Vaaht da... Kosher Coke?

[underpants]

Oy vey!


Kosher-for-Passover Coke is made with sugar -- not corn syrup -- just like in the old days. And that's why many true Coca-Cola fans stock up during the Jewish holiday. NPR's Linda Wertheimer talks about the difference in taste with Ralph Roberts, co-author of Classic Cooking with Coca-Cola.

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1832301

[Rabrrrrrr]

1. I bet it tastes a lot better!

I think we need a governmental crackdown on the use of corn sugar, esp. high fructose corn syrup. It seems like it's in almost fucking everything, from soda to breads to sausages to fruit drinks...

And it's fucking awful bad for you stuff.

Though really what we need to do is make a big push to get people to stop buying processed foods and start buying natural ones (fruits, veggies, meats) that they actually have to get off their goddamn fat lazy asses and cook, for Christ's sake, and not just open a box and microwave for five minutes and voila, a salisbury steak dinner with gravy, mashed potatoes, corn, and a little desert in the corner that slides around and is so goddamn hot because you have to cook it four more minutes than you need to get the goddamn salisbury steak heated all the way through that it's like a nuclear fucking furnace when you bring it up to your mouth because of course with the desert right there in front of you you aren't gonna wait until you eat the whole meal first, no, you're gonna go straight for the fucking peach cobbler and burn your fucking lips, and the whole meal, because it was in a box, is 1500 calories, has three day's worth of salt, 16 weeks worth of high fructose corn syrup, preservatives, probably MSG, too, and God only knows what else, where if you cooked it yourself from scratch you would have save $1.50 and be getting all natural good foods at maybe 1000 calories, though maybe still 1500, but at least they won't be empty calories that rot your gut and your teeth and cause you medical problems.

[dolo amber]

2. It tastes awesome

We just finished up a 6-pack...I'm gonna get more today. This is really the only time of year you can readily find it, so it's worth stocking up. ;) :9

[LaurenG]

4. And corn syrup is largely produced from

genetically modified corn. The stuff that lab mice go into organ failure over after being fed (gmo produce). :scared:

whew...
I cook from scratch so you didn't make me feel guilty this time :)

[Rabrrrrrr]

5. Whew! I'm glad I didn't make you feel guilty again for something.

:patriot:

[LaurenG]

6. aluminum foil is being wasted as we speak

but I shall not be wastful with aluminum foil ever again rabrrrrr. :patriot:

[derby378]

3. We have "Kosher Coke" all year long in Texas

Just look for the glass bottles of Coke that were bottled in Mexico. There should be an English label that indicates if the cola inside contains only sugar or if it contains corn syrup and/or sugar.

Another method is to check the ring around the neck of a 2-liter bottle. If you find a K stamped on it aside from the batch number, I think it's been certified kosher.

[TimeChaser]

8. Technically,

the K only means that it's generally Kosher, and not necessarily Kosher for Passover.

[sir_captain]

7. It sells out in NYC

in a matter of days. There's a yearly stampede to grab it.