Beverage options on a plane
 

These are beverage options:

http://theoatmeal.com/blog/beverage_options

Since not a general travel news story per http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/newss...elsewhere.html moving to Travel Buzz

cblaisd
Moderator, Newsstand

The oatmeal is usually quite thorough, but this time he forgot an option: tomato juice.

Which leads me to a question - why is it that lots of people drink tomato juice on an aircraft, but it's not a common order in a bar?

I've had this question myself, and if you google it there are extensive theories about it, but apparently everyone else is wondering the same thing :p

It's healthier than soda? Doesn't have caffeine? They've managed to sneak their vodka on board?

It's a great question - I find myself craving it when I'm on a plane.

Could it be they are thinking that a request for tomato juice is a rarity, so they'll get the entire can/bottle to themselves?

That's one funny website! :)

I acutally got "addicted" to ginger ale many years while flying. I used to fly Eastern Shuttle(later Trump Shuttle, then US Airways Shuttle) and commute BOS-LGA daily. I must have had a gallon of ginger ale onboard every week. :)

Am I the only one that finds it quite surprising - and a little bit scary - that there in fact are extensive theories about this?

Question: Has consuming so much Ginger Ale helped oyour overall well being over the years?

I drink ginger ale on a regular basis on the premise that its good for you.. but don't know if that's really the overall expected results..

A German comedian once pointed out a theory that it reminds people of blood. Having a slight fear of flying in the back of one's head, it may make sense to stock up... :D

Speaking for myself, I actually like tomato juice a lot (also at home), however, for some reason I need to see it to get the craving... :D

Yesterday I went shopping in a drink market [Is there such an expression in English? Never found dedicated stores for drinks in the US or UK, not talking about liquor stores] and as I walked past tomato juice I was thinking "Yum - that would be good now!".

Same if I fly LH - I usually spot the Tomato Juice on the cart and have one. Not seeing it on BA, I'll order a coke... weird but true.

As for Bars: I hardly ever 'see' tomato juice in Bars (well for Bloody Marys maybe)... Also it's just not a bar drink, is it?

I know why I do on short flights: I'm often just a tiny bit hungry/peckish, but not hungry enough to buy food, and a can of tomato juice is perfect to quench this.

That's true as well...

Don't think so. In UK English, a liquor store is an "off licence" (because it is licenced to sell alcohol for consumption off the premises) but you don't really get separate soft-drinks stores in the way you do in say Germany. I think that's because we don't sell them in large crates like the Germans do, so it's just as easy for them to be on the shelves in supermarkets with everything else. And, unlike Germany, dilute-at-home "squash" drinks are very popular and again take up less space.

Neil

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..:rolleyes:

Selective memory perhaps?:cool:..