Not all eateries have the same menu

[Food Lady]

Pear cider? Intrigued....

[Jester]

Which is apparently where these nasty-sounding drinks come from. Rum and Diet Sprite? Whiskey and Coke Zero?

Hey, I think diet anything tastes like ass. But if people like it, that's their thing. But....w don't have funky diet sodas. Wee have Diet Coke, Diet Coke, or Diet Coke. Them's your options.

Pear cider? Intrigued....

Woodchuck Pear Cider, to be precise.

[C. Cecil Ivanish]

Pear cider? Intrigued....

Oooh, it's good. If you have a sweet tooth try the Scandinavian ones (Koppaberg [sp?] and Rekorderlig are my favourite).

Hey, I think diet anything tastes like ass.

I don't have anything to add to this, I just wanted to quote it. No, really. Nothing to see here. Except Jester's awesomenessicity.

[XCashier]

What is the difference between Coke Zero and Diet Coke anyway?

Back OT, I'm hoping the OJ customer just had a brain fart and forgot to pick up a bottle of juice. Otherwise, it does make me worry about the aliteracy trend that seems to be sweeping the nation...

[Food Lady]

They are genuinely surprised also that we don't have frosting for the pretzels.

[Irving Patrick Freleigh]

What is the difference between Coke Zero and Diet Coke anyway?

Coke Zero tastes much closer to regular Coke than Diet Coke does.

Now that Caffeine Free Coke Zero is available in my local stores, that's pretty much all I will be buying for soda. Other than the occasional case of throwback Pepsi. I'm trying to cut down, really I am, but I will never be able to completely quit soda and pbeh to anybody who thinks I can.

[cinema guy]

What is the difference between Coke Zero and Diet Coke anyway?

I thought Coke Zero was for guys and Diet Coke was for women. Manly men don't like to be seen drinking Diet drinks apparently.

Essentially, I thought they were the same just with different names but for marketing reasons.

[KatherineB]

I thought Coke Zero was for guys and Diet Coke was for women. Manly men don't like to be seen drinking Diet drinks apparently.

Essentially, I thought they were the same just with different names but for marketing reasons.

Nope, they definitely taste different. To me, who actually likes Diet Coke and hates original Coke (which apparently makes me a pariah on this baord ) Coke Zero is as bad as original Coke while Diet Coke (preferably caffeine free) is my drink of choice.

[siskaren]

Nope, they definitely taste different. To me, who actually likes Diet Coke and hates original Coke (which apparently makes me a pariah on this board ) Coke Zero is as bad as original Coke while Diet Coke (preferably caffeine free) is my drink of choice.

Not to me. I much prefer the taste of Diet Coke to regular Coke.

I thought Coke Zero was for guys and Diet Coke was for women. Manly men don't like to be seen drinking Diet drinks apparently.

Essentially, I thought they were the same just with different names but for marketing reasons.

Nope. Coke Zero is for people who don't like the taste of Diet Coke but don't want the calories of regular Coke. I suppose not having "diet" in the name makes it more appealing to men though.

[Jester]

I will never be able to completely quit soda and pbeh to anybody who thinks I can.

You can do whatever you want to do. If you want to quit soda completely, you will be able to do so. It's all about what you want to do.

If 24 years ago you would have told me I could quit drinking caffeine, I would have laughed my ass off at you. But a year later, I realized that caffeine and my stomach could not happily coexist. So I made a necessary change. And a couple of years ago, I decided I really didn't need any soda in my life, so other than the occasional one here or there, I've pretty much rid my life of them.

It's all a matter of whether or not you want to do it. If you do, you can. Simple as that.

I thought Coke Zero was for guys and Diet Coke was for women. Manly men don't like to be seen drinking Diet drinks apparently.

That's news to me. I've been in the food service industry for almost 30 years, and guys drink diet soda as much as women, without any issue that I've noticed.

[Jack T. Chance]

They are genuinely surprised also that we don't have frosting for the pretzels.

Frosting? On pretzels?!? Dafuq?!?

[Irving Patrick Freleigh]

There is such a thing as chocolate-frosted pretzels. I usually only see them on sale for the holidays.

They're pretty good. I don't buy them for myself but if I'm visiting friends or family at Christmastime and they have them out, I'll snack on them.

[XCashier]

Nope, they definitely taste different. To me, who actually likes Diet Coke and hates original Coke (which apparently makes me a pariah on this baord ) Coke Zero is as bad as original Coke while Diet Coke (preferably caffeine free) is my drink of choice.

Well, they're both made with aspartame, so I can't have either (aspartame and my stomach don't get along), and I really was curious as to how they differed, since they had pretty much the same ingredients. I wish they'd make something with Splenda or a different sweetener.

[Jack T. Chance]

Well, they're both made with aspartame, so I can't have either (aspartame and my stomach don't get along), and I really was curious as to how they differed, since they had pretty much the same ingredients. I wish they'd make something with Splenda or a different sweetener.

I'm going in the opposite direction, slowly switching back to REAL sodas made with REAL sugar, as there's growing evidence that it's actually better for you than the high fructose corn syrup and artificial sweeteners. I may eventually switch to cans of Mountain Dew Throwback instead of the 24 oz bottles of regular Dew that I normally drink for just that reason.

[wolfie]

I'm going in the opposite direction, slowly switching back to REAL sodas made with REAL sugar, as there's growing evidence that it's actually better for you than the high fructose corn syrup and artificial sweeteners.

Fun fact #1: Food processors have learned that a lot of people don't want HFCS, so they've started calling it by another name (Glucose-fructose - note the 2 names with the hyphen). If you see that on an ingredients list, it's HFCS.

Fun fact #2: While it can be used in "everyday kosher" foods, HFCS doesn't meet the requirements of the "heavy duty" kosher that applies at Passover. As a result, "kosher for passover" sodas use real sugar instead of HFCS. Passover happens about the same time of year as Easter (in fact, the official timing for Easter is based on when a certain phase of the moon happens after Passover), so it's too late for this year, but something to keep in mind for next year - be ready to stock up. Aspartame is another substance that doesn't meet the requirements of the "heavy duty" kosher.