, yes.

 

[Mark]

Glass bottles are pretty good for hitting people, yes.

Frozen and full plastic bottles make an interesting sound. Dropped one on my toe before… not fun. Ended up losing the nail for a few months.

 

[Ben]

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You ain't fooling me.

I mean the "forgot to remove the attachment of the pickle jar full of Coke wearing a cowboy hat" doesn't help your case...



Although you're not wrong about the premise. High fructose corn syrup is stupid.

 

[Mark]

Although you're not wrong about the premise. High fructose corn syrup is stupid.

This is where we’re at. High fructose corn syrup is stupid and microplastics are dumb.

 

[a dip goblin]

My cousin is allergic to corn. He's been bragging about his Mexican Coke for over a decade.

 

[Mark]

My cousin is allergic to corn. He's been bragging about his Mexican Coke for over a decade.

I didn’t realize that it was a rarity in some places… I remember then going all the way back to childhood.

 

[Quagmire]

My cousin is allergic to corn. He's been bragging about his Mexican Coke for over a decade.

Where do you live? They have become more common where I live, used to only be in the mexican isle.

I also love when I visit florida and due to kosher or something there are a lot of sodas with real sugar

 

[a dip goblin]

Where do you live? They have become more common where I live, used to only be in the mexican isle.

I also love when I visit florida and due to kosher or something there are a lot of sodas with real sugar

Just outside Boston. I stopped buying soda years ago so I have no idea if it's common here now to be honest.

 

[Quagmire]

Just outside Boston. I stopped buying soda years ago so I have no idea if it's common here now to be honest.

I bet it would be easy to find, Costco carries huge packs of them. I dont drink soda often, but sometimes with Pizza or Mexican it hits the right spot with it

Oh and Ale 8 which is a Kentucky product

 

[Ben]

"Bartender, I would like an artisanal glass-bottled raw sugar Monster Energy, please."

 

[a dip goblin]

I bet it would be easy to find, Costco carries huge packs of them. I dont drink soda often, but sometimes with Pizza or Mexican it hits the right spot with it

I'm an unsweetened iced tea kind of guy

That or whiskey.

Cider is the only thing I really drink that has any sort of sweet to it these days.

 

[Quagmire]

I'm an unsweetened iced tea kind of guy

As a southern northerner or northern southerner, I cant do unsweet iced tea. Unsweet hot tea? All day every day, but iced tea has to be sweet!

Remember going to NYC before I was 21 so I ordered a sweet iced tea and the waitress looked at me like I had two heads.

 

[a dip goblin]

As a southern northerner or northern southerner, I cant do unsweet iced tea. Unsweet hot tea? All day every day, but iced tea has to be sweet!

Remember going to NYC before I was 21 so I ordered a sweet iced tea and the waitress looked at me like I had two heads.

If you need to sweeten it then grab a lemon.

 

[Mark]

I'm an unsweetened iced tea kind of guy

Reason 287,402,969,420 that you suck right there.

 

[Quagmire]

If you need to sweeten it then grab a lemon.

Hot tea, yes! Iced tea, nope!

 

[Mark]

Hot tea, yes! Iced tea, nope!

Iced tea is acceptable with lemon, but you’re also talking to the guy that drinks half and half (tea/lemonade, not moo moo half & half) permanently.

 

[Quagmire]

Iced tea is acceptable with lemon,

I agree, but it has to be sweetened first

 

[Mark]

I agree, but it has to be sweetened first

Of course. Otherwise, it’s just Boston Harbor water.

…Alu’s preference makes sense now.

 

[a dip goblin]

Iced tea is acceptable with lemon, but you’re also talking to the guy that drinks half and half (tea/lemonade, not moo moo half & half) permanently.

You call Arnold Palmers half and half?

 

[Mark]

You call Arnold Palmers half and half?

Goes back before my time. Remember when all the small time shops had these fountains?



Well, with us being at the Mason-Dixon, one of the few southern things we adopted was sweet tea. All the shops here had two or three choices… sweet tea and lemonade was standard, “punch” was the occasional third. So, legend has it that the term “half and half” came from a language barrier between shop owners and customers… some just didn’t know what an Arnold Palmer was, some just found it easier to communicate “half and half”… or at least that’s what I was always told.