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<blockquote data-quote="GoingNorth" data-source="post: 733203" data-attributes="member: 1963"><p>Yes, and with my family mostly being from the Chicago area, and my having lived in WI for about 13 years and started calling the stuff "soda", instead of "pop", I get the occasional weird look when I'm around family where a "soda" is a dessert type beverage made with seltzer water, flavoring syrup, and ice cream.</p><p></p><p>Oh...and my cold beverage of choice? Caffeine-free Diet Pepsi, of which I drink 3 bottles per day.</p><p></p><p>The reason all you folks around my age (late 50's) hate regular soda now when you liked it when you were young? Simple. When we were young, it had real sugar in it. Now it has high fructose corn-syrup in it.</p><p></p><p>HFCS has a very distinctive flavor to those of us who grew up with real sugar in beverages.</p><p></p><p>I was in Germany during the 80s (came home in late 92) when the switchover happened. (HFCS is banned for human consumption in most of the world; its very bad for us).</p><p></p><p>I had loved Fanta orange pop as a kid, and really loved the German version, which was less sweet and more "citrusy". When I came back stateside, they had gone to HFCS. I bought a can of Fanta orange, and nearly gagged.</p><p></p><p>Not only was it horribly sweet, but it had this weird, sort of, "Karo-ey" taste.</p><p></p><p>I stuck it out with Coke for a bit, switched to Diet Coke, and then to Diet Pepsi. Developed a caffeine intolerance and had to cut way back. So went caffeine free other than a mug of tea when i get up.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="GoingNorth, post: 733203, member: 1963"] Yes, and with my family mostly being from the Chicago area, and my having lived in WI for about 13 years and started calling the stuff "soda", instead of "pop", I get the occasional weird look when I'm around family where a "soda" is a dessert type beverage made with seltzer water, flavoring syrup, and ice cream. Oh...and my cold beverage of choice? Caffeine-free Diet Pepsi, of which I drink 3 bottles per day. The reason all you folks around my age (late 50's) hate regular soda now when you liked it when you were young? Simple. When we were young, it had real sugar in it. Now it has high fructose corn-syrup in it. HFCS has a very distinctive flavor to those of us who grew up with real sugar in beverages. I was in Germany during the 80s (came home in late 92) when the switchover happened. (HFCS is banned for human consumption in most of the world; its very bad for us). I had loved Fanta orange pop as a kid, and really loved the German version, which was less sweet and more "citrusy". When I came back stateside, they had gone to HFCS. I bought a can of Fanta orange, and nearly gagged. Not only was it horribly sweet, but it had this weird, sort of, "Karo-ey" taste. I stuck it out with Coke for a bit, switched to Diet Coke, and then to Diet Pepsi. Developed a caffeine intolerance and had to cut way back. So went caffeine free other than a mug of tea when i get up. [/QUOTE]
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