dAVe80 Posted June 24, 2021 Share Posted June 24, 2021 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted June 24, 2021 Share Posted June 24, 2021 Saw an interesting thing about Fanta the other week on YouTube about how it came from nazi Germany and something to do with the nazis not allowing an existing coca cola plant in Germany to import the syrup from the states so a salesman there came up with Fanta in order to keep a business going Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted June 25, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted June 25, 2021 I'm a Pepsi Max Cherry man myself. I drink too much of it but it at least has zero calories, even though I'm sure it's still not good for me. But I don't really drink coffee apart from the odd costa here and there and I almost never drink alcohol at home so I don't think it's too bad. I do love a fanta as a treat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted June 25, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted June 25, 2021 On 19/06/2021 at 20:26, StefanAVFC said: What about pasta water? Rice? Potatoes? I get it when cooking with products that naturally have salt or umami but with some things it's a fundamental thing and is absolutely needed. It's not about adding extra, it's about adding the right amount. If you cook without salt your food tastes shit 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Salad Posted June 25, 2021 Share Posted June 25, 2021 (edited) Only soft drink I consume is Cheerwine. Probably never heard of it in the UK, but it is quite good. Used to really pound some Mountain Dew but when I drink it now, just feel really bad afterwards. Edited June 25, 2021 by Big Salad 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blandy Posted June 25, 2021 Moderator Share Posted June 25, 2021 19 hours ago, villa4europe said: Saw an interesting thing about Fanta the other week on YouTube about how it came from nazi Germany and something to do with the nazis not allowing an existing coca cola plant in Germany to import the syrup from the states so a salesman there came up with Fanta in order to keep a business going When I was in germany in the 80s a truck would come around once a week and deliver a crate of 12 Fanta orange bottles - kind of like the Davenport's beer at home trucks we used to get here - it was lovely stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFC_Hitz Posted June 25, 2021 Share Posted June 25, 2021 49 minutes ago, blandy said: When I was in germany in the 80s a truck would come around once a week and deliver a crate of 12 Fanta orange bottles - kind of like the Davenport's beer at home trucks we used to get here - it was lovely stuff. Talking of Germany...did anyone ever try Schwip Schwap? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted June 25, 2021 Share Posted June 25, 2021 (edited) 21 minutes ago, AVFC_Hitz said: Talking of Germany...did anyone ever try Schwip Schwap? Yeah its owned by Pepsi, prefer mezo mix which is owned by coca cola Not a clue how it's never made it over to the UK They've got strawberry, cherry, raspberry, lemon, lime, vanilla, cinnamon but not orange? Edited June 25, 2021 by villa4europe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bielesibub Posted June 25, 2021 Share Posted June 25, 2021 Vimto and Lemonade, god tier. Its very different to fizzy Vimto. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blandy Posted June 25, 2021 Moderator Share Posted June 25, 2021 40 minutes ago, bielesibub said: Vimto and Lemonade, god tier. Its very different to fizzy Vimto. Vimto squash - lovely. Vimto fizzy pop - meh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seat68 Posted June 25, 2021 Share Posted June 25, 2021 6 minutes ago, blandy said: Vimto squash - lovely. Vimto fizzy pop - meh. Vimto squash is the drink that sits on my bed side table every night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seat68 Posted June 25, 2021 Share Posted June 25, 2021 That and a gin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fun Factory Posted June 25, 2021 Share Posted June 25, 2021 24 minutes ago, Seat68 said: That and a gin Half a bottle of Jack Daniels in the morning and then I go off to operate heavy machinery. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted June 25, 2021 Author Share Posted June 25, 2021 3 hours ago, The Fun Factory said: Half a bottle of Jack Daniels in the morning and then I go off to operate heavy machinery. Sherry for mouthwash I hope. I think that's what Frank Skinner got to at his lowest. Not the mouthwash use but drinking sherry in the morning when he woke up. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted June 25, 2021 Author Share Posted June 25, 2021 6 hours ago, villa4europe said: Yeah its owned by Pepsi, prefer mezo mix which is owned by coca cola Not a clue how it's never made it over to the UK They've got strawberry, cherry, raspberry, lemon, lime, vanilla, cinnamon but not orange? So it is Cola and fizzy orange? Sounds nice! Mind you, i've got a bottle of blue fanta in the fridge - mystery flavour! Could be domestos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted June 25, 2021 Share Posted June 25, 2021 (edited) 5 minutes ago, Xela said: So it is Cola and fizzy orange? Sounds nice! Mind you, i've got a bottle of blue fanta in the fridge - mystery flavour! Could be domestos. Yeah its basically orange flavoured cola, there's maybe 4 or 5 different big brands of it, they call it spezi My wife will go to a restaurant and order cola, lemonade and fresh orange juice in one as a drink, they also do cola beer, imagine a shandy with cola rather than lemonade, varying degrees of success, the range of "radlers" here, low alcohol fruit beers is big, again varying degrees of success, I once hugged a 2% grapefruit beer for about 90 minutes as it was vile I've seen that mystery Fanta, can't bring myself to do it Edited June 25, 2021 by villa4europe 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted June 25, 2021 Share Posted June 25, 2021 13 minutes ago, Xela said: Sherry for mouthwash I hope. I think that's what Frank Skinner got to at his lowest. Not the mouthwash use but drinking sherry in the morning when he woke up. I never knew he had a drink problem in the past tbh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted June 25, 2021 Author Share Posted June 25, 2021 7 minutes ago, Genie said: I never knew he had a drink problem in the past tbh. He had a huge drink problem. He's been 'clean' for ages now - probably late 80s / early 90s His autobiography is ace. Recommended (although its about 20 years old now) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted June 25, 2021 Author Share Posted June 25, 2021 10 minutes ago, Genie said: I never knew he had a drink problem in the past tbh. Quote from Wiki Quote Skinner stopped drinking alcohol at age 29, having become concerned when he changed from having sherry for breakfast to Pernod. He started performing stand-up comedy shortly afterwards. He has said that he has never been able to replace the "white heat of joy" he got from alcohol and that his social life has never recovered from stopping drinking. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Skinner 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genie Posted June 25, 2021 Share Posted June 25, 2021 4 minutes ago, Xela said: He had a huge drink problem. He's been 'clean' for ages now - probably late 80s / early 90s His autobiography is ace. Recommended (although its about 20 years old now) If I ever go on a relaxing holiday again I might pick it up, cheers. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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