Lemonade discussion (please respond to poll)

[IronWing]

I posted this in that other thread but I guess I need to get making some lemonade.

 

[CZroe]

Many fast-food places in the USA have Minute Made "lemonade" (a Coca-Cola fruit juice brand) in the same drink fountain as Sprite, 7-Up, Sierra Mist, etc, but it isn't carbonated and it isn't real lemonade (often 0% or 1% lemon juice). It's just a lemonade-flavored drink. If you asked for "lemonade" at Arby's you are getting this... not Sprite... and they do have Sprite. It would never ever occur to them that you were asking for Sprite since Sprite IS NOT LEMONADE.

Further adding to the confusion is that we also have juice cartons of Minute Made lemonade in the juice section of most grocery stores and that one IS real lemonade. It isn't the same as fresh-squeezed, but it is made with lemons.

I heard on This Old House that there are some lemons you can make lemonade with without sugar. But you can't have lemonade without lemons, or with seltzer.

Next you'll tell me foreigners can't tell the difference between orange juice and Orange Crush!

I know someone who routinely refers to orange drink as "orange juice." It has caused confusion and buying the wrong thing many times and yet he still keeps doing it.

Orange drink is, like, Sunny D or those gallon jugs of store brand stuff that taste like Tang. I don't know why anyone sells buys those refrigerated jugs. I mean, would you pay extra for pre-made Kool-Aid in refrigerated gallon jugs?! I wonder why they keep that stuff in the refrigerated section. They also sell Gatorade in powdered and bottled forms but it's not like they put jugs of Gatorade with the refrigerated dairy and juice products.

Cherry phosphates used to be popular here long long ago, but I don't think cherry soda is a popular beverage by itself.

I enjoy Cherry Coke from time to time. It's not available at every soda fountain but it's been around for decades and decades and never went away. I was somewhat surprised to hear that some Europeans think of it as an '80s thing:

I just ordered it from Hardee's/Carl's Jr yesterday. After reading this thread I'm craving a Cherry 7-Up.

Cheerwine!

I know a few places that offer this instead of Cherry Coke. It's OK, but not nearly as refreshing as Cherry Coke.

If I showed you guys something I think it would melt your brains.

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Meh. It's just a flavor... like strawberry-lemonade-flavor bubble gum or the soda fountain Minute Maid lemonade (non-carbonated tho' it's available in soda fountains). It's still a soft drink... NOT lemonade. Calling Sprite "lemonade" is just as weird as calling lemonade gum "lemonade." Since 7-Up without the lemonade flavor is the same flavor as Sprite, I guess that makes it lemonade-flavored lemonade to these upside-down weirdos.

See that would be a cordial, squash or juice here depends on the drink.
"...and a 'NON-CARBONATED artificial drink that tries to copy the flavor of blackcurrant' for the kid" is a bit of a mouthful when I'm getting my daughter a blackcurrent squash at the pub!

We hesitate to call it "juice" because we also sell lemon juice and it isn't meant to be consumed straight from the bottle... like RealLemon brand lemon juice. You can use it to make lemonade but it doesn't taste nearly the as good as fresh-squeezed lemonade since it was preserved in a bottle. Might as well make lemonade from a powder like Country Time if you aren't going to squeeze it.

Also, it's really watered down where only a small percentage is lemon juice. Cranberry Juice Cocktail has more cranberry in it and we often hesitated to call that "cranberry juice."

 

[balloonshark]

I had an ex-gf who's mother used to make lemonade with water, lemons, sugar and lemonade koolaid to save money.

 

[lxskllr]

I had a friend who's mother watered down the orange juice to save money. Talk about a glass full of suck. It's neither as good as nice cold fridge water *or* orange juice. OTOH, I used to buy cranberry concentrate, and I'd water that down. Makes it less intense, and cuts the sugar.

 

[WelshBloke]

...but "-ade" is not such a mouth full. Too bad Europe and Australia have ruined the meaning.

so what do you call the fizzy stuff that we call lemonade?

 

[lxskllr]

so what do you call the fizzy stuff that we call lemonade?

If it's some kind of hypersweet concoction, it's soda(or if you're missing chromosomes, pop). If it's juice cut with seltzer, it's a spritzer.

 

[Ken g6]

so what do you call the fizzy stuff that we call lemonade?

Technically, "lemon-lime soda".

Practically, we call it by a brand name. Usually Sprite, but there's also Mist Twist, 7-Up, or Mountain Dew if you want caffeine and orange juice mixed in.

 

[nakedfrog]

I enjoy Cherry Coke from time to time. It's not available at every soda fountain but it's been around for decades and decades and never went away. I was somewhat surprised to hear that some Europeans think of it as an '80s thing:


I just ordered it from Hardee's/Carl's Jr yesterday. After reading this thread I'm craving a Cherry 7-Up.


I know a few places that offer this instead of Cherry Coke. It's OK, but not nearly as refreshing as Cherry Coke.

Yeah, but I don't think that would be a reasonable equivalent of "Cherryade" since it's cola with added cherry flavor, not a primarily cherry-flavored soda.
I don't specifically remember exactly what Cherry 7-Up tastes like, other than "not good".

 

[Lost_in_the_HTTP]

 

[BurnItDwn]

Cheerwine is regional, and very popular within the regions where its sold.

 

[CZroe]

so what do you call the fizzy stuff that we call lemonade?

Soft drink.

Technically, "lemon-lime soda".

Practically, we call it by a brand name. Usually Sprite, but there's also Mist Twist, 7-Up, or Mountain Dew if you want caffeine and orange juice mixed in.

Yes. The flavor is literally printed in the label.

Coke / Pepsi is Cola flavor soft drink

Sprite / 7-Up / Sierra Mist is Lemon-Lime flavor soft drink

Mountain Dew / Mello-Yello is Citrus flavor

A generic name for the flavor in Dr. Pepper / Mr. PiBB / PiBB Xtra is complicated due to legal issues but most would call it Pepper flavor. Dr. Pepper called it "blend of 23 flavors" and Coke calls it "Spicy Cherry" flavor.

 

[Ichinisan]

so what do you call the fizzy stuff that we call lemonade?

Sprite? Sierra Mist? 7-Up? Mountain Dew (a stretch)? It depends on what is being offered. There really isn't a generic term for the clear sugary soda. "Cola" can refer to Coca-Cola, Pepsi Cola, RC Cola, and all the generics. There is no generic term for Sprite / 7-Up / etc. If there was, it wouldn't be "lemonade." No way.

 

[s0me0nesmind1]

I've also heard in some places you can call someone a see you next thursday without people getting butt-hurt to the point of wanting a physical fight.

 

[Sgt. York]

Huh?

 

[IronWing]

Soft drink Pop.

fixed

 

[IronWing]

Huh?

His hemorrhoids are acting up.

 

[Greenman]

Huh?

Almost certainly.

 

[IronWing]

Almost certainly.

Agreed.

 

[CZroe]

Sprite? Sierra Mist? 7-Up? Mountain Dew (a stretch)? It depends on what is being offered. There really isn't a generic term for the clear sugary soda. "Cola" can refer to Coca-Cola, Pepsi Cola, RC Cola, and all the generics. There is no generic term for Sprite / 7-Up / etc. If there was, it wouldn't be "lemonade." No way.

No, it's called Lemon-Lime flavor.

Not "lemonade," of course, but it still has a name.

 

[BudAshes]

Huh?

C U Next Thursday? That's the closest I could come up with.

 

[snoopy7548]

C U Next Thursday? That's the closest I could come up with.

You forgot the K; it's silent.

 

[WelshBloke]

Sprite? Sierra Mist? 7-Up? Mountain Dew (a stretch)? It depends on what is being offered. There really isn't a generic term for the clear sugary soda. "Cola" can refer to Coca-Cola, Pepsi Cola, RC Cola, and all the generics. There is no generic term for Sprite / 7-Up / etc. If there was, it wouldn't be "lemonade." No way.

Sprite isn't really same as lemonade over here. Sprite is sweeter and not that lemony.

 

[CZroe]

Sprite isn't really same as lemonade over here. Sprite is sweeter and not that lemony.

...and it's carbonated.
...and it doesn't have any lemon.
...and it's just another artificially-flavored soft drink.

The line's a bit thicker than that. If it isn't you guys are doing lemonade wrong!

 

[Ichinisan]

Sprite isn't really same as lemonade over here. Sprite is sweeter and not that lemony.

Sprite isn't lemonade because it's Sprite, not lemonade.

 

[WelshBloke]

Sprite isn't lemonade because it's Sprite, not lemonade.

Well yeah, that's the same here.