What Do You Drink With Your Meals?

[mtnbkr]

Mostly water, coffee (black, no sugar), or beer.  Maybe unsweet tea if I'm at a restaurant and am not in the mood for water.

I almost never drink soda and haven't since 1998 or so.  I'll occasionally drink a glass of milk.

Chris

[KD5NRH]

I dunno, you drop any Yankee down South on your worst winter or summer day and all of us will survive. You drop a southerner up North on our worse winter day or summer day, many probably will die.

In traffic.

Had some friends that spent a year in Minnesota.  Blizzard came through.  Only the Texans made it to work.  All the natives either wimped out or got stuck.

[charby]

In traffic.

Had some friends that spent a year in Minnesota.  Blizzard came through.  Only the Texans made it to work.  All the natives either wimped out or got stuck.

Aren't Texans known to tell tall tales?

[Brad Johnson]

Aren't Texans known to tell tall tales?

There was this one time when it was eight hunnert 'n three degrees out...

Brad

[brimic]

water or coffee, milk with dinner.

[Sindawe]

If not water, then usually unsweetened iced tea, or Canada Dry seltzer,  I cannot abide sweetened tea 

[Scout26]

I had no idea so many people were drinking Kool-Aid, or other drink mix thingies.

I find it not surprising in the least.   I can buy a "can" of knock-off Crystal Light for anywhere from $.99 to $1.99 at Aldi or Walmart.  That can will make six 2 quart pitchers of that flavored drink.  That works out to $0.002578125 to $0.00518229166 or less then one half a penny per ounce.  Far less then the price of any other beverage.

And one thing I've learned about APS'ers is that I'm not the only one here that can squeeze a quarter until the eagle craps. 



P.S.  While re-creating Sherman's March this summer Robert got the chance to try some good ol' Southern Sweet Tea.  After making a face that looked like he had just sucked a raw lemon, he poured it out, and went back to drinking water.    If you can make a 13 year-old say, "There's too much sugar in it.  It doesn't even taste like tea, just sugar water." then it's bad.

[charby]

I have a hard time drinking most things that have artificial sweetener, to me they taste like a middle school chemistry experiment gone bad with too much salt.

I do like to have plain old Kool-Aid in the fridge most of the time, I make it with about 3/4 sugar instead of 1 cup per package. My favorite flavors are Black Cherry and Grape.

[Ben]

P.S.  While re-creating Sherman's March this summer Robert got the chance to try some good ol' Southern Sweet Tea.  After making a face that looked like he had just sucked a raw lemon, he poured it out, and went back to drinking water.    If you can make a 13 year-old say, "There's too much sugar in it.  It doesn't even taste like tea, just sugar water." then it's bad.

Yeah, when I say I like my tea sweetened, I mean just a little bit of sugar or Stevia or something.  I can't really drink full on Southern sweet tea myself.

[mtnbkr]

I grew up with Southern Sweet Tea, but I prefer unsweet tea.

Chris

[Scout26]

Yeah, I wouldn't even let him try that abomination unto G-d you all call "cornbread".

[Brad Johnson]

I have a hard time drinking most things that have artificial sweetener, to me they taste like a middle school chemistry experiment gone bad with too much salt.

Tried sucralose/maltodextrose (Splenda or generic equivalent)?  I get a bitter taste or lingering metallic aftertaste from other artificial sweeteners.  I don't get that with Splenda, though I do have to be careful how much I use as it's easy to oversweeten with it.

Brad

[KD5NRH]

I find it not surprising in the least.   I can buy a "can" of knock-off Crystal Light for anywhere from $.99 to $1.99 at Aldi or Walmart.  That can will make six 2 quart pitchers of that flavored drink.  That works out to $0.002578125 to $0.00518229166 or less then one half a penny per ounce.  Far less then the price of any other beverage.

$0.88 for five packets of KoolAid at HEB.  Unsweetened, so I know how much sugar goes in and that it's only real cane sugar.  No HFCS, or anything I can't pronounce.

[charby]

Tried sucralose/maltodextrose (Splenda or generic equivalent)?  I get a bitter taste or lingering metallic aftertaste from other artificial sweeteners.  I don't get that with Splenda, though I do have to be careful how much I use as it's easy to oversweeten with it.

Brad

Yep tastes a little less like salt/alkali/bitter but still doesn't taste sweet and too much of that irritates/sets off my GI issues.

[Chester32141]

I like my beverages diluted ... my #1 drink is Ocean Spray CranGrape mixed 1 to 1 w/ either tap water or spring water, depending on my location ... 1/2 the calories, twice the hydration, lower cost ... very refreshing !

A store near me has Ocean Spray Buy one Get one Free about once a month ... I keep about 15-20 on hand in a hot garage for months w/ no problems from spoiling.