Never entirely sure what soda is in the States [ here it meant fizzy water, as in Brandy and Soda ], but yestereen I saw Coca Cola soaked pizza as a rare American delicacy in a British supermarket.
Never entirely sure what soda is in the States [ here it meant fizzy water, as in Brandy and Soda ], but yestereen I saw Coca Cola soaked pizza as a rare American delicacy in a British supermarket.
...uh.
I don't know how that would be considered 'delicacy'. Is it poking to the Brits' dead tongue cells, or America's insane culinary breakthroughs. If it was Cola BBQ sauce flavored I can still get that, but soaked? That's past the level of food porn and went straight to food gorn.
Never entirely sure what soda is in the States [ here it meant fizzy water, as in Brandy and Soda ], but yestereen I saw Coca Cola soaked pizza as a rare American delicacy in a British supermarket.
We have fizzy soda water over here as well but "soda", "cola", and "coke" all generally refer to sugary carbonated soft drinks like Coca Cola, Pepsi, and their ilk. The "soda" referred to in "soda float" is most likely root beer, which itself is basically an extra sweet vanilla flavored soft drink with significant carbonation resulting in a thick beer-like foam when poured. It's also usually the basis for cream soda, which usually tastes like root beer only sweeter still and with a more intense vanilla flavoring.
If you have a more modest pallet, as many non-Americans tend to, than these beverages can often prove overwhelming. Americans are not known for their subtlety of culinary flavors.
Never entirely sure what soda is in the States [ here it meant fizzy water, as in Brandy and Soda ], but yestereen I saw Coca Cola soaked pizza as a rare American delicacy in a British supermarket.
Note that "rare delicacy" is fancy obfuscatory jargon for "there are only three people in the world dumb enough to try this". "Delicacy" alone generally means "stupid shit invented on a dare".
The "soda" referred to in "soda float" is most likely root beer
Not in Japan - a cream soda is made with Melon (creaming) soda, almost exclusively; if another drink is used, it's not called 'cream soda' at all. It's also 'cola float' here, don't know why it was copied over as 'soda' (there's even a red can of drink with 'cola' on it!). Japan doesn't really like root beer at all.
We have fizzy soda water over here as well but "soda", "cola", and "coke" all generally refer to sugary carbonated soft drinks like Coca Cola, Pepsi, and their ilk.
Calling non-cola drinks 'cola' (in English) is almost exclusively confined to a certain part of the United States - it really makes no sense.
Calling non-cola drinks 'cola' (in English) is almost exclusively confined to a certain part of the United States - it really makes no sense.
While regional, it's the same principle as calling any tissue a "Kleenix" or any insulated container of liquid a "Thermos", or any alteration of an image "Photoshopping" - these all refer to the most famous brand names of things that do specific things, at least in a specific region.
While regional, it's the same principle as calling any tissue a "Kleenix" or any insulated container of liquid a "Thermos", or any alteration of an image "Photoshopping" - these all refer to the most famous brand names of things that do specific things, at least in a specific region.
Except to me, calling a lemon-flavoured soda 'cola' (or coke) is like calling a paper towel a 'Kleenex',a printer a 'Xerox', a Playstation a 'Nintendo' or even Illustrator 'Photoshop', it's close, but no cigar.
Most floats use root beer around here in California.
I've however used a lemon-lime soda with mint ice cream, and that was pretty good.
(If you are from the central north on the United States, the call soda "pop" exclusively. Most other parts of the country think they are weird, because using the term "soda pop" went out by the 1960s and the shortened "pop" probably before that even.)
Except to me, calling a lemon-flavoured soda 'cola' (or coke) is like calling a paper towel a 'Kleenex',a printer a 'Xerox', a Playstation a 'Nintendo' or even Illustrator 'Photoshop', it's close, but no cigar.
I don't deny it's weird, it's all soda to me, but it's a thing throughout the States, however sparingly some specific terms may be used. I've heard all three used, and more, up and down California.
Except to me, calling a lemon-flavoured soda 'cola' (or coke) is like calling a paper towel a 'Kleenex',a printer a 'Xerox', a Playstation a 'Nintendo' or even Illustrator 'Photoshop', it's close, but no cigar.
COLAFIIIIZZZ!What is that!
You can eat that green eyesore!?There is a distinct lack of new ice cream during winter.
It bores me!Have you nothing novel?I wish to have that also!Hmmm...?This is delicious!Novel ice ceam?Now, now. Just try it! C'mon!There's one called a "cola float" too!Cream Soda!
How about this for size?
Melon cream soda; the default creaming soda in Japan is melon, it takes its name from that.
