that's true
that's true
Do, or do not. There is no try. - Yoda
Because you chose a career in educationOriginally Posted by qimissung
What is "root beer"? - I've never really been hip to this beverage, it's just some arcane reference in American texts to me. I guess it could be jolly old ginger beer, but root beer could be anything, like parsnips or spuds or mandrake maybe... And yeah, like I'd never heard of a Twinky until Ghost Busters. I asked my Sister in Law what it was, (she's from Indiana) and she said it was a disgusting chemical concoction designed for the corruption of American youth. Well that sorted out my Twinky problem, but what is "root beer"....?
Your sister-in-law is technically correct, but as is often the case, Twinkies are as good as they are not good for you.
Root beer is my personal favorite soda, especially the genuine naturally-flavored stuff (as opposed to artificially-flavored mass-market) when I can get some. From Wikipedia:
There are hundreds of root beer brands in the United States, produced in every U.S. state.[1] It is a flavor almost exclusive to North America, yet there are a few brands from other nations around the world, such as the UK, the Philippines, and Thailand where the flavor often varies considerably from the typical North American drink.[2] There is no standardized recipe. The primary ingredient, artificial sassafras flavoring, is complemented with other flavors. Common flavorings are vanilla, wintergreen, cherry tree bark, licorice root, sarsaparilla root, nutmeg, acacia, anise, molasses, cinnamon, clove, and honey.
A similar soft drink, sarsaparilla, was popular in cowboy days, and can still be found in some stores as an alt-soda.
Barq's has 2 major differences from root beer: No head, which root beer has, and caffeine, which no root beer has. It's basically a sort-of-root-beer-flavored cola, and not even very good.
Last edited by Calidore; 08-21-2013 at 09:49 AM.
You must be the change you wish to see in the world. -- Mahatma Gandhi
Many thanks for broadening my horizons Calidor. However now I know what root beer is, can you describe to me what sassafras flavoured beer tastes like?I know what all the other flavourings taste like, but if they need to make it taste of all that other stuff, it must be pretty bad!
Dang, people stop assuming.
Do, or do not. There is no try. - Yoda
people are so unsettling. Why can't I just stay in my triangle?
I hope death is joyful, and I hope I'll never return -Frida Khalo
If I seem insensitive to what you are going through, understand it's the way I am- Mr. Spock
Personally, I think that the unique and supreme delight lies in the certainty of doing 'evil'–and men and women know from birth that all pleasure lies in evil. - Baudelaire
I miss it all
"He is asleep. Though his mettle was sorely tried,
He lived, and when he lost his angel, died.
It happened calmly, on its own,
The way the night comes when day is done."
I don't like to use the phrase "The fact that...." to start a sentence. It's a bad habit that just flows into my speech but it bothers me because I feel like I need evidence to back up what I'm saying. Wah.
For I have known them all already, known them all:
Have known the evenings, mornings, afternoons,
I have measured out my life with coffee spoons;
I know the voices dying with a dying fall
Beneath the music from a farther room.
So how should I presume?Eliot
Heathcliff returns!
Hope you and your family has been well!
~
"It is not that I am mad; it is only that my head is different from yours.”
~
I don't like it very much either, for similar reasons. Then again, I prefer using the fact that to using in point of fact. I even find it hard to believe that I wrote it for the first time in my life, but it's just to stand my ground on why I dislike it. It sounds so overly conceited to my ear, as though someone were trying to present themselves as a steadfast scholar all day long. Yech!
I don't curse, but right now I kinda want too. A teacher wants to be my tutor regarding my BA thesis and I have to write a research question and a skeleton for a meeting. I am not sure I'm ready...I don't like meeting new people AND I have no idea howto work on my question. FFFFFF
I hope death is joyful, and I hope I'll never return -Frida Khalo
If I seem insensitive to what you are going through, understand it's the way I am- Mr. Spock
Personally, I think that the unique and supreme delight lies in the certainty of doing 'evil'–and men and women know from birth that all pleasure lies in evil. - Baudelaire
Beware of the troll
everyday is tuesday. I just needed to say that
Last edited by cacian; 08-28-2013 at 03:57 PM.
it may never try
but when it does it sigh
it is just that
good
it fly
my son is with his dad all weekend, I hope it's not bad to say I have been waiting for a night of white wine and reading.
I hope death is joyful, and I hope I'll never return -Frida Khalo
If I seem insensitive to what you are going through, understand it's the way I am- Mr. Spock
Personally, I think that the unique and supreme delight lies in the certainty of doing 'evil'–and men and women know from birth that all pleasure lies in evil. - Baudelaire
I dislike work especially at 1:30 in the morning.
Do, or do not. There is no try. - Yoda
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