May 6th -Beverage Day

[branwynn.livejournal.com]

The thought of 7up & milk grosses me out! Reminds me of Laverne with her Pepsi & milk. :P

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[john-holton.livejournal.com]

I've had ice cream in Coke, but I've never mixed 7-up with milk. Might be interesting.

Shasta was nationwide at one time, as I recall. One local brand from Chicago that seems similar is Canfield's, that had a number of interesting flavors, including "Mickey Melon," a watermelon-flavored soda that featured a line drawing of a young Mickey Rooney holding a watermelon on the can; chocolate soda, not unlike a chocolate phosphate (chocolate syrup and soda water, not anywhere near as bad as it sounds); Swiss Cream Soda, with commercials featuring an oom-pah band and a jingle with a chorus that ended with "Das is gut!"; and my favorite, 50/50, a grapefruit and lime drink. I should see if I can dig up some of the ads.

[cremepuff.livejournal.com]

Ohhhh man. I was born in the Chicago area and was practically raised on 50/50. My paternal grandparents always had a ton of it at their house! It still exists...my dad always has at least one 12-pack.

[john-holton.livejournal.com]

We used to go up a couple of times a year and come home with a few 12-packs of it. We loved it. I don't know what hapened to the Chocolate Fudge soda, Mickey Melon, or Swiss Creme Soda, though.