Characters and Drink Preferences... Vernors! & Seafood!

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--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., "Ebony Elizabeth Thomas" <ebonyink at h...> 
wrote:
> 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.

Can't recall ever having Vernor's--sounds good, though--I'll try it 
next time I have a cold. 
> 
> > (Faygo stuff snipped) 
> >
> 
> 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)

Eb,

Come visit me in Charleston--I'll take you to the best seafood place 
in Charleston, Hyman's (yes, they also have a deli next door--a 
*real* Jewish deli in Charleston) or my favourite (never having been 
able to *get into* Hyman's (they're that popular), A.W. Shucks. And 
the Middleton Place Restaurant (yes, I work at Middleton Place) has 
the best catfish I've *ever* eaten.  So good, in fact, that I asked 
the cook for her recipe...and she gave it to me.  

That's what I missed most about living in VA for 7 months--no fresh 
seafood.

Peace & Plenty,
Parker
>(BTW, Eb--I love your sig--have you read Zora Neal Hurston?) 
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