Date:  Mon, 27 Mar 1995 02:00:00 LCL

From:  "M. Lynne Murphy" <104LYN[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]MUSE.ARTS.WITS.AC.ZA>

Subject: Re: creme soda



> I had exactly the opposite experience after moving to New England. I bought a

> can of creme soda began to drink it, and yccch, what is this stuff? How can

> anyone drink it? To me red pop in the form of Barq's Creme soda is the real

> thing because that's my frame of reference. I'm surprised you couldn't find

> Vernor's since that brand of soft drink was sold in southern Ohio. I remember

> Vernor's ginger ale.--Yvette



just to give this a broader perspective, in south africa, creme soda

is BRIGHT green (and carries warnings about the coloring agent--

tartrazine(sp?)). i suspect it glows in the dark. i'm afraid to

taste it, but hear it's sweeeeeeeeeet.



lynne

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