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Skriven 2016-01-12 09:11:17 av Dave Drum (1:18/200)
     Kommentar till en text av NANCY BACKUS
Ärende: Caffiene was:sugar Coke
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-=> NANCY BACKUS wrote to DAVE DRUM <=-

 DD> I know - I've been trying to find a store that has Peach Fresca - HAH!
 DD> Co'Cola's 800 line says they still make it and (listing of stores)
 DD> carry it. Double HAH! I told the nice lady on the other end of the
 DD> phone that while their records might say that those stores, in past,
 DD> have stocked Peach Fresca that I had visited each of them within the
 DD> preceding fortnight - with no luck.

 NB> And did she have any other suggestions on how to find it...?  I'd guess
 NB> that one might find it as one of the choices in those Red Coke Machine
 NB> computer soda fountains... I'll try to remember to check the one at
 NB> Wegmans next shopping day... Also available at Five Guys hamburger
 NB> shops, at least around here....  The machine has raspberry Coke along
 NB> with lots of other choices...  ;)

Our 5 Guys is in the local big shopping maul - so, I've not been there. I've 
seen the super dispenser deals at the newly remodelled Burger Whops. 
Personally I enjoy Coke Zero. If that isn't available I'll get lemonade or 
raspberry tea.

 NB>>> Nice...  I don't know of any old-fashioned soda fountains around
 NB>>> here... let alone one that would carry the sugared...

 DD>> You can do your own soda fountain -- get a Soda Stream

 NB>> Last I knew, there isn't a Cherry Coke syrup available for that.....

 DD> Well, no. Probably not - you have to do it like the soda jerk does it.
 DD> Ice, a squirt of cherry (or vanilla, lemon, chocolate, etc.) syrup
 DD> then the Co' Cola on top of that.

 NB> I suppose that could work...  I trust that the CocaCola syrup is the
 NB> caffeinated variety and not decaf... the caffeine is part of my pain
 NB> management regime, and I've been trying to figure out some way to get
 NB> the dosage of that despite cutting back on the HFCS of my favored
 NB> Cherry Coke... And coffee isn't an option, being the other food thing
 NB> besides apples I'm actually allergic to...

Have you considered NoDoz (http://www.nodoz.com/) According to their web site 
"Each NoDoz Alertness Aid has 200mg of caffeine, about the same amount of 
caffeine as a cup of coffee"
 
 DD>> Their programme is one of the better ones I have seen. There is no
 DD>> physical card - they track you via the phone number you gave when you
 DD>> signed up. And if you have enough "reward points" to do anything with
 DD>> the cashier will ask if you want to use them on that transaction.
 NB>> They ask for the phone number when you cash out...?  Sounds like it's
 NB>> a fairly user-friendly program... :)

 DD> Yes'm. Just like K-Mart. And at both if there are enough points to
 DD> redeem the cashier asks if you'd like to apply the reward to the
 DD> current purchase.

 NB> Another place I rarely go, so hadn't bothered even noticing that they
 NB> had a rewards program now...

I shop K-Mart frequently. It's near to me, I was on the opening staff for that 
particular location over 40 years ago, and they generally have acceptable 
pricing on things I need. Walgreens is one that I use because my Part D 
prescription insurance has a lower co-pay there (part of the United Health 
Care network of pharmacies) and my former favourite family pharmacy isn't in 
that network. I may begin to visit CVS some since they have dropped all 
tobacco products - which goes a long way toward atoning for what they did to 
piss me off those many years ago. They also have a "rewards" (loyalty) program 
-- as do nearly all major retailers. I sign up - even if I don't ever cash in 
the "reward points" to get money off of merchandise. I figure that if I don't 
I am leaving money on the table/spending more than necessary.

MMMMM----- Recipe via Meal-Master (tm) v8.06

      Title: Masala Chai
 Categories: Beverages, Herbs, Dairy
      Yield: 4 servings

      4    Whole cloves
      2    Cardamom pods
      1    Cinnamon stick; broken in
           - pieces
      3 c  Water
    1/4 ts Ground ginger
    1/8 ts Fresh ground black pepper
    1/2 c  Milk
      2 tb Granulated sugar
      2 tb Black tea *

  In a mortar, crush the cloves, cardamom pods and cinnamon.
  Transfer the crushed spices to a small saucepan, add the
  water, ginger and pepper and bring to a boil. Remove the
  pan from the heat, cover and let steep for 5 minutes. Add
  the milk and sugar to the pan and bring to a boil. Remove
  from the heat and add the tea. Cover and let steep for 3
  minutes. Stir the chai, strain it into a warmed teapot or
  directly into teacups.

  * Decaffeinated teas generally do not have the robust
  flavor that chai needs.

  Serves: 4

  RECIPE FROM: http://www.recipelink.com

  Uncle Dirty Dave's Archives

MMMMM

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