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Ed Levine's Serious Diet, Week 92: What Happened to Caffeine-Free Diet Coke?

i was just in Japan and it appears that they don't even have Diet Coke anymore (used to be called Coke Lite there). They only have Coke Zero now, which was okay by me since I love that stuff.

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What Was Your Favorite School Cafeteria Food?

I couldn't wait for chicken a la king day in elementary school! It was my absolute favorite...I really should look up a recipe for it.

In jr high, it was all about the microwaveable chimichangas. Seriously, it even came in the plastic wrap.

My faves in high school were tator tots and pretzels with cheese. Yum.

Things improved substantially at the UCLA dining halls, where sushi was offered several time a week and we even had chicken and waffles. Hello Freshman 15 :)

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Do You Have a Favorite Greek Yogurt?

I vote for TJs and Chobani. I also thought that Oikos was kinda runny. And definitely plain over any flavored ones.

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Do You Eat or Email First?

i work at home and get up just a few minutes before i'm supposed to be "at" work - 8 AM. So my routine is - wash face, turn on computer while brushing teeth, then check email to see if there is anything urgent before taking time to make and eat breakfast.

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Ed Levine's Serious Diet, Week 92: What Happened to Caffeine-Free Diet Coke?

i was just in Japan and it appears that they don't even have Diet Coke anymore (used to be called Coke Lite there). They only have Coke Zero now, which was okay by me since I love that stuff.

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What Was Your Favorite School Cafeteria Food?

I couldn't wait for chicken a la king day in elementary school! It was my absolute favorite...I really should look up a recipe for it.

In jr high, it was all about the microwaveable chimichangas. Seriously, it even came in the plastic wrap.

My faves in high school were tator tots and pretzels with cheese. Yum.

Things improved substantially at the UCLA dining halls, where sushi was offered several time a week and we even had chicken and waffles. Hello Freshman 15 :)

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Do You Have a Favorite Greek Yogurt?

I vote for TJs and Chobani. I also thought that Oikos was kinda runny. And definitely plain over any flavored ones.

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Do You Eat or Email First?

i work at home and get up just a few minutes before i'm supposed to be "at" work - 8 AM. So my routine is - wash face, turn on computer while brushing teeth, then check email to see if there is anything urgent before taking time to make and eat breakfast.

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What Weird Family Foods Did You Grow Up Thinking Were Normal?

hot rice with a raw egg and soy sauce

fresh strawberries that you smashed with the back of your spoon in a bowl and ate with milk and sugar

steamed broccoli with mayo and soy sauce

and finally, my own invention - bagel sandwiches with cream cheese and potato chips

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California Eatin': Dutch Crunch in the Bay Area

I had never heard of Dutch Crunch bread until I moved to the Bay Area from LA a year ago. I had my first taste of it at Genova Deli in Walnut Creek. The name and the look of the bread lead me to think it was going to be better than it really was. I mean, it was good, but I guess I was expecting crunchier.

Now I feel inspired to try out some more places!

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What’s Your Favorite Weird Snack Combo?

an onion bagel made into a sandwich with cream cheese and potato chips in the middle. i ate this every day for about 3 years in jr high/high school!

also cheetos and orange juice. mmmm

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Sugar on Snow: Maple Syrup on Snow Snack in Vermont

they TOTALLY did this in the little house on the prairie books! that was the first thing i thought of when i saw this post and how much i wished i could make this when i was a kid, but there was no snow to be found in los angeles...

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In Videos: Marco Pierre White on the 'Today' Show Explains 'Chopping Block' Premiere

they must be his signature shoes because he also wears them in the commercials...

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Served: Customer Servicing

i'm guessing it was one of the Chinatown buses. I took one to Baltimore as well a few years ago. The ride down was fine, if a bit harried and confusing because no one spoke english and Chinese ladies were trying to sell and push you onto one of the many buses along the street. However, on the way back, the bus never came to pick us up in Baltimore! Turns out, the bus already filled up in DC, so they just didn't even bother to stop in Baltimore despite the fact that we had tickets. Thank goodness I was able to stay with my friend an extra night.

I haven't taken the Chinatown bus since then and I'd like to say I would never do it again, but $35 is really cheap...

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Mixed Review: Lipton's Onion Dip and Simply Organic's Guacamole for Football Parties

i have to agree with your "viscous" assessment on the onion dip. I used to think it was good until my mom started making onion dip from scratch using a Good Eats recipe. Trust me this recipe is amazing. One time when I asked for dip she tried to trick me and gave me the powder stuff and I was like "WTF is this?!" at first bite.

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Do You Have a Favorite Greek Yogurt?

Cabot's Plain Greek Style Yogurt is absolutely wonderful! The price is right, too....much less expensive that Fage. Trader Joe's brand yogurt is also very good....especially the Honey flavoured. I like plain yogurt with a dollop of lemon curd....YUMMY!

Fage is fine but way too expensive.....rather make it myself than pay that amount. Oixos and Chobani, not so much.

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Ed Levine's Serious Diet, Week 92: What Happened to Caffeine-Free Diet Coke?

My cousin with two kids wouldn't of made through her pregnancies and breastfeeding without CFDC!

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Ed Levine's Serious Diet, Week 92: What Happened to Caffeine-Free Diet Coke?

Yeah, but in my opinion Diet Coke tastes closer to Pepsi than Coca-Cola Classic. And Diet Pepsi tastes closer to Pepsi too (that's why they don't need to be making a "Pepsi Zero" since their original diet already tastes similar). So I wouldn't agree with posephus that she's trying to kill you, but people have their preferences and the placebo effect (if I can use it in this context) probably has a fair amount to do with tastes.

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Ed Levine's Serious Diet, Week 92: What Happened to Caffeine-Free Diet Coke?

Oh gosh Ed. You're just like my parents! There were always cases of the stuff chilled in the garage when I was growing up.

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Ed Levine's Serious Diet, Week 92: What Happened to Caffeine-Free Diet Coke?

Isn't the Caffeine-free Diet the new Coke: Zero?
Perhaps this is just in Canada.
As @emilydev suggests: I'd callem' up? Coke "company" contact

It's a shame you're not a Pepsi fan Ed! :D jk
keep up the great work

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What Was Your Favorite School Cafeteria Food?

in my high school we had 4 stations and a decent amount of options, yet i would only get 5 things - ever! friday was pizza day and i would always dip my pizza in the mini salad and dressing it came with.
wed was chicken ranchero day - chicken patty topped with bacon, american cheese and the obligatory lettuce and tomato slice and you top it yourself with ranch dressing on a kaiser roll and it usually came with baked mac and cheese - the line on wed was always rediculously long!
the other days i had a bagel with cream cheese, fries and an arizona iced tea. or cheese nachos loaded with toppings (i don't eat beef) or a cheese sandwich on a kaiser as i have always been adverse to lunch meat.
i am very surprised i have normal cholesterol these days - i can't imagine what it was back then...although growing up in a vegetarian household my other meals must have cancelled out the cholesterol loaded fest during the school week.

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What Was Your Favorite School Cafeteria Food?

in both HS & college (Tokyo), noodle stations (ramen, udon and soba) were pretty good. but in HS I rarely had time to eat lunch at the cafeteria, so I'd buy chicken karaage and yukari onigiri combo if I didn't bring bento.
My favorite dish from the college cafeteria was Bang bang ji tofu.

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What Was Your Favorite School Cafeteria Food?

In elementary school i loved the cold triple decker PB&J's... Also i loved the taste of the sloppy joes with melted kraft cheese but i didnt like the chunkiness of it so i would scrape it all out and eat what became a sloppy joe flavored cheese sandwich mmmmm.....i've tried to recreate it but to no avail.

In H.S. we had open campus so i always left for lunch. lucky me

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What Was Your Favorite School Cafeteria Food?

Ooh - someone reminded me of the chili and chicken noodle soup my elementary school used to serve. I don't know what it was, but both were fabulous. As I got older & I was able to participate in my church hosted blood drives, I always looked forward to the half a peanut butter sandwich & the bowl of chicken noodle soup they'd serve to anyone that donated. MUCH better than the Ritz crackers & Lorna Doones I make do with now.

And yes - totally looked forward to the Thanksgiving & Christmas lunches, mostly because in addition to actual pumpkin pie, we got to choose a little container (paper peel-off lid) of ice cream: vanilla, chocolate swirl, or strawberry swirl. I always went with chocolate. Always.

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What Was Your Favorite School Cafeteria Food?

Growing up in Singapore it was Szechuan Chicken, Beef Kway Teow, with fat rice noodles, beef and greens, and Mee Goreng, Malay style curry noodles. All made fresh while we sat there patiently waiting, watching the woks sizzle and Mr. Ho flip in bits of this and that. Mmmm.

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What Was Your Favorite School Cafeteria Food?

After graduating I really missed cafeteria food. I loved drinking carton milk over ice and eating halved kiwis. The turkey a la king was so good back then and students would actually run to the lunch room for it. I also miss enchiladas on Wednesday, Mexican food day. Oh, and the lunch ladies used to offer Frito Pie on the side. Chili and cheese served from separate crock pots would be ladled into a bag of chips of your choice. I chose Hot Cheetos! It was so gross and delicious and would leave you with heart burn afterwards.

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What Was Your Favorite School Cafeteria Food?

This one is pretty simple. Number one is the rectangle pizza served on top of fries. I would take the cheese off the pizza, put it on the fries, eat the pizza dough, then mix the cheese and fries together and eat them. Very healthy.

Second was pita bread pizza. I would always get cold and wet in the middle, so it was much preferred to have a fresh one.

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What Was Your Favorite School Cafeteria Food?

1955-1958. Lawrence High School, Lawrence, L.I., N.Y.
Sausages on top of mashed potatoes with gravy.
I still think about it after all these years.

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What Was Your Favorite School Cafeteria Food?

I wasn't too big on cafeteria food but I always loved when they would have the special "holiday" hot turkey meals right before vacations. An ice cream scoop of mashed potatoes, a slice of turkey with that brown canned gravy and the always random slice of white bread to soak it up. Old fashioned yum.

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What Was Your Favorite School Cafeteria Food?

In grammar school, they made kickass french toast sticks. Then the problem was that they started out giving each person five, but a few years later it dropped to four, then three. Cheapskates. I also always looked forward to chocolate milk in the tiny carton.
I never bought lunch in high school because the food was revolting, but I occasionally indulged in one of those underbaked cookies.
My college cafeteria isn't much better. They do awesome wraps, and any form of potato is hard to mess up, but the produce is atrocious. They reuse the same batch of vegetables for days, the salad bar is continuously wilted and brown, and the "vegetarian station" always, ALWAYS consists of lukewarm bean burritos. Ugh.

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What Was Your Favorite School Cafeteria Food?

A few of my favorites: Tator tots, soft buttered roll (almost like White Castle bun) with mashed potatoes, tacos, chicken and noodles, rectangle pizza, and T-Bolt sandwich...Texas toast, mozzeralla cheese, marinara and pepperoni...yum.

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What Was Your Favorite School Cafeteria Food?

Four flat even small chipped almost underbakes chocolate chip cookies for 1$. The bakery that sells the batter to my old school caf sells them in their store... six of them in giant plate-sized portions for about 5$. I get them everytime I fly home.

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What Was Your Favorite School Cafeteria Food?

I'm a vegetarian now, but I used to love Hot Ham and Cheese days. Was that a universal lunch item? Ham and cheese melted on a soft roll.

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What Was Your Favorite School Cafeteria Food?

Apple crisp. Oh, mama!

Greasy-crunchy grilled cheese.

Tuna Melts that had buttey salted buns too long under heat so they were gnawable hard in which melted cheese enveloped tuna salad. God-awful and awful good.

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What Was Your Favorite School Cafeteria Food?

I loved reading all of these--it really took me back.

Elementary school:
"taco pie" It was a mix of ground beef, beans, probably american cheese, lettuce and fritos! All scooped onto your plate with an ice cream scoop.
Macaroni and Cheese with two little smokies. I guess they added the little smokies to meet the protein requirement.

Junior High:
I don't remember a lot, but I ate salad bar and that rectangular pizza

High School:
I would eat lettuce and tomato sandwiches on white bread with yellow mustard (yuck!) but would also eat nacho bar.

College:
Breaded Chicken Sandwiches, Taco Pizza, Pasta Bar, Baked Potato Bar, the breakfast was always the best, "premium night" always the absolute worst.

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What Was Your Favorite School Cafeteria Food?

They called it vegetable-beef soup, but what it really was was leftovers from everything they'd made the previous few days - hamburger, veggies, and even spaghetti sometimes. I always loved it and the obvious layers of grease on top.

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What Was Your Favorite School Cafeteria Food?

The Turkey A La King served on top of a scoop of boxed mashed potatoes!
Before taking off for Thanksgiving they would serve this with a roll and a piece of "pumpkin pie", which was nothing but pumpking pie filling with a thin layer of Cool Whip frosting.

The only other thing that was remotely edible was the grilled cheese sandwich. I have yet to find one that comes close to that neon, buttery monstruosity.

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What Was Your Favorite School Cafeteria Food?

At my rural southern Virginia school, the lady that was in charge of the lunches for all three elementary schools, one middle and one high school had several recipes for homemade bread that were staples on our menu - delicious rolls/buns for hamburgers, hot dogs and most other meals, Italian bread for spaghetti days, and the weekly treat of her yummy homemade cinnamon rolls.

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What Was Your Favorite School Cafeteria Food?

I loved the beef stew and the sugar cookies. This was when there were lunch ladies who cooked the food and served it lovingly to you. I was a picky eater (I would be skinnier if I still was) and I remember eating many things that I would not have eaten at home. In high school I ate a lot of salads and saltine crackers with butter.

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What Was Your Favorite School Cafeteria Food?

I don't know if it's just the province of Canada I live in: but we really didn't have cafeterias. We had food you could buy: but not like on the movies.

That being said: High School French Fries were Nasty...but I craved them :p

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