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I wonder if the new Fresca will be good in my Pimms No. 1 Cup (currently, I am using Limonata).

Hmm...may have to try this tonight.

Sadly, I was just informed that my husband is not planning to go to the supermarket after work, thus, I shall have no Fresh 'n' New Fresca.

I can not go to the supermarket myself until I know the bigot from Nebraska--who was flogging the "I hate queers" petition this past weekend--is gone.

I fear that if I lay eyes on him again, I may go all Bilbo on his ass, and that's not the way I want to end my evening.

I'm drinking my Fresca out of an empty Limonata can. Sharon introduced me to Limonata (which I love, but that's going to have to be its own post) and Sara gave me a can of the stuff yesterday. It was the only thing on my desk clean enough to drink Fresca out of.

Anyhow, funny coincidence that you should mention Limonata.

I've never had Pimms but it sounds good.

Fresca itself has been reformulated I believe and tastes more like it did in the days of saccharine (which is a good thing). I've always liked Fresca but they made it too sweet with the aspartame. i think the new version kicks back on the sweentness and adds back some of the grapefruit which is a big plus. I thought they did add some splenda too but maybe I read the can wrong (or maybe they didn't add it to the peach which I haven't tried).

So, James, any news on a new "New Tab"?
Or am I starting an unfounded rumor? And, really, isn't that what the Internet is for?
...mmmm...Pimm's...

Ooh, I eagerly await your review of the black cherry version. Me, I'm not one to want my peaches in anything carbonated.

New Tab? Are you messin' with me, ThirdMate??

I look forward to trying peachy Fresca.

I had a 7-Up Plus today (berry), and although I think I'd like it better with a little something in it, I thought it was pretty good. I don't know if I'd buy it, but I'd more likely buy it than, say, Pepsi.

Tab redesigned its packaging a decade ago, opting for a cheerier, more cranberry can, which sparked a lot of speculation about whether they would change their flavor as well. As far as I can tell, Tab hasn't changed in thirty years, and neither has certain people's taste for Bacardi and Tab.

Tab does have nutrasweet now in addition to saccharine, and I liked it better when it was all sacc, but yeah, it's pretty much the same and I don't want them to screw with it unless said screwing includes the removal of the nutrasweet and a return to all saccharine.

My lab report on Pimm's No. Cup made with New Fresca:

Findings: too sweet

Solution: return to making Pimm's No. 1 Cup with Limonata

Much like Coke Zero is too sweet, New Fresca is too sweet. Alas and alack, I have forsook Fresca!

The new Fresca is hyper-flavored. It's sweet in a non-sugary way.

WHere do you get your Limonata?

We get Limonata at Whole Foods. Sadly most supermarkets don't carry it.

By the way Limonata mixes very well with blended scotches. Sort of like a whiskey sour.

I'll try alomst anything once. But I just don't like to mix scotch and anything. Maybe Irish whikey and limonata?

Bourbon and Limonata would probably be very good together.

Famous Grouse and Limonata. Aaaaaahhhhhhh...

I'm not talking single malt but a good blend (Dewars 12 year is excellent). I like blended scotches with soda in the summer and with limonata. Nothing else goes well with scotch (My standard relaxation drink in the summer is eitehr scotch and soda or a Seagrams VO and sprite/gingerale.

Limonataaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah

Ok, who needs a cocktail? I do!

Sorry. Gave it up as part of my new healthy lifestyle. Losing weight in a healthy way, so I'm not too sad about the departure of booze or soda.

Throw "giving up sex" in there for the trifecta and I'll be right there next to you. On the bridge. Ready to jump off. And end it all.

But, sincerely, good luck with that.

Yeah, the giving up on soda and liquor is actually intended to *enhance* the sex, so no plans to be on THAT bridge. But thanks just the same.

Hmmmmm. Didn't find the Playboy thing, but I did find this picture.

Actually, I asked to have that post deleted due to the connecting the dots that could be done.

That's me with my friend Chris when we worked together at a Boston law school. That picture is about 15 years old.

I first became aware of this picture last week wehn we were fiddling in Google at work. It's funny that it's the first picture to come up.

Note the snufalufagus on the computer monitor behind him.

I always thought was snufalupagus, until I just looked it up.

I thought it was Snufalupaguas as well. Must be all that mumbling through the costume.

Brian, if alcohol and soda were interfering with your sex life, you were using them wrong. And if that is the case, I can see why you would want to adopt extreme measures to rectify the situation.

But we're already dangerously close to TMI on this subject.

So you are saying that I shouldn't mention that I've taken up wearing Santa suits for the same reason? ;-)

You almost made me spit my egg nog on the screen.

Would I be out of line if I mentioned www.sodapopstop.com ? 48 varieties of cream soda, Julie. Just think of it.

Out of line? For posting a place where I can order Cheerwine? Hell no you're not out of line!

When I was in FL, I had to order my Moxie from a place in Tampa... this place is more expensive, but now I'm encouraged to look for others.

Uhmm...is it just me or are other people really sad that they cannot find the older version of Fresca at stores...

By "older" do you mean the regular flavor, the previous packaging, or the old saccharin version.?

I don't care much about the artwork on the can, but I'd love to have the option to buy the saccharin version.

They had the regular Fresca in the 2L bottle, but not in cans. All the shelf space for Fresca cans was being hogged up by the peach and cherry.

BTW, I think the previous can artwork was pretty ugly. Maybe not the ugliest in Fresca's history, though.

I had hoped to find a website depicting all the Fresca artwork (there is such a site for Tab), but couldn't find one.

Don't look at me to set up a Fresca history website. I get strange enough looks as it is with these soda pop posts.