Hello Darkness My Old Friend

The beets we have been buying are either being taken by hoarders or else there aren't any more being canned. More than two weeks the shelves have been bare.

Oof. That’s minimally rough, isn’t it?

I can no longer get my Vernor’s diet ginger ale at Central Market.
It seems like me and one other person fought over who got it first.

I suspect management decided to metaphorically put us both in time out by not carrying it at all anymore.

This has forced me to drink other things.

I love ginger ale....I only drink the diet stuff because the stuff with sugar or fructose crap makes my teeth feel gummy.

What ever happened to Schweppes? If I saw it on the shelf, I would buy it, and I've almost my taste for carbonated drinks.

I love carbonated drinks, but no longer drink them. Part of a conscious decision to get most of the sugar out of my house.

Why I drink seltzer water - I like the fizz but not the sugar. And the diet stuff is just chemical crap. If I want more flavor than just the splash of lime or orange you can get with it - I add some cranberry juice (and the 100% juice with no sugar).

But on the darkness side --- cannot get paper towels again. Seems I can find other paper products but not the paper towels. I tried Walmart - if you spend $35 you get free one day delivery --- well for the paper towels it takes a couple of weeks. Ordered it any way as I have been unable to find it in the stores.

And near east rice pilaf. My kids love it and I cannot find it.

we get it up here.

me, i'm partial to the caffeine-free diet version...

Guess ya'll aren't Vernors fans.

That's mildly disappointing.

Vernors is a stronger ginger flavor. Makes you sneeze.

Bundaberg Ginger Beer is the best.
I wouldn't buy it though because sugar.

I first tried it at a restaurant while in San Diego.
It was like "Why did I not know of this before!?"

However, looking, it seems there's a possibility of getting a diet version of it at a Target.
I would not bet the farm on it though.

Sigh inducing as I did not know this before.

Never heard of it - but sounds like something I would like.

I first tried it in I think Wisconsin.
For some reason the name reminds me of New England
I was surprised when I found it in Texas.

But really, try that Bundaberg Ginger Beer.

It's the cat's meow.

Oh, FYI that Bundaberg isn't alcoholic.

I guess they call it ginger beer instead of ginger ale because it's stronger tasting.

My favorite soft drink of all time is Bundaberg Ginger Beer. It destroys the Far too sweet tasting a Schweppes by a country mile. Once I discovered it while overseas in New Zealand I returned home to find it available often if I looked for it. Oddly, BedBath andBeyond had it in their tiny foodProducts section; However, my supermarket had it too.

Do they sell it with the ginger ales and colas or elsewhere?

amazon carries them both...

Never heard of Ventnors, but we used to be able to buy "Golden Ginger Ale" which is a darker colored, sneeze inducing, ginger packed soft drink. I haven't been able to find it in years. Golden isn't the brand name, it is just the designation of the soda...either Golden or Pale.

I’ve found it in B, B & Beyond in a sepate section...that was a few special sale items for the home. Supermarket had it in with cola and soda or tonic..in 6_pack.

{edit: I just looked it up online and both Target and Walmart carry it. I personally avoid Walmart like the plague.}

We don't have any grocery stores that aren't big chains, so go where I can get what I need.

The sign by the side of the road said "Deer Crossing".
They weren't.

Yeah I cannot find this any where in MA - tried to search for it