No Ginger in Ginger Ale?

The Mars bar was started by a man with the name of Franklin Mars.


Ginger Ale at one point in time included flavoring from ginger root. Some brands may still do so. Similar to birch beer and root beer, ingredients have changed over time. The same is true of many sodas. Cost effectiveness, access to actual ingredients - these things change his a product is made.


Marshmallows are yet another example of a product an change has changed.

still best (I think) to get non-alcoholic ginger beer/root beer/birch beer as they still have the real/promised/advertised ingredients

(don't get organic alcoholic root beer - such a vile taste)

Goldfish crackers
Swedish fish
Fruity pebbles (on both counts).
Grape nuts (also on both counts)
Lady Fingers
Buffalo wings
Chicken fingers
Sweetbreads

You claiming they don't have real goldfish in there?

I doubt Franklin Mars came from Mars. Shouldn't his name be changed to Franklin Earth, then?

As for 'marshmallows,' what does that name even mean? Something called a 'mallow' that comes from a marsh? . . . wait, I just went ahead and googled it and a mallow is a flower; never would have thought that name meant anything at all. Thanks.

I wonder if Zebra cakes are going to have to change their name.

Not as long as they have a zebra kiss and bless each cake package carton/crate.

They might get sued by Hershey's Kisses if they did that, as long as Hershey doesn't have to change that name because they don't contain any actual kisses.

As I was saying to the 11th Earl of Sandwich and my very good friend Lady Sandwich just the other evening, it behoves one's sense of decorum and social responsibility to eschew involvement in the mundane household matters however when I overheard one of the servants refer to a repast of salmagundi as a "Salman Rushdie for her Highness" I felt it not quate rate, entitled to remonstrate, and ultimately rather peeved that there was no Scottish salmon in the dish whatsoever.

No ginger? Okay, what about ale? Any of that, either?

From what I have read Coca Cola does still contain coca leafs



https://www.livescience.com/41975-does-coca-cola-contain-cocaine.html

I never really thought Almonds leaked actual "milk". They should leave "Almond Milk" alone, and Ginger Ale and all the other stuff as well. They should focus their efforts on getting rid of homeopathic bullshit and herbal extracts which don't do anything except waste people's money and give them false hope.

I disagree with your term "waste money".

People (including me) will pay good money for a "false" hope... and be happy about it. And sometimes false hopes can do measurable good.

I have a mixture of herbs that I call my "placebo tea". I am quite sure that it shortens colds and gives me energy. It works because I know that placebos work as long as you believe in them, and I believe placebos work.

Well sure. If your problems are all in your mind, well, placebos sort of help your mind.

Not if this "tea" ends up actually harming you -- or someone forgoes getting proven medical help in place of this placebo.

There can be real life threatening consequences.

Geez Linkat. One can do both, you know? Just because I drink tea when I have a cold doesn't mean I won't seek medical attention when I break a bone or have blood coming out of my ear. What's wrong with both talking to a doctor and using a placebo.

Placebos have been scientifically shown to improve a number of medical problems from headaches, to cold symptoms to erectile dysfunction.

When I was in Guatamala, I stayed with a doctor working with the Kiche indigenous people. They had a clinic. The people came expecting treatment even when there was no treatment was medically indicated. The doctors learned that they had to provide a bottle of vitamins to each patient with strict instructions on how they were to be taken.

The vitamins had no medical value, they were placebos. There was no cultural understanding of medical ethics... or what was expected of a doctor. There was a discussion among the medical people about whether this was ethical, the argument was that it improved the well-being of the people being served.

How would a placebo be of any use, if, you know it's a placebo?

You would think so, but amazingly, research has show that people exhibit placebo benefits even when they have been told it's a placebo. Crazy, huh?

To say the least.