LizzieMaine
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One reason 7up was recommended for babies was that, until 1948, it contained a generous dose of lithium. Keeps the little buggers settled right down.
One reason 7up was recommended for babies was that, until 1948, it contained a generous dose of lithium. Keeps the little buggers settled right down.
One reason 7up was recommended for babies was that, until 1948, it contained a generous dose of lithium. Keeps the little buggers settled right down.
The lithium was actually a big selling point -- in addition to settling down the baby, it made the drink a very popular hangover remedy and a weight-loss nostrum to boot. "Hospital Use" indeed.
There were quite a few products sold over the counter in the Era that were laced with lithium -- notably the popular fizzy laxative Sal Hepatica -- and they were widely abused until the FDA finally got around to banning the substance from consumer products.
Me too, but I'd almost tolerate it if I could get ham, eggs and coffee for a quarter.I really hate all those places that sell fake 7up.
...Our neighborhood drugstore had a very active fountain when I was a kid, and I'd stop in there every day on the way home from school for a mixed-in-the-glass Coke. To this day I prefer fountain Coke to the bottled kind.
I guess I'm too young, or we never had them here in my neck of the woods... I've never had a true fountain drink.
Rob
I think the reason a properly prepared fountain Coke is so good is because Coke had and still has rigid specifications for how it's to be served -- it has to be at a temperature of exactly 34 degrees, no more, no less. Not all fountains today enforce that as strictly as they could, but McDonald's does -- and I think a McDonald's Coke is the best Coke you're ever going to get. Say what you will about the Clown, but he does that right.
One thing I didn't like about the fountain experience as a kid, though, was the paper straws. They were cheap, skinny things that collapsed after the first few sucks, and left you with a taste of damp cellulose in your mouth before the glass was empty. Rarely could I get thru a single serving without going thru two or three straws. I see paper straws making a comeback now, and I'll be interested to see if this flaw has been corrected.
I guess I'm too young, or we never had them here in my neck of the woods... I've never had a true fountain drink.
Rob