Munchcast

with Cammy Blackstone

Soda.Pop.Soda.Pop.Soda.Pop.Soda.Pop.Coke?

March2
After all the grilled cheese, donuts, bacon and chip & dip, I’ll bet you’ve got a hankering for a tall cool one.  By popular demand, Leo and I decided it indeed was about time we did a soft drink episode.  The problem is, soft drinks go by soooooo many names.  Soda, pop, soda pop, coke, you name it.  Here’s a handy map to figure out what folks call it in your neck of the woods.
what do you call your beverage?

what do you call your beverage?

Actually, there’s a much better map here, but I couldn’t get it to post. LOVED all the Canadians in the chat room who insisted they just call it “beer”.

Even more controversial than the generic soft drink name, is the Coke/Pepsi battle.  I’m a coke girl through and through, Leo…he likes that other stuff.  Personally, I’m a fan of any product that has its own theme park.

Lots of folks are excited about the return of real sugar in soft drinks.  For years I’ve been paying extra in the Mission for those Mexican cokes in bottles – real sugar just tastes better – and now many brands (and not just the organic hippie ones) are bringing back the cane!  Dig the Mountain Dew Throwback!

Almost as cool as the TAB label, which it turns out was much better than their marketing.  Listen to this commercial when you get a chance.  I can’t believe there wasn’t some sort of angry house wife uproar!

So many regional sodas!  So little time!  FaygoMoxie.  We never even got into Dr. Pepper, which I guess means that someday all you Peppers will get your very own episode.  Oooooh, maybe we can get David Naughton to chime in on that one!

So don’t take it personally if we missed your favorite bev.  That just gives us another episode.  Here are a few awesome resources if you’re still thirsty.

http://www.knowledgeforthirst.com/

http://www.sodapopstop.com/home.cfm

http://www.popsoda.com/

Oh…and dig this!  Mindblowingly beautiful.

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