Subj : Re: Extra Sweet
To   : Ruth Haffly
From : Dave Drum
Date : Sun Oct 26 2025 06:03:39

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

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

 RH> I remember seeing it but never tried it. Drank a lot of the regular
 RH> Coke for years, then Steve suggested that I trade off for diet Coke.
 RH> Saved calories for other goodies, carbs when I was diagnosed diabetic.
 
 Aspertame is what makes the diet colas taste metallic to me. Coke Zero 
 uses *some* aspertame but mainly  acesulfame potassium and stevia. It's
 flavour profile is very much closer to the "realMcCoy".
 
I note that Coke is going back to cane sugar for its sweetner and drop\
kicking the HFCS to the curb. Now I won't have to se3arch out Mexican
Coco Cola if I need the fully leaded stuff as an ingredient.

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

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

 RH> And not one that can be replicated with just a scoop of raspberry jam
 RH> in plain yogurt. You need a source of good chocolate also.

The "Fruit on the bottom" yoghurts are nice. The 4 1/2 oz little tubs are
a pleasant snack if I get hunger pangs twixt meal times. Or just because.

 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.

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

 RH> No, but having the camper has been handy for both of us. Just have to
 RH> find a relativly level space and pull off the road, lower the steps and
 RH> make sure the water pump is turned on.

Not everyone brings their own Extended Stay America suite with then.  Bv)=

MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06
 
      Title: Coca-Cola Pot Roast
 Categories: Beef, Vegetables, Sauces
      Yield: 8 Servings
 
      3 lb Beef chuck roast
      2 tb Oil
     16 oz Can crushed Tomatoes
     12 oz Coca-Cola *
      1 lg Onion; chopped or sliced
      1 pk Spaghetti sauce mix
  1 1/2 ts Salt
    1/2 ts Garlic granules
 
  * Use non-HFCS (Kosher for Passover/Mexican) Co'Cola.
  
  Brown meat in oil for ten minutes on each side; remove
  to crockpot. Drain fat.
  
  Break up tomatoes in their juice; add remaining
  ingredients, stirring until spaghetti sauce mix is
  dissolved. Pour over meat. Cover; simmer until meat
  is tender.
  
  Thicken gravy; serve over sliced meat.
  
  MM by Sylvia Steiger
  
  Uncle Dirty Dave's Kitchen
 
MMMMM

.... Almost anything is edible with a dab of French mustard on it.
--- MultiMail/Win
 * Origin: Phoenix BBS * phoenix.bnbbbs.net (1:320/219)

.