the cool new tabletop RPG I get to playtestbeing less lazy about cooking for myselfanticipating my partner moving to Seattle
― HIGH-FIVES TO ALL MY COWORKERS AT THE QBERT SEX SWING (silby), Thursday, 18 April 2013 06:15 (eleven years ago) link
I have gone to 4 diff places trying to find this white Mtn Dew and I cannot fucking find it (except for this one 7-Eleven where all the bottles had expired 4 months ago)
think this is part of the dewmocracy promotion, which the united states enjoyed many years ago but is only now coming to canada, where we've had a very small range of mountain dew products to choose from. the four flavours available are: white out, supernova, code red, and voltage. i think code red is a proven winner and i'd welcome its introduction to the canadian market, but white out was an unexpected treat (it's available in the united states, although i've never seen it, and in japan), an overacidic citrus crispness that has an artificial flavour profile closer to what would be produced by dissolving a handful of sugarcubes in a bottle of fresca. also, it's white.
i'm not sure if passing its expiry date would harm it. it might be a bit flat. i'm a fan of the sticky flatness and brown sugary sort of character of expired coke zero.
― dylannn, Thursday, 18 April 2013 06:42 (eleven years ago) link
I learned once from Wikipedia™ that in Canada, soda that isn't brown can't have caffeine in it, so Mtn Dew is caffeine-free in Canada.
― HIGH-FIVES TO ALL MY COWORKERS AT THE QBERT SEX SWING (silby), Thursday, 18 April 2013 06:45 (eleven years ago) link
plz confirm/deny
no. i am going to explain this from memory so, if i have some facts wrong, forgive me.
mountain dew didn't have caffeine in its canadian product for a long time. they tried to put it in and couldn't get the recipe approved, because... yeah, something to do with cola having caffeine and nothing else having caffeine, except stuff labeled as an energy drink (like, ther was red bull in our 7-11 coolers while mountain dew still had no caffeine). mountain dew said it was necessary and was a flavour additive and should be allowed.
now, mountain dew has caffeine in it in canada.
― dylannn, Thursday, 18 April 2013 06:50 (eleven years ago) link
Did this upset anyone?
― fucking Telstra (silby), Thursday, 18 April 2013 06:52 (eleven years ago) link
much adew about nothing
― ice cr?mated (Autumn Almanac), Thursday, 18 April 2013 06:54 (eleven years ago) link
no, it did not. soda drinkers in canada found the rule a bit strange. the change was made quietly and i'm not sure anyone noticed except die hard mountain dew drinkers, which we have fewer of in canada.
― dylannn, Thursday, 18 April 2013 06:55 (eleven years ago) link
it's childish to be upset by what is necessary
― j., Thursday, 18 April 2013 06:56 (eleven years ago) link
that's one way to put it.
― dylannn, Thursday, 18 April 2013 07:01 (eleven years ago) link
right now i'm really into
the loaded lux vs. calicoe battle.
― dylannn, Thursday, 18 April 2013 07:04 (eleven years ago) link
I learned once from Wikipedia™ that in Canada, soda that isn't brown can't have caffeine in it
I don't think there's a law but in the UK caffeinated sodas are generally brown (plus Irn Bru but that's a category of its own) (plus energy drinks now but they come in distinctively-labelled cans rather than bottles)
so I was surprised when I went to the US and wanted a cold drink but since it was 10pm I didn't want to confuse my jetlagged bodyclock further with caffeine, so I bought an orange-flavoured soda rather than a Coke from the motel drinks machine, and then realised it was also caffeinated, as were all the other sodas in the machine
fruit-flavoured sodas are just not caffeinated here (Dr Pepper claims it is fruit-flavoured but it is a) brown b) mostly tastes of not-quite-cola so it doesn't count)
― susuwatari teenage riot (a passing spacecadet), Thursday, 18 April 2013 09:50 (eleven years ago) link
I found the white mountain dew!! I have been searching for non-diet Fresca for a v long time ever since they took Citra off the market like a decade and a half ago (they have Fanta Grapefruit which iirc is actually the same thing, but not available on the east coast, as well as a few other inferior bevs). It was very good but it had too much OG mtn dew taste for my liking. I could see myself buying it again though.
Also yeah 4mos expired wd be a v flat beverage.
― hoda nkotb (Stevie D(eux)), Thursday, 18 April 2013 16:58 (eleven years ago) link
I don't think there's a Fresca with actual sugar, is there? I thought it was always a nutrasweet beverage
― Dr. Adorbius (mh), Thursday, 18 April 2013 16:59 (eleven years ago) link
that's exactly the problem ;_; R.I.P. Citrahttp://www.virtualvender.coca-cola.com/ft/images/products/htmgHtml147.jpg
― hoda nkotb (Stevie D(eux)), Thursday, 18 April 2013 17:03 (eleven years ago) link
I am into
wok
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 18 April 2013 17:35 (eleven years ago) link
wok it, girlfriend.
― hoda nkotb (Stevie D(eux)), Thursday, 18 April 2013 17:52 (eleven years ago) link
i shouldn't have promoted white out as being similar to a sugared fresca. the flavour profile is far closer to mountain dew or cheap powdered lemonade or malic acid coated sour keys than the subtle grapefruit saccharine of fresca.
i feel like you want a sugary grapefruit soda. have you ever had mirinda grapefruit? how about ting grapefruit? i was going to ask about wink but then i looked it up and it was discontinued in 2004 or went through a rebranding and now exists under a name i've never come across.
― dylannn, Thursday, 18 April 2013 19:25 (eleven years ago) link
I love Squirt but it's not at all the same
you should try (lol) "neuro bliss" which has a taste I cannot quite describe but definitely has a citrus tinge: http://drinkneuro.com/products/bliss
― Dr. Adorbius (mh), Thursday, 18 April 2013 19:46 (eleven years ago) link
I don't think there is non-diet Fresca just like there's no non-diet TAB.
― Airwrecka Bliptrap Blapmantis (ENBB), Thursday, 18 April 2013 19:47 (eleven years ago) link
God, I love Fresca but I always forget about it. I love TAB too but I never forget about that.
I can never remember what Fresca actually tastes like because nutrasweet gives me a nasty headache so I never have it.
― Dr. Adorbius (mh), Thursday, 18 April 2013 20:00 (eleven years ago) link
It is light, citris-y and refreshing. Also, grapefruit but not at all bitter.
― Airwrecka Bliptrap Blapmantis (ENBB), Thursday, 18 April 2013 20:02 (eleven years ago) link
local history~ghost tours~ (related)reading bad reviews of new ben elton showsorange dark chocolate
― we're up all night to eat biscuits (Autumn Almanac), Monday, 29 April 2013 11:05 (ten years ago) link
music that is fun and playful but still engaging/not disposable or novel (e.g. Deerhoof, Pavement, Mouse on Mars, Mu, The B-52's, etc)
― siouxsan sarandon (Stevie D(eux)), Tuesday, 30 April 2013 19:45 (ten years ago) link
I'm really into cacao nibs right now, so much so that I carry a little bag with me
― flamboyant goon tie included, Tuesday, 30 April 2013 21:35 (ten years ago) link
like you just eat them plain? I imagine it would be like crunchy unsweetened cocoa powder.
― siouxsan sarandon (Stevie D(eux)), Tuesday, 30 April 2013 21:42 (ten years ago) link
i dunno how you do it, goon -- to me they're like crunching on broken cocoa-flavored teeth
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 30 April 2013 21:44 (ten years ago) link
fig balsamic cream vinegar & club soda on the rocks . alt comics cbrz/ buying anthologies GameCenter CXcaptvty.fr, software to download french tv shows.recycling some old ideas
― Sébastien, Tuesday, 30 April 2013 22:45 (ten years ago) link
PestoThe color yellowShamelessSunshineWearing sandals because IT'S SO DAMN NICE OUTSIDEYoung GalaxyDid I mention pesto? I want to eat it all the time.
― Airwrecka Bliptrap Blapmantis (ENBB), Wednesday, 1 May 2013 20:43 (ten years ago) link
maps legendsLaCroix waterTrader Joe's dark chocolateshoegazer revivalmountain biking
― I will forlornly return to my home planet soon (dandydonweiner), Wednesday, 1 May 2013 20:46 (ten years ago) link
"19" by Paul Hardcastle
― siouxsan sarandon (Stevie D(eux)), Wednesday, 1 May 2013 20:49 (ten years ago) link
I love the la croix coconut one.
― Airwrecka Bliptrap Blapmantis (ENBB), Wednesday, 1 May 2013 20:50 (ten years ago) link
I.... I mix them with goji berries and raw almonds. Why do I feel shameful in admitting this
― flamboyant goon tie included, Wednesday, 1 May 2013 23:40 (ten years ago) link
I also do hot yoga, sorry guys
no shame: that's how I first came across them, in almost the exact same trail mix :)
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 1 May 2013 23:41 (ten years ago) link
pulling weedshiking
― Aimless, Wednesday, 1 May 2013 23:42 (ten years ago) link
genmaicha milk tea
― clouds, Friday, 3 May 2013 17:09 (ten years ago) link
interests vmic
― siouxsan sarandon (Stevie D(eux)), Friday, 3 May 2013 18:03 (ten years ago) link
my new woktacosaustralian true crimebok choy
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 3 May 2013 18:05 (ten years ago) link
Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengerspizzavodkanew delay pedal
― Tarfumes The Escape Goat, Friday, 3 May 2013 18:08 (ten years ago) link
cooking from david thompsons 'thai food'reading 'light years'sun sun sun finally
― just sayin, Friday, 3 May 2013 18:09 (ten years ago) link
cooking from david thompsons 'thai food'
jealous!
― siouxsan sarandon (Stevie D(eux)), Friday, 3 May 2013 18:14 (ten years ago) link
dzhokhar alwayssiamese plantsgoogle plusmiami base
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Friday, 3 May 2013 18:16 (ten years ago) link
watching recent simpsons episodes that got good reviews
― great wallogina (Autumn Almanac), Friday, 3 May 2013 22:11 (ten years ago) link
― siouxsan sarandon (Stevie D(eux))
:D
also joseph losey movies
― clouds, Saturday, 4 May 2013 02:39 (ten years ago) link
russian literature (chekhov, gogol, tolstoy... i've burned out on dostoevsky he is a bummer.)kombuchaposting on ilxreading, but not posting, on the rolling metal thread, frustrated that i don't actually enjoy listening to metal music because it seems like a cool thing to know about... a lot of minutiae.
― rock 'em sock 'em (Treeship), Saturday, 4 May 2013 02:42 (ten years ago) link
the weathermy partnerwork
― resulting paste of mashed cheez poops (silby), Tuesday, 7 May 2013 06:22 (ten years ago) link
vinegar in/on everything (food, toilet, etc.)
― quincie, Tuesday, 7 May 2013 14:30 (ten years ago) link
reading, but not posting, on the rolling metal thread, frustrated that i don't actually enjoy listening to metal music because it seems like a cool thing to know about... a lot of minutiae.
YES. Reading old metal threads on ILX and Metal Archives is basically all I'm into right now.
― lazulum, Tuesday, 7 May 2013 14:58 (ten years ago) link