tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post113508762568889897..comments2023-11-02T05:09:48.607-05:00Comments on PURE FLORIDA: Do They Do This In Manhattan?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger31125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post-1150917323370826502006-06-21T14:15:00.000-05:002006-06-21T14:15:00.000-05:00ha ha ha I do this on my break at work every day a...ha ha ha I do this on my break at work every day and people are always coming in and asking me "what the heck are you doing?" I didn't even know it was a southern thing until my mom told me so a couple years ago.MinorcanMeteorolgisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17095923117456588424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post-1137614188239845882006-01-18T14:56:00.000-05:002006-01-18T14:56:00.000-05:00Astonishingly, I mentioned this taste treat to my ...Astonishingly, I mentioned this taste treat to my boss, who is a good old boy from Louisiana, and he instantly knew what I was talking about, confessing that he had partaken of this many times as a youth. (Too many carbs for him now.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post-1135373916102761222005-12-23T16:38:00.000-05:002005-12-23T16:38:00.000-05:00Rick,True,true.That Scout would probably go for a ...Rick,<BR/>True,true.<BR/>That Scout would probably go for a pretty penny nowadays.R.Powershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04905593499136090763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post-1135373701273642402005-12-23T16:35:00.000-05:002005-12-23T16:35:00.000-05:00peanuts in your coke convinent for those who shift...peanuts in your coke convinent for those who shift gears while drinking coke with p-nuts.All should try it at least once its great.Kevin almost forgot about the Datsun. FC your scout look-a-like is still there but not for saleAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post-1135217147792587572005-12-21T21:05:00.000-05:002005-12-21T21:05:00.000-05:00Hick,Sorry Nerd Boy doesn't like peanuts...that pu...Hick,<BR/>Sorry Nerd Boy doesn't like peanuts...that puts a damper on this treat. Of course you'll give it a try?<BR/><BR/>ThunderD,<BR/>I usually upload from Picasa rather than use the blogger photo upload button. Just seems smoother and relatively trouble free. Yes, you should post again, it's been a week or so...<BR/><BR/>Rurality,<BR/>Definitely it has to be a cola, but it would taste good with any brand. RC and a moon pie are standard complementary foods in the south too.R.Powershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04905593499136090763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post-1135209400648922072005-12-21T18:56:00.000-05:002005-12-21T18:56:00.000-05:00Everybody in Alabama has heard of this. But I don...Everybody in Alabama has heard of this. But I don't think people do it as often as they used to.<BR/><BR/>I was thinking that it had to be an RC, but maybe that's just with Moon Pies.Ruralityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06616461213179182660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post-1135181974373097982005-12-21T11:19:00.000-05:002005-12-21T11:19:00.000-05:00FC, Sorry to break the string of conversation, but...FC, Sorry to break the string of conversation, but do you ever have issues uploading images to Blogger? I hope you're sitting down, but I'm actually working on a post about brewing! Somewhat inspired by Pablo's drink of choice!<BR/><BR/>Oh yeah, back to the subject. It's got to be linked to the bottles, althoght that doesn't explain the aboration in Texas.Thunderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02451216620261659383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post-1135178164990118712005-12-21T10:16:00.000-05:002005-12-21T10:16:00.000-05:00This is so funny. I've never heard of the concoct...This is so funny. I've never heard of the concoction myself and I've lived in rural California most of my life...except when I lived in San Francisco and LA and Milwaukee (no peanut cokes there either)...but I digress...<BR/><BR/>I'm game to try it...especially after forcing Pablo to try fish tacos...what a sport.<BR/><BR/>Nerd Boy found a six pack container of glass coke bottles at the grocery yesterday and he just had to have it. He doesn't like nuts, though, so I doubt he'll try your concoction.Karen Schmautzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17882229236585238584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post-1135172911204994822005-12-21T08:48:00.000-05:002005-12-21T08:48:00.000-05:00Pablo,You young whippersnapper!Pablo,<BR/>You young whippersnapper!R.Powershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04905593499136090763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post-1135172585093960592005-12-21T08:43:00.000-05:002005-12-21T08:43:00.000-05:00Lightnin,I think what you are saying is very true....Lightnin,<BR/>I think what you are saying is very true. Just the glass bottle itself is a relic of the recent past. What I need to do is quiz my high school students when I go back to work in January.R.Powershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04905593499136090763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post-1135172548638673532005-12-21T08:42:00.000-05:002005-12-21T08:42:00.000-05:00Well, that explains why I had never heard of it!Well, that explains why I had never heard of it!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post-1135172017254239022005-12-21T08:33:00.000-05:002005-12-21T08:33:00.000-05:00FC & PabloThunder and I were just talking about th...FC & Pablo<BR/>Thunder and I were just talking about this on the phone when we came to the conclusion that it's not a geographical thing it's age! I told him the teens in the 50's & 60's were doing this before we did and that Barbara Mandrell sings about this also. I really think during the poodle skirt era is when this was started.Lightninhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02213318580937176457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post-1135171339991140752005-12-21T08:22:00.000-05:002005-12-21T08:22:00.000-05:00Pablo,I believe I have had more comments on peanut...Pablo,<BR/>I believe I have had more comments on peanuts and coke then any of my other postings.R.Powershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04905593499136090763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post-1135170299601224102005-12-21T08:04:00.000-05:002005-12-21T08:04:00.000-05:00That sage of Roundrock grew up in St. Louis, not K...That sage of Roundrock grew up in St. Louis, not Kansas City. And there is only one beverage of choice in St. Louis. (Three guesses.) I must confess that I have not seen the peanuts in the Coke bottle around KC since I've lived here the last 20 years. Maybe the swell folks at the country clubs and art museums drink this concoction. Of course, I'm astonished when Southerners tell me that Kansas City barbecue is not real barbecue. Ah, I think I'll just have another amber-colored drink!<BR/><BR/>(You know, this kind of regional, cultural conversation is really one of the wonderful things about blogging. Great stuff!)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post-1135169807302322152005-12-21T07:56:00.000-05:002005-12-21T07:56:00.000-05:00Lightnin,It was McCartneys's drug store for me. Fo...Lightnin,<BR/>It was McCartneys's drug store for me. Fountain cherry cokes where the guy squirted cherry syrup, "Is that enough", into your classic coke-shape glass before adding the coke. Thanks for the input.<BR/><BR/>ThunderD,<BR/>Interesting...if it's been seen in Kansas City, we need some input from the sage of RoundRock.R.Powershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04905593499136090763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post-1135169006358891392005-12-21T07:43:00.000-05:002005-12-21T07:43:00.000-05:00FC, It's not just a small town thing. This phenom...FC, It's not just a small town thing. This phenomenum has been witnessed in the big city of Kansas City while I was growing up! It could be a geographical thing limited to the central, south, and southeast.Thunderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02451216620261659383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post-1135167643106402232005-12-21T07:20:00.000-05:002005-12-21T07:20:00.000-05:00FC-I grew up in a small town in central Missouri, ...FC-<BR/>I grew up in a small town in central Missouri, called Sweet Springs. When I say small, it's really small....population 1700. You brought back memories of sitting in the booths at Whittsit's Drug Store and having coke and peanuts! How about cherry phosphates and lime freezes, remember those? Ahhh, the good ole days of yore! (did I really say that?) Anyway thanks for the memories...uh oh gotta go, I'm seeing visions of Bob Hope now!Lightninhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02213318580937176457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post-1135132535464014582005-12-20T21:35:00.000-05:002005-12-20T21:35:00.000-05:00Teresa,One more thing...why doesn't Tim Mcgraw eve...Teresa,<BR/>One more thing...why doesn't Tim Mcgraw ever take that hat off?R.Powershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04905593499136090763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post-1135132439541326712005-12-20T21:33:00.000-05:002005-12-20T21:33:00.000-05:00Kevin,I remember tooling around in the BAD DATSUN ...Kevin,<BR/>I remember tooling around in the BAD DATSUN with bottles rattling in the truck bed.<BR/>Also sort of remember the keg in the back, but that's another story...<BR/><BR/>Teresa,<BR/>Welcome! Thanks for stopping by. I understand it may sound gross, but you might give it a try just to see for yourself...R.Powershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04905593499136090763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post-1135131896970208732005-12-20T21:24:00.000-05:002005-12-20T21:24:00.000-05:00I have never heard of this, but I think Tim McGraw...I have never heard of this, but I think Tim McGraw makes a reference to it in one of his songs because I didn't know what he was talking about. I am from Indiana and I came to you via Kristi. <BR/><BR/>I am glad you like it. I think it sounds gross. :) Sorry.Teresahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10364007098593028149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post-1135129382281529582005-12-20T20:43:00.000-05:002005-12-20T20:43:00.000-05:00I here. Yeah, Ray Charles was my perferred "Coke"...I here. Yeah, Ray Charles was my perferred "Coke". I had a "Coke", actually a diet Pepsi and peanuts today. It was a canned drink so I didn't pour the nuts in. You're right, if it's not a glass bottle it's just not the same. There's nothing like pulling a glass bottle out of a cooler on a really hot day.<BR/><BR/>Back in high school I financed my fuel habit with returnable glass bottles. A nickel a bottle and 50 cents a gallon for gas, it didn't take too many bottles to get you around.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post-1135125661244892712005-12-20T19:41:00.000-05:002005-12-20T19:41:00.000-05:00Fatman, True southern cuisine at it's finest...or ...Fatman, <BR/>True southern cuisine at it's finest...or at least it's messiest. I had a BBQ chicken sandwich from a little roadside trailer in the Swamp area and got a thigh-leg quarter between two slices of white bread...bones and all.R.Powershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04905593499136090763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post-1135124394824769022005-12-20T19:19:00.000-05:002005-12-20T19:19:00.000-05:00Yum Strawbeery Nehi perfect perfect with a Kings R...Yum Strawbeery Nehi perfect perfect with a Kings Ribs Rib sandwich ( three spareribs, bones and all with sauce between two slices of Wonder bread)...<BR/><BR/>Had a Prof at UF who had run coke taste tests every quarter for 30 years, found out only 5% of the volunteers could tell the differance and if you tossed in RC the figure dropped to 2%. He even ran a cola vs Sprite test and only 23% could tell the differance.Richttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07137315702695507856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post-1135122561545446272005-12-20T18:49:00.000-05:002005-12-20T18:49:00.000-05:00Laura,Okay, you gotta try it before you pronounce ...Laura,<BR/>Okay, you gotta try it before you pronounce it eewwww. I used to say the same thing about Chinese food and broccoli. Now I eat both whenever I get a chance and cook Chinese every Saturday night...it's in the prenuptual agreement.<BR/>Oh, and I am so glad you are back in the blogosphere!<BR/><BR/><BR/>TonyG,<BR/>Thanks for the info...the feedback has pretty much determined that this is more of a southern thing. Surely less of it now adays with glass coke bottles being scarce. <BR/>Wow, how do you keep all those blogs going???<BR/><BR/><BR/>Swampy,<BR/>Forgot to tell you I was psychic. That is weird tho...<BR/>I confess to not being able to tell the difference between Pepsi and Co-Cola, but I hardly ever drink any soda pop anymore. Well, some of that amber kind from time to time ;)R.Powershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04905593499136090763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12006171.post-1135120861094911482005-12-20T18:21:00.000-05:002005-12-20T18:21:00.000-05:00Okay, this is strange...we were discussing this ve...Okay, this is strange...we were discussing this very topic at work today. Of course, <I>we</I> put <I>our</I> peanuts in a Pepsi, not a <I>Co-Cola</I> ;)swamp4mehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03500364141244115390noreply@blogger.com