This here's a recipe for unpleasantness.

Mal ,'Objects In Space'


Natter 59: Dominate Your Face!  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


Nora Deirdre - Jun 03, 2008 8:26:06 am PDT #649 of 10003
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)

My current non-alcoholic beverage of choice is Trader Joe's strawberry lemonade over ice mixed with fizzy water (Whole Foods had strawberry lemon flavored fizzy water, heh.)


Hil R. - Jun 03, 2008 8:30:43 am PDT #650 of 10003
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l

On Thanksgiving, my sister makes cranberry juice and champagne cocktails. For the people who don't drink alcohol, she mixes the cranberry juice with one of the lemon-flavored fizzy waters from Whole Foods. Really good either way. Though only the alcoholic one helps get through a family dinner.


Sean K - Jun 03, 2008 8:31:15 am PDT #651 of 10003
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty

I've been trying to wean myself off pop because I don't need either the sugar or the aspartame. But I really like pop with certain foods. I try to drink water during the day and have Caffeine Free Diet Pepsi with supper.

Definitely try the Izze's at some point. Nothing but fruit juice. No added sugar of any kind.

My favorite beverage these days is either orange juice in fuzzy water or orange juice mixed with plain yogurt for the perfect Dreamcicle(tm) experience.

Try the Izze sparkling clementine.

Izze needs to send me a freelance marketing fee.


juliana - Jun 03, 2008 8:32:21 am PDT #652 of 10003
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…

Yeah, I don't drink anything but water, as a rule. Well, coffee in the mornings, that's a given, but other than that? Not so much. If I'm feeling poorly or underfed, I'll get a half-gallon of TJ's fresh-squeezed OJ and chug that, but that's about it.

I'm speaking purely of non-alcoholic drinks, of course.

Alcohol-wise - every mixer that is not soda water or plain water has HFCS in it, unless you're at a snazzy bar that uses entirely fresh ingredients. Cranberry juice, orange juice, tonic water, sodas (except Diet) - the bulk commercial versions of those all have HFCS.


meara - Jun 03, 2008 8:34:54 am PDT #653 of 10003

Definitely try the Izze's at some point. Nothing but fruit juice. No added sugar of any kind.

I really like the HonestTea [edit: which is entirely unrelated to Izze, other than being something to drink which is not a soft drink] (even though Coke bought a 40% share of them). They're actually based out of suburban DC. They have some yum flavors, they're organic, and they've got JUST enough sweetness for my taste (and no HFCS, just sugar). Usually like, 10-30 cal per bottle, or somesuch, at least in the flavors I like.


DavidS - Jun 03, 2008 8:35:43 am PDT #654 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Ocean Spray has come out with 100% juice no-sugar added recipes of their drinks (including Ruby Red grapefruit that I like for mixing). That does include a lot of white grape juice for sweetening but it's not sugar.


Sean K - Jun 03, 2008 8:37:17 am PDT #655 of 10003
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty

Well, coffee in the mornings,

I used to drink cup after cup after cup of coffee, when I was younger. I got hooked on Starbucks/Other Chains coffee drinks for a while, but kicked the habit because of the ginormo cost compared to making coffee or tea at home.

Then I switched to tea, and would drink cup after cup after cup of bagged tea to get my caffeine fix.

After a while, I had my eyes opened to the joy of loose leaf tea, and was able to reduce my daily consumption of tea to just a large cup or two.

I have now been turned on to the magic of Mighty Leaf tea, and am drinking ML Organic Earl Grey exclusively. Not only do I get by on one cup a day, I use significantly less of those magnificent tea leaves than I used to with Twinning's loose Earl Grey.

Casual comments from Kristin and Jilli turned me into a Mighty Leaf junkie.


megan walker - Jun 03, 2008 8:38:00 am PDT #656 of 10003
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist

Yeah, I don't drink anything but water, as a rule. Well, coffee in the mornings, that's a given, but other than that? Not so much... I'm speaking purely of non-alcoholic drinks, of course.

Juliana is me. Shocking.


P.M. Marc - Jun 03, 2008 8:39:14 am PDT #657 of 10003
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear

I don't touch water if I can avoid it, but sadly, sometimes it's the only thing in the house with no booze or buzz to it, so that's what I get.

Water is gross. I hate the way it tastes. And first person to tell me water doesn't have a taste gets a boot to the head, because it DOES, and that taste is RAUNCH. (No matter where it's from, or how filtered it is. Yuck.)


megan walker - Jun 03, 2008 8:40:10 am PDT #658 of 10003
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist

Casual comments from Kristin and Jilli turned me into a Mighty Leaf junkie.

It is very yummy, although I still prefer my Mariage Frères Casablanca (1/2 bergamot, 1/2 mint green tea).