PrintMix Every Drink From A Soda Fountain And You Get...?
My latest favorite question on Ask MetaFilter: "What do you call the drink that results from mixing a little bit of every drink in a fountain machine at a restaurant/similar establishment? If you have a specific name for it, where and when do you remember first hearing it?" Almost 150 responses so far, and the vast majority agree: it's called a Suicide.
If, like me, you've always wanted a soda fountain at home, you're in luck! The pipes of the internet being as amazing as they are, someone's already set up a comprehensive guide to setting up a home soda fountain, from what things you'll need to buy to how to purchase regular supplies of syrup! If you'd just like to experiment with mixing sodas, it turns out Burger King places drink recipes on their fountains; a Black & White is half Coke and half Sprite; a Black Gold is 1/4 Coke and 3/4 Dr Pepper.
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15 Comments:
Who are these people on Metafilter calling it a "Swamp Water"? Everyone knows, as you state here, that it's a SUICIDE!
Adam Kuban at 6:01PM on 04/26/07
I just asked my stepson, and the teenagers are apparently really creative around here. They call it an "Everything Mix" ... :-\ Back in 1979 the YMCA kids out of Chicago who visited the camp I worked at in Irons, Michigan, were already calling it a "Suicide". That's prior art right there if'n ya' ask me.
LunaPierCook at 6:08PM on 04/26/07
I grew up with it b eing referred to as SWAMP WATER. Always. Maybe it's a Canadian thing
i8alot at 10:57PM on 04/26/07
At the ball park in Houston, TX in the 1960s everyone got a free drink or snow cone after the game. Everyone ordered a SUICIDE which was every drink on the fountain plus shots of snow cone juice.
mr bad ideas at 12:56AM on 04/27/07
The MetaFilter thread had tons of Swamp Waters on there, so it must be regional and have some strong support from Canadians and elsewhere. (I grew up in the Midwest and first heard it there.) I'm surprised the PC police haven't fazed out "Suicide" by now.
For all the talk about it, I have to say, it's not a very good drink.
Adam Kuban at 1:12AM on 04/27/07
I always thought it was called a "Zombie."
Erin at 9:06AM on 04/27/07
Midwest here...it was always called Suicide at the local swimming pool...Swamp Water was what we called the "mixture" in the bottom of the cart holding racks for dirty glasses at the first restaurant I worked in. Talk about Suicide! Beer, wine, soda, juice, fruit bits, milk, coffee...emptying that bucket was the worst sidework..if you drew that one, you had no other responsibilities for the night!
Cary at 9:44AM on 04/27/07
Another Midwesterner ... definitely suicides! We used to make suicide floats, too - a mix of at least three different pops thrown in with a couple scoops of ice cream.
Also, the convenience store in college where we all got giant 32 oz pops for 50 cents would post drink concoctions from other customers all over the walls to inspire you.
Charise at 10:05AM on 04/27/07
You are all wrong, or must be forgetting your childhood....
it's call
MUD
Seriouspoorcook at 11:49AM on 04/27/07
OK, I'm a Midwesterner too, but we called it a Graveyard. What gives?
jls988 at 12:50PM on 04/27/07
Graveyard and Suicide are both morbid names for it. The dark side of the Midwest shows through!
Adam Kuban at 4:11PM on 04/27/07
i first heard it as "graveyard" but i've also heard "suicide". but i like to call it "nasty".
j at 1:43PM on 04/28/07
connecticut. suicide.
goodbyeohio at 9:30AM on 04/30/07
Mud and Graveyard are both new to me. I am another midwesterner who grew up with 'suicides'. My 13 y/o son will occasionally create one when given the chance. They typically come out various shades of greens and browns so I totally understand why some would call it 'swampwater'. I agree with 'j', they are nasty.
AuntJone at 10:35AM on 04/30/07
I know this is an older posting but I had to respond. When I was a kid in the early seventies in Arkansas we called it a Suicide. We had a snack shack set up at school that the FBLA kids worked in and they sold drinks and snacks during recess. MMMM those were the days.
jackiebee at 11:48AM on 06/02/08