[HPFGU-OTChatter] Re: Characters and Drink Preferences... Vernors!

[Ebony Elizabeth Thomas]

Hi, Ellen and all...

Ellen wrote:
>Vernors was a local Detroit company that made a Ginger soda that
>would knock the socks off of anyone who hadn't grown up drinking the
>stuff.  Spicy, peppery, almost hot- Aged in Oak Barrels.
>
>When I read about "Pepper up Potion" I thought of Vernors.
>(Detroiters have always warmed the stuff for drinking when suffering
>from a cold- nothing better!)It used to be fun to watch a novice try
>their first Vernors- it was nothing they had ever tasted, and the
>look of suprise on their faces....  Well, the flavor was strong, but
>that made it the Absolute Best for ice cream coolers- Vernors poured
>over Vanilla or Vernors flavored ice cream. (Thats something else I
>miss!)
>

YES!  :::does a little dance:::  I was wondering why the Vernors of today 
tastes differently than that of yesteryear (when I was really little).  I 
grew up after the time of the downtown Vernors counter--but the building I 
live in (opened fall 1995) was built on the site of the old Vernors bottling 
plant.  ;-)

Even today's version can beat the stuffing out of Canada Dry or anything 
else I've ever tasted.  And yes, there is nothing better if you have a cold.

>Faygo has great flavors too- and they make most of them in Diet
>flavors too.  (My  husband likes to get Faygo when he gets sick of
>Diet cola.)  Friends of our from Chicago and Florida have become
>addicted to Rock n Rye- Take it back home with them after they visit,
>and ask us to bring it when we go to visit.  In turn When we visit
>Miami, we bring back cases of Materva and Iron Beer.- Can't describe
>the flavor of these amber colored beverages, but they are a nice
>change of pace.
>

The one thing that I miss from the South is not the beverages, nor Krispy 
Kreme donuts (which are nice going down but settle badly on my stomach--I 
always get a stomachache after eating them!) since KK is now available up 
here...

...it's the seafood.

--Ebony (with mouth watering in fond remembrance of fresh shrimp and 
catfish, not the kind that had to be frozen and shipped inland)

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