Comments on: Wrong: Root beer

By: Matteo Watkins

Matteo Watkins — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 22:26:06 +0000

As a chef, I always keep a keen eye on the culinary eccentricities of both my homeland (US) and my away homeland (UK). My conclusion: peole eat and drink wierd shit on both sides of the Atlantic. I can truly understand why most Europeans don’t like rootbeer (it’s the wintergreen taste)… but I love it… I grew up with it. I didn’t grow up with black pudding, or putting seven-up (lemonade) in my beer… both vile concoctions to me… yet, somewhere some Brit is raising his pint glass and motioning for another shandy to wash down his fried black pudding… and he’s happy about it. Our version of black pudding is called Srapple… don’t ask… I have no idea. Also, just an observation, but my Brit acquaintances really bag on Spam… yet they offer three or four versions of the exact same stuff on thier supermarket shelves, under other more “Euro” sounding names of course… what gives?

By: Thomas K. Dye

Thomas K. Dye — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 22:16:05 +0000

This from the country that invented Twiglets.

By: Sandra Dodd

Sandra Dodd — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 01:34:06 +0000

I agree with the recommendation to put ice cream in the root beer, but AMERICAN ice cream. Vanilla. Not that see-through ice-milk stuff Brits eat. Eyew.

Root beer should be left for those to appreciate it. I’ve had “Squash.” Gross. It’s not even made of squash! It’s like kool-aid with grain thickener in it. It seems people who grew up on squash and warm milk would appreciate ice-cold root beer.

By: LotF.HotB

LotF.HotB — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 23:11:45 +0000

As long as we have a consensus among us Limeys!

By: bohemianbailie

bohemianbailie — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 22:48:34 +0000

While watching my much younger them me siblings we all decided to make root beer floats and my recently arrived from Sweden boyfreind about threw up when he tasted it. Now my brothers are begging us to bring some of that root beer flavored toothpaste back from Sweden.

By: Tracy

Tracy — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 04:02:41 +0000

If you think root beer is disgusting, you should try Moxie (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moxie). Or maybe not. Moxie is hugely popular in northern New England, and I’ll never understand why. It truly is the most disgusting beverage I’ve ever tasted, yet they have festivals devoted to it. I was nearly sick the first time I tried it, and obviously, I never had it again.

BTW, I love root beer, but birch beer is much better – this, too, may be a New England thing. Friends of mine from other parts of the country have never even heard of it.

By: Victoria

Victoria — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 22:36:10 +0000

Finally! Someone who agrees with me! Root beer is bloody awful. My husband loves the stuff – but then he was raised on it in Texas … I think my mother-in-law expressed root beer instead of milk.

By: Ant

Ant — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 09:45:57 +0000

I havent been to McDonalds since root beer was taken off the menu… It must be well over 10 years now..

Root Beer lovers may wish to try to carters, available from most supermarkets in the uk

By: Russell

Russell — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 21:01:49 +0000

Now look what you’ve done…
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7851400.stm

“The proposal comes after edits of the pages of Senators Robert Byrd and Edward Kennedy gave the false impression both had died, and a misleading history of Root Beer lead to the death of two teenagers attempted to drink toothpaste.”

By: Russell

Russell — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 20:59:51 +0000

Now look what you’ve done…
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7851400.stm