Subj : Re: Extra Sweet
To   : Ruth Haffly
From : Dave Drum
Date : Fri Oct 24 2025 06:38:57

-=> Ruth Haffly wrote to Dave Drum <=-

 RH> It was in just about anything that was "diet" or "low Calorie" for a
 RH> long time--until scientists got ahold of it and fed it to a lot of lab
 RH> rats. I think it was the only "artificial sweetener" around, so it was
 RH> very common for common folks to use.

 DD> My Granny stocked the tiny tablets. I learned a bitter (literally)
 DD> lesson when I w2as six years old. Took one of the tablets and popped
 DD> it into my cake hole - thinking it would be like the teeny sugar bomb.
 DD> Eeeeewwww ... took over a week to lose the bitter taste. Never again

 RH> I tasted a tiny bit of crystalised stuff that was around the rim of the
 RH> bottle my parents had--and like you, instant eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeewwwwwwwww
 RH> ! Also, the summer after my last year of high school but before
 RH> starting college, I visited my mom's younger sister for a week. One
 RH> night she offered me a can of diet Dr. Pepper; I drank it but after the
 RH> first couple of swallows vowed never to drink it again. Don't remember
 RH> what the sweetener was but the combination of that and Dr. Pepper
 RH> converted me to a life long Coke drinker.

Diet "any soda" used to be verrrrrry strange tasting. It has improved a
lot over the years but I still get the off-putting metallic taste. There 
used  to was a soda calle Diet Rite Cola. I've not seen it for a long time,

I did discover a Dr. Pepper product Iquite like,mthough. Sugar free Pwppwe
mixed with Cream Soda. Apparently other like it as well becaouse it's hard
to find it not store shelves.  Bv)=

Kinda like my Dannon chocolate/raspberry/fat free yogut. Hard to keep
in stock.

 DD>      8<----- HACK ----->8

 DD> I do tomato juice and the cranberry juice - which my nephrologist
 DD> (kidney doc) recommended as being good in several ways for my kidney

 RH> So far my kidneys seem to be doing well without cranberry juice. Had a
 RH> scare a few years ago with some blood work that indicated maybe
 RH> otherwise so my primary care dr. referred me to a nephrologist. He said
 RH> all was well, just come back once a year to keep an eye on things. Last
 RH> time I saw him, he suggested drinking more water (or whatever) to stay
 RH> better hydrated; this was not too long after our most recent long cross
 RH> country trip.

Staying hydrated on a long trip is easy for guys. Andy bush, tree or the
vehicle itself provides enough of a "fig leaf" for easing of the pressur.
Women don't have the same advantageous plumbing.

     8<-----SNIP ----->8

 RH> I'd ask for a cuppa tea--English Breakfast or something similar. My
 RH> morning cup is usually British Blend but I will drink others if that
 RH> isn't available.

For breakfast - if I'm having tea - it's Lipton "orange, oekoe and pekoe"
ot, if I'm home it might be Constant Comment blend.

TO BE CONTINUED

MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06
 
      Title: Liver & Gall-bladder Tea *
 Categories: Five, Beverages, Herbs, Roots
      Yield: 1 Serving
 
      5 tb Birch leaves
      5 tb Stinging nettle leaves
      4 tb Milk thistle fruit, crushed
      2 tb Dandelion roots and tops
 
  Pour 1 cup of boiling water over 2 ts of this mixture,
  steep covered for ten minutes; strain and sip warm tea
  between meals.
  
  Every two weeks alternate with dandelion tea.
  
  * Contains neither liver nor gall bladder - UDD
  
  From: http://www.alive.com
  
  Uncle Dirty Dave's Archives
 
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