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I have recipes no one would want.

I share all except for my famous chocolate chip cookies . . .

it's really not all that hard...i used to drink the stuff like...well, like it was water. about six months ago, though, i got on a diet that forbid any form of the stuff(diet or otherwise), and i more or less immediately lost like ten pounds...ever since then, i haven't kept it in my house...water, juice, coffee, beer, wine...there's enough alternatives that i really have no need of the stuff. Every so often i'll have a soda at work--but we have these really tasty Blue Sky organic sodas, and i bust my ass at work, so i feel like it's OK then.

i don't usually use recipes so when i do, i share. if it's something that i winged i'll give what i hope were the details but make it VERY VERY clear that it was something that i just made up... so if it doesn't work out i'm off the hook. when i'm asked via my blog for additonal details it's always a pleasure. i will admit that i have certain friends who i like to torture so i'll keep a "recipe" locked down for a day and then will give in. mwahh ha ha!

About 4 times a year I might have some diet pop, but it always tastes very chemical-y to me. Otherwise, I don't drink soda. I make my own with seltzer and fruit juice. Yum!

I love soda of all kinds and love carbonation! I used to drink 3-4 a day, diet Mountain Dew Red was a favorite. Also love coffee and caffeine.

Now that I'm an old lady with osteoporosis (and I'm NOT blaming soda for that, the evidence is still far from conclusive), my doc suggested cutting out sodas, especially the ones with phosphoric acid. Again, nothing's been proven but as she said, what could it hurt? I like the carbonation as much as the taste, so switching to fizzy mineral water was easy. More expensive, but easy enough.

A couple of months ago lorelei76 posted about her new SodaStream, and I bought one immediately. It's great! Small footprint, no cords, super simple to operate! Now I can make any flavor of soda I want. The SodaStream flavors aren't very good, but it's easy enough to find something you like at the store or just use pieces of fruit in it, or even cucumbers. (Thanks for the great suggestion, lorelei76!!)

Anyway, everything in moderation. I also love red wine, but if I drink a bottle every day, well, it's not going to be good. I hate to see perfectly good foods vilified because a segment of the population overindulges in it. As many have pointed out, foods that used to be considered treats are now daily fare.

Does anyone here remember way back when drinking a soda in the morning was considered a very strange thing to do? Now it's as normal as coffee. I can't say that I haven't done it - diet Mountain Dew Red, remember?

Yes I do, it's so secretive I won't even tell you what it's for. Not telling people ensures that they will come back for dinner parties and get togethers, oh yes they will...

I don't drink soda unless I'm mixing it with booze. During the week I only drink water or iced tea with no sugar. That's pretty much the only thing I drink other than beer on the weekends. It's not often I drink alcohol, but when I do, it's normally rum and coke, Jameson and coke, vodka and whatever is available.

I will admit that once on a while I'll have a Coke as a treat.

I stopped drinking pop (because Canadians just don't say soda) in Grade twelve. Which would be ten years ago. I realized that I actually don't like it. So why bother. Now when I occasionally have carbonated drinks I feel crazy wierd and burpy...like my stomach is just confused and can't handle it.

My great aunt used to make this wonderful carrot cake. My mother would always ask her for the recipe, and she was always tight lipped. Finally, after years of asking, she got the recipe. My mother makes it frequently, and it is delicious. It is sort of like our claim to fame.

The last time we saw my great aunt, my mother mentioned the carrot cake recipe. My aunt had no idea what my mom was talking about. She couldn't remember the recipe, or even making carrot cake.

Let that be a warning to you.

Hi my name is Pavlov.......... and I drink soda.

Sounds like I should be gathering with other soda drinkers in an undisclosed location and wondering, just how hungry are the lions at the coliseum?

I love the "In my house we have been off soda now for a couple of years, and now we are more popular and our kids are smarter" comments... To them I say this... GET OFF YOUR HIGH HORSES PEOPLE. As with everything in life, moderation is the key. Sure I'm not as handsome as some, but I would bet that had more to do with genetics than with the ocassional can of moxie.

If on the other hand you are one of those folks drinking a 108 oz. belt buster fountain soda every 10 minutes... good luck with the diabetes, and don't forget a side of fries with that.

i'm very protective of my recipes, so it's not that i won't share it at all so much as i'm very selective with who i share my recipes with. Because i plan on opening a restaurant someday, i don't want to pass around too many recipes; also, i'm kinda careful about who i give recipes to, because honestly, i don't want people to screw up my dishes and then say "well, it's his recipe...he must have made it wrong." i'll give recipes to close relatives and good friends, but that's about it.

For years I was thrilled to be asked for my christmas shortbread recipe - handed down to me by an old auntie who had claimed it was our 'family' recipe from great grandmother. I was embarrassed by a young girlfriend of my son who pointed out that it was identical to the one on the cornstarch box!! Serves me right!! Of course, there is always the possibility that one of my old aunties gave it to the corn starch company......?