Subj : Re: soda pop
To   : Ruth Haffly
From : Dave Drum
Date : Sat Sep 03 2022 04:54:00

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

 DD> buy) Bubly (8 packs), Nixie, Lifewater, etc. My favourite Polar
 DD> flavour (currently)
 DD> is Cranberry-Lime.

 RH> We usually stick with Wegman's brands if we can. For travel, it's
 RH> whatever's availabe, usually LaCroix or Bubbly.

 DD> Both of those are "premiumP brands in this area. Price-wise, anyway.

 RH> LaCroix is the premium brand around here; Bubbly is run of the mill,
 RH> IMO.

 DD> My local stores certainly don't price it like run-of-the-mill. Their 8
 DD> packs are priced right with LeCroix ... and more than Polar's 12 pack.

 RH> Guess it just depends on your taste and location.

What taste? Even the flavoured seltzers have very little taste. Just a
hint

 DD> Polar is a Taxachussetts firm (Worcester, MA) since 1882. They have a
 DD> licence/franchise agreement with Keurig-Dr. Pepper and thus are now a

 RH> We got/drank the Polar water the 6 months we were stationed at Fort
 RH> Devens. Had to pay deposit on the cans so tried to keep consumption
 RH> down.

 DD> That will vary state-to-state. Some states have a can/container
 DD> deposit and others don't.* When I was a youngster soda (and beer)
 DD> bottles were
 DD> washed and reused. So, there was a bottle deposit charged if one took
 DD> them off the premises. That 2c per bottle wasn't a lot but it did add
 DD> up. I used to collect discarded soda bottles around my neighbourhood
 DD> and ca$h them in for movie or Dairy Queen money.

 RH> My parents didn't drink that much and never let us kids "scrounge"
 RH> bottles in the neighborhood. Bottles they emptied/returned were turned
 RH> back into grocery money.

What scrounging? It was clean-up. Or enterprise. Not much different from
mowing lawns or delivering newspapers.

 DD> *STATES WITH CONTAINER DEPOSIT LAWS; California, Connecticut, Hawaii,
 DD> Iowa, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New York, Oregon, Vermont, Guam

 RH> The HI one came out while we were there; cut our (my) consumption
 RH> dramatically. I don't think we even filled one grocery (brown paper)
 RH> bag in the remaining 3 years we were over there.

The container deposit laws were designed to cut down on litter, waste,
and depletion of resources. Seems to have helped.   Bv)=

MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06
 
      Title: Cat Litter Casserole
 Categories: Casseroles, Beef, Pork, Poultry
      Yield: 9 Servings
 
      1 c  Bisquick
      1 c  Shredded Cheddar
      1 lb Ground beef, turkey or pork
           Sausage

MMMMM---------------------------LITTER--------------------------------
      2 c  Long grain rice
  3 3/4 c  Water
      2 ts Salt
      2 tb Butter

MMMMM---------------------------TOOLS--------------------------------
        lg Mixing bowl
           Rectangular baking pan
           Deep saucepan with lid
           Fork
           Paper towels
        lg Spoon
           Stainless steel pooper
           Scooper
 
  To make dumps: Set oven @ 350ºF/175ºC. Using clean
  hans, mix together the dump ingredients in a large bowl.
  Mold pieces of this mixture in various size/shape dumps.
  
  Place so they don't touch each other in an un-greased
  baking pan. Use two if they don't all fit. Bake the
  dumps for about 20 minutes or until they are all brown,
  firm and slightly crusty.
  
  While the meat cooks, put all four litter ingredients
  into a large saucepan. Then, heat on high until the
  water comes to a boil. Stir, turn heat to low and cover
  the pan. Simmer without lifting the cover for 14 minutes.
  
  Remove the saucepan from the stove and carefully (to
  avoid having your face melted away by the steam), lift
  off the cover. Break apart, or "fluff" the rice with a
  fork and set pan aside.
  
  When dumps are done, carefully transfer them onto paper
  towels to drain.
  
  Spoon the rice and dumps into the now empty baking pan,
  leaving some dumps partially uncovered, the way Kitty
  does when he/she is in a hurry.
  
  Serves 8-10 litter box lovers.
  
  Use pooper scooper to serve.
  
  From the Book: Gross Grub by Cheryl Porter Random House
  
  From: http://www.recipesource.com
  
  Uncle Dirty Dave's Archives
 
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