The Sweet, Bubbly Stuff That Comes in a Can

[thegrrrl2002]

Probably just me being wierd, but after living in a couple of different states, I find this stuff fascinating: The Great Pop vs. Soda Controversy

And, may I add, the proper term is SODA.

Comments

[nicci-mac.livejournal.com]

I'm from Scotland and we call it by the brand name here - coke, pepsi, Irn Bru etc, unless you are from Glasgow, where all fizzy juice is called 'ginger' - I have no idea why! Oh wait - hubby tells me it was originally short for ginger beer but now all fizzy drinks are referred to as ginger. There ya go. How facinating.

[thegrrrl2002.livejournal.com]

I've known a few Scottish folks, and all they've ever drank was beer. Lots of it. And I found that the drunker I got, the easier they were to understand.

The whole 'ginger beer' thing is fascinating. It's never called that here, at least as far as I know. It's just ginger ale. Which doesn't sound nearly as fun.

[vickita.livejournal.com]

Ginger beer and ginger ale aren't the same thing. This I learned from a friend who is Welsh, who introduced me to ginger beer from a nearby British import store.

Ginger beer is much more intensely ginger-y than ginger ale. Mmmm.

[eregyrn.livejournal.com]

And if you try to make a Dark & Stormy using ginger ale, it's just sad. Pathetic. Has to be ginger-beer.

[eregyrn.livejournal.com]

It's getting to the point where you can actually get semi-real ginger-beer in, like, regular grocery stores. At least around here. But that might be because I live in a town outside of Boston that has a not-insignificant Caribbean immigrant population. The ginger-beer is best found in the organic section of the supermarket, although you can find a version of it in the "International" aisle with the Spanish foods. I have one supermarket quite near me that does a good line in all the sodas made by Goya, which come in fascinating and seductive flavors, like papaya, and pineapple, and my favorite, sangria. That's right, a sangria-flavored soda. In truth, it's sort of like a richer-tasting carbonated fruit-punch, like drinking grape soda but just a bit different. No actual wine, I'm afraid. The other weirdest Goya soda flavor is something like "champagne". I think that's what they call it. Or that what it looks like they call it, in Spanish, only I think they mean something else by it. It's kind of a golden color a bit darker than ginger-ale. And...I can't really describe the taste. Except it's not very exciting.