Sunday, August 17, 2003
i had Kokanee a few weeks ago, and wow, it actually tasted pretty good. i told a few friends recently about it and they had the same experience. i must be getting older, cause before it tasted like whatever the sound blech! tastes like.

*cue Daniel Stern's voice, a la Wonder Years*

me? liking Kokanee? was i serious? i didn't realize it at the time, but a little piece of my childhood had slipped away, forever.
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i talked about Sloan in the last post and Kokanee in this one, both things very much Canadian. some upcoming topics: polar bears make good pets; poutine: heartattack in a bowl; 'its pop, not soda'; imperialism or sexism: which is funner?, 'no really, my american girlfriend does exist'; and my feature length essay 'the only thing i hate more than people who are intolerant of other people's cultures are those Newfies'

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If it's cold enough and taken with enough pizza, Kokanee is great & cheap.

posted by Lance

I just ran into the 'pop vs soda' issue again. Y'see, I'm originally from Los Angeles but about seven years ago moved to Minnesota, where they call it 'pop'.

Minneehsohtah.

I _swore_ I'd never call it 'pop' but, after about three years it just started slipping off my tongue on its own. Now, I'm back in Los Angeles and I'm desperately trying to get used to 'soda' again, lest I be beaten from saying 'pop' one too many times.

posted by Nathan Ladd

i thought all americans called it "soda" and all canadians called it "pop", but my buddy j-rock lets me know that the great pop vs. soda debate happens within the States as well.

and apparently there are even Canadians that call it "soda". those sick bastards.

posted by pinder

The term "pop" comes from the type of bottle that was used. The first "pop" bottles had a glass ball inside, and when the bottle was filled then turned up-side-down. the ball would fall into the neck and would not let the "soda" fall out of the bottle. The pressure created by the carbonation would further seal the ball in the neck of the bottle. It would then stay there after being righted. To open, you would slap the top of the bottle and the resulting pressure would make the ball pop out of its place and would create the "pop" sound. Hence it was called a "pop".

posted by Allan

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