Nixon + corn subsidies = too much corn

Trade embargo against Cuba = not enough sugar

LBJ drank Fresca = ?

Nixon liked Pepsi

Follow the money ...

I love soda with real sugar. I discovered it while on vacation in Central America. It is the best after a long hike.

One thing I noticed the other day was at Tortilleria Sinaloa on Eastern, they now have sugar Coke for sale.

Bourbon and Cokes with real sugar honestly taste better!!! Some how the sugar mixes better than HFCS

That shouldn't be hard... it is an obvious winner. I also discovered this in Central America and pine for a return to the use of real sugar. Isn't sugar actually better for you than corn syrup?

re-captcha: farm subsidies

The Costco in White Marsh sells "Mexican Coke" (i.e. Coke with sugar) by the case in small glass bottles. It's a bit pricey though.

All sugar isn't that great for you in general, but HFCS is the devil.

Ho Foods' sodas only have sucrose (real sugar), but the flavors are a little off.

i remember my friends and i were on the hunt for "mexican cokes" -- cokes made with sugar, usually in glass bottles -- a couple years ago. you used to be able to find them at a few tortillerias, etc. in fells point.

now, as mcg points out, you can find them at costco. we got a pallet of glass-bottle sugar cokes from the costco in arundel mills a few weeks ago.

OMG:
>>>Nixon + corn subsidies = too much corn
Trade embargo against Cuba = not enough sugar
LBJ drank Fresca = ?
Nixon liked Pepsi
Follow the money ...

Another reason to dislike Nixon and get rid of the silly embargo against Cuba.

We've been drinking Pepsi Throwback since last year, when they first released it. I'm allowing myself more Dr. Pepper since the Heritage version is all we're buying.

Flavor-wise, I feel both real-sugar varieties have a snap that the HCFS version lacks. I don't even LIKE regular Pepsi, but the Throwback version is delicious.

Personally, I'm waiting for Retro diet Coke or Pepsi with cyclamates.

i'm waiting for super-original Coke, you know, with coke.

LV, there were comments on Heritage Dr. Pepper, as well as Pepsi Throwback and Mountain Dew Throwback, in this topic. At the time, the Throwback products were only going to be available through February 22. Since Heritage Dr. P is only available from local Pepsi bottlers who also are regular Dr. Pepper borrowers, I assumed that Heritage Dr. P would disappear along with the Throwback products. (They weren't available at the local Walmart last week.) Have you been able to find the stuff on some store's shelf since then?

Well, that's what I get for being the last to arrive at the Dining@Large party! The story is broader than just sodas. It's on the whole push to get sugar back into processed foods and to promote it -- perhaps absurdly -- as a health food. On the soda front, they have Mexican Coke at Wegmans and Costco. Not sure yet if the Hertiage Dr. Pepper can still be had. LV

I wonder what John McIntyre thinks of the use of the word heritage here?

Kosher for Passover Coke is made with sugar and is bottled in plastic. Would be willing to bet Seven Mile Market, discussed here last week, has it now.

On a related topic, the last two places I know of in Baltimore that had real fountain Cokes were the Senator Theatre and The Buttery. Curious to know if there's still a place to get one now.

Why is regular Coke not kosher?

I grab up Pepsi Throwback wherever I can find it (it seems less common here in Maryland than back home in Florida), and I love it. It reminds me of soda in Europe, where they also use real sugar.

Regular coke is kosher, except during Passover. Corn is a grain, thusly " out" for the holiday. Kosher for Passover coke is made with cane sugar, and sugar is a grass, therefor okay. You can always tell the kosher for Passover coke by the yellow top on 20 oz , liter and 2 liter bottle.
Rum= kosher for Passover, bourbon, not. Check your labels if you're very observant.

captcha: knobbie that.. no, no knob creek for you.

Rum= kosher for Passover

Jewish pirates rejoice

Meekrat, laughing at your "HFCS is the devil" comment because all I can picture is Kathy Bate's character in The Water Boy!

The DEVIL

The ONLY good thing about Passover is the Coke.

The Wegman's in Hunt Valley carries Mexican Coke single bottles.

Well, you can get Mexican Coke in the glass bottles at Sam's Club in Cockeysville for 20 bucks a case. The only one of the three retro products from Pepsi I still see is the Heritage Dr. P. I also prefer the cans to the plastic bottles they're usually sold as individually.

I'm waiting for the Heritage 7 Up with lithium.

@ Donna.. that's not true.. you can dust off the Atkins cookbooks for ideas. Also, my favorite thing: Matzoh pizza. sauce and cheese. voila' the thinnest crust ever!

Joyce, i knew i could count on one of the Sandbox players to remember that...

I can get down heirloom tomatoes, but "heritage" soft drinks? Mountain Dew?

"Ah yes, I was sitting with Mater in the Manor a fortnight past when she asked whether a heritage beverage would be just the thing. So we rang for Throckmorton, who, after a peregrination downstairs to Cook and back (his bunions have slowed him dreadfully), brought in a salver with a brace of foaming beakers of Dr Pepper. Deucedly sweet, I thought, so we rang for gin."

There is, incidentally, no period in Dr Pepper.

I liked it better when you could tell me that before I published. LV

The sodas with sugar taste better. They have that sharp snappy sweetness rather than the cloying sweetness of HFCS.
In the Mexican Cokes you can actually appreciate that caramel flavor rather than being overcome with sweetness.
The only HFCS soda I like is the coke you get from the fountains at McDonalds - - they also seem to have more flavor than the regular coke you buy in a store . . . why is that?

The Weis in Greenmount now sells Mexican Coke. I have 4 in the refrigerator. Quite tasty.

Oat, by Greenmount, do you mean Hampstead? Or Greenmount Ave?

Joyce W., I don't think there are any Weis Markets in Baltimore City, so Oat couldn't be referring to any on Greenmount Avenue in the City.

I thought so, hmpstd, but since many, if not most of the readers besides me and NotableM who are up here in the north country, are urbanites, these things just need clarification once in a while!

Jewish pirates rejoice

WIN.

That is all.

There's a book out called Jewish Pirates of the Caribbean.

I'm pretty sure that Jean Lafitte was Jewish.

On Kosher Coke, I wish they would make single serve bottles. I hate those 2 liter bottles. It is really not in my best interest to be buying cola in bulk sizes.

I'm pretty sure the pirate Schwartzbeard was Jewish

Mexican Cokes are also available in single bottles at the Shoppers on Joppa Rd in Parkville. Last time I was there, they were at the far left end of the deli counter.

Reminder (as I mentioned on the Pepsi Throwback topic) -- not all Mexican Cokes are made with sugar. The Allgreen in Glen Burnie, for example, had Mexican Cokes made with HFCS as well as Mexican Cokes made with sugar. Read the labels! (And, yes, the labels ARE in English.)

instead of arrrrrr, Jewish pirates say "oyyyy"