Gamer Interview - MightierToaster - Page 4

beta angel · #31 November 3rd, 2009, 09:16 AM

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That has to be against the law somehow... and not because of any customs regulations...

Hmm...i'll have to find out what health code violations will be broken by shipping a solidified gelatinous cheese-flavored goo via the mail.

Pedle Zelnip · #32 November 5th, 2009, 01:51 AM

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Originally Posted by beta angel

Oh, definitely. The fact that you folks use that crazy sugar in your coca-cola is nuts, too.

There's no sugar in Coke in the US? That's just wrong....

Funny thing about soda pops in Canada: until fairly recently (within the last few years) it was actually illegal for soft drink manufacturers to add caffeine to pops. So there was a time when in the US a can of Mountain Dew would containe at least as much caffeine as a can of Coke, but in Canada the can of Mountain Dew was actually caffeine free.

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Originally Posted by beta angel

I'm so tempted to ship you a brick of Velveeta.

You'll open it up and look at it and literally say "What the **** am I supposed to do with this?"

It's like solidified cheez whiz.

Mmmm, Cheez whiz, the SPAM of the dairy world.

MightierToaster · #33 November 5th, 2009, 03:28 AM

Mailing cheese is legal with the continental U.S., I would know

Yushir0 · #34 November 5th, 2009, 07:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Pedle Zelnip

There's no sugar in Coke in the US? That's just wrong....

I don't think that's what he meant. Maybe Canada uses a different kind of sugar? Seems like I heard that somewhere once. Coke definitely has sugar in the US. Pretty sure it's in the form of "high fructose corn syrup," which some health nuts claim is the cause of all of society's problems.

BlackMagik · #35 November 5th, 2009, 07:50 AM

Until recently, some soda manufactuers in the U.S. were using Splenda type sugars in even the regular products, this leading to a funny after taste. I could be wrong---maybe I just dreamt it---but I remember when I would buy the normal Coke and think this taste like a diet drink. They have since went back I believe.

beta angel · #36 November 5th, 2009, 09:24 AM

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Originally Posted by Yushir0

I don't think that's what he meant. Maybe Canada uses a different kind of sugar? Seems like I heard that somewhere once. Coke definitely has sugar in the US. Pretty sure it's in the form of "high fructose corn syrup," which some health nuts claim is the cause of all of society's problems.

No, that's exactly what I meant.

High Fructose Corn Syrup is different then pure sugar, which is what's used in coca-cola in Canada and Mexico.

I, of course, don't give a rat's ass about societys problems with HFCS, but it's not the same as sugar.

Yushir0 · #37 November 6th, 2009, 09:00 AM

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Originally Posted by beta angel

No, that's exactly what I meant.

High Fructose Corn Syrup is different then pure sugar, which is what's used in coca-cola in Canada and Mexico.

I, of course, don't give a rat's ass about societys problems with HFCS, but it's not the same as sugar.

Well then, technically, HFCS is a type of sugar - but I do agree that it's not real "cane sugar" (and I think chemists would agree too). I though that was what you meant. I really didn't know that they used "real" sugar in Canada and Mexico. No wonder the Coke is better when you're on vacation. The Coca-Cola is better, too.

Didn't Pepsi have something called "Throwback" for awhile this summer? I think I read that it had "real" sugar in it, probably as opposed to HFCS. Never got around to trying it, but I'd take cane sugar over HFCS any day.

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Originally Posted by BlackMagik

I could be wrong---maybe I just dreamt it---but I remember when I would buy the normal Coke and think this taste like a diet drink. They have since went back I believe.

Reminds me of "New Coke" back in the 80s. Tasted like crap! Bigger flop than Crystal Pepsi - which I really liked. Didn't taste like Pepsi, but it was different than all the other "clear" sodas.

Pedle Zelnip · #38 November 6th, 2009, 01:35 PM

I'm actually not sure that Coke in Canada is real sugar or not. There's a "hippie" brand of pop up here called Blue Sky that advertises itself as being a "natural alternative to the big name brands" as it uses 100% cane sugar.

MightierToaster · #39 November 8th, 2009, 09:02 PM

Pepsi released some throwback pops a while back that used real cane sugar. I really only tasted a marginal difference.

kellydee · #40 November 9th, 2009, 02:52 PM

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Originally Posted by MightierToaster

Mailing cheese is legal with the continental U.S., I would know

Is it really? why?
May be a dumb question but my inquiring mind wants to know now.