Interesting.. I should try this..

Typically we order apple, cranapple, ginger ale or coke..

We buy food in the packages whatever is offered.

I'm another tomato juice on planes / in meetings (when people order it), but I usually take one gulp and realize I am not that big a fan when it isn't loaded with tabasco and vodka! In fact, I have a can on my desk right now from my last meeting, but haven't opened it yet.

Real ginger ale - made from actual ginger - is supposedly good for the stomach and digestion. The big brands tend to be more along the lines of corn syrup and ginger flavor, so you might as well drink a Coke.

Yesterday I got a real ginger ale (it was some English brand I'd never heard of, so I had to try it). It was actually labeled "Ginger Beer - Non Alcoholic". It had markedly more ginger flavor and a spicy bite. The ingredients were sugar-based, not corn syrup. I'm sure it still wasn't health food, but it was tasty.

Getting back on the thread's topic, I find tomato juice vile and won't drink it, even in a bloody mary. But I do like tomatoes just fine - especially in the company of basil, mozzarella, and a little olive oil.

I was trying to think of exactly why I like tomato juice when flying, and you summarized it exactly.

It's both food and drink. I put a bit of pepper in it.

I've had Ginger Beer before.. tastes definitely different..

so the regular brands of Ginger Ale have no value at all? Hmm.. I grew up thinking that they have had more value than a coke..

Most soft drinks in the UK use sugar, not corn syrup - even Coke. I assume it's because corn syrup is not substantially cheaper than sugar in the UK, though I might be wrong.

Neil

I suppose unlike Coke they don't contain caffeine, and too much caffeine isn't necessarily a good thing.

Neil

I cannot take caffeine, so I'm always looking for tasty non-caffeine beverages.

Diet 7-Up is my fav!

My can of Canada Dry (in Canada) says 'made with real ginger' so I assume it has some value (stomach settling etc), not sure if you have the same recipe there.

I love ginger beer tho - a Moscow Mule is one of my favourite drinks! Not at all the same when made with ginger ale, it needs the 'kick'!

Definitely a consideration when choosing a soft drink..

Then again, carbonation is a consideration.. as I seem to do pretty good with sweetened Ice Tea as an alternative..

Is that a regular can of Canada Dry..

I've grown up and drank Canada Dry all of my life basically.. when I was sick as a kid, my mother would serve me the stuff.. So is Canada Dry ginger ale actually made with ginger, or is it a special product to be picked off the shelf?

Yup - if you go to canadadry.com you will see it in a very in your face type of way, that it is, indeed, made with REAL GINGER (if you don't believe me, go to the site!)

Thanks.. that just made my day!

Ginger Ale shall be definitely one of the choices of drinks I condsider when dining out..

There's a bottle of Canada Dry Ginger Ale in our fridge right now. It says "REAL GINGER" right on the label in large letters. Mr Queen loves it.

For the many bottles and cans of Ginger Ale, I wonder why I've never noticed "made with real ginger" on the product..

Selective memory perhaps?..