Yankee Girl Survives First Year at Southern University

[amIblue?]

Originally Posted by HQWest

Dr Pepper addiction is a sure sign you're from Texas. We used to bring it to my cousins in Michigan (that would be the part of Michigan where you need two hands to show your hometown.)
I still love the real cane sugar Dr Pepper or Mexican Coke.

The cane sugar ones DO taste better. High fructose corn syrup is an abomination.

[AnchorAlumna]

Originally Posted by amIblue?

The cane sugar ones DO taste better. High fructose corn syrup is an abomination.

I can't tell the difference. Wish I could, but I can't.
But back when Coke became "New Coke," I chanced upon an "old" Coke at a gas station, and there was a HUGE difference.

[amIblue?]

Originally Posted by AnchorAlumna

I can't tell the difference. Wish I could, but I can't.
But back when Coke became "New Coke," I chanced upon an "old" Coke at a gas station, and there was a HUGE difference.

Ugh. Gross. New coke.

While we're talking about beverages with regional appeal, let's not forget Sundrop and Cheerwine.

[ASTalumna06]

Originally Posted by HQWest

Dr Pepper addiction is a sure sign you're from Texas. We used to bring it to my cousins in Michigan (that would be the part of Michigan where you need two hands to show your hometown.)
I still love the real cane sugar Dr Pepper or Mexican Coke.

Speaking of TX and drinks... I moved here and became a beer drinker. Shiner, Lone Star ("The National Beer of Texas"... that always cracks me up), St. Arnold's, Karbach, No Label, etc.

I love my Sam Adams, but for the most part, I drink Texas beers now

[SWTXBelle]

Originally Posted by ASTalumna06

Speaking of TX and drinks... I moved here and became a beer drinker. Shiner, Lone Star ("The National Beer of Texas"... that always cracks me up), St. Arnold's, Karbach, No Label, etc.

I love my Sam Adams, but for the most part, I drink Texas beers now

The No Label Brewery is a stone's throw away from my home.

http://nolabelbrew.com/

Alas, I don't like beer!

[MysticCat]

I woke up this morning with a hankering for pimento cheese and hummingbird cake (not necessarily together).

I blame this thread.

And neither hankering has been met yet.

[happilyanchored]

Everyone at my school in St. Louis is obsessed with John Donuts. It's only open at night and it's on everyone's bucket list as a place to go to before you graduate. They're all made in-house and they're sooo good. But their apple fritters are the best; people sell them for fundraisers and they sell out almost immediately. I could eat them for days and be happy, and would definitely take them over Dunkin' Donuts or Krispy Kreme.

[southbymidwest]

Thumbs up for cane or beet sugar coke. For those of you who don't know the difference, coke with sugar kinds of burns while it goes down your throat. Ahhhhhh. HF corn syrup coke doesn't, and has a slightly mellower, syrupyer (duh) taste.

I also prefer cans to plastic bottles and fountain. (I so rarely get glass bottles anymore that I can't really include them.) Fizz factor is important, by golly. My husband just looks at me and squints on this. Knows better than to roll his eyes, ha. Although foaminess/head/whatever is important to beer drinkers, so why not to sodas/pops?

[ASTalumna06]

Originally Posted by southbymidwest

I also prefer cans to plastic bottles and fountain. (I so rarely get glass bottles anymore that I can't really include them.) Fizz factor is important, by golly.

Yes! Cans are the best. I completely understand.

[fascination]

Originally Posted by ASTalumna06

Yes! Cans are the best. I completely understand.

Yes, but the can has to be chilled first, and it must be in a glass with ice. It just doesn't taste as good if you pour a room temperature Coke over ice, no matter how much ice you add. (Which is why I always get juice on an airplane instead of Coke, because they don't chill the cans.)

[ASTalumna06]

Originally Posted by fascination

Yes, but the can has to be chilled first, and it must be in a glass with ice.

No way. Just the can. But I agree that it must be cold.

[HQWest]

Originally Posted by ASTalumna06

No way. Just the can. But I agree that it must be cold.

If you can get Mexican Coke - it is still made with cane sugar and comes in a glass bottle. Chilled and out of a washed bottle is still the best!
If you don't have a bodega or taqueria near by some grocery stores hide it in the ethnic foods aisle.

You can actually taste the difference between the cane sugar Mexican Coke which has a higher sucrose content. Coke bottled in Dallas which has more beet sugar and some fructose but a higher sucrose content, and Coke bottled in Atlanta which has a higher fructose content.

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by ASTalumna06

Yes! Cans are the best. I completely understand.

I also prefer cans to plastic, but I like fountains (assuming they're blended right and working properly) better than cans.

FWIW, the formula for Coke, and I'm assuming for most other soft drinks, is different for cans and personal-sized bottles compared to the formula for fountains and larger bottles, like the 2-liter ones. That's because they assume that people will drink directly from cans and small bottles, but that they'll use ice for fountains and larger bottles. So the Coke from fountains and larger bottles is slightly stronger to allow for dilution from the ice.

[fascination]

Originally Posted by Sciencewoman

My daughter comes home from her first year of college this weekend.

But, back to the original post, I hope that your daughter did enjoy her first year in the South and found a warm welcome there

Edited -- Oops!, I had decided not to add that quote from Robert E. Lee (and certainly not multiple times). Not sure what happened to make it post like that. Please ignore.

[Sciencewoman]

I have to amend #7 from the original list. From my perspective, you CAN have too many sundresses. Delta charged Generallygreek $150 for her excessively overweight suitcase and garment bag on yesterday's flight home!

(That's on top of her storing most of her belongings in a storage locker she's sharing with several pledge sisters, and we brought home her cold weather clothes when we visited over Easter.)