The Raw Fruits project is going so well that I thought we might try a similar approach to beverages, drinks and potables.
What can you add to this list:
coffee
tea
milk
cola (soda, pop, Coke, whatever regional variant applies to you)
lemonade
limeade
orange juice
As to when it quits being a drink and becomes something else (like soup, custard, something you pretty much have to consume with a spoon) I will leave to you.
Right now we’re just making a list of things you swallow and that are non-alcoholic.
I am assuming all carbonated beverages are included in “cola” - otherwise, the list is almost endless, even with flavors; cream soda, lemon-line (7-Up/Sprite), Dr. Pepper,…
The same pretty much applies to “specific fruit” juices - besides orange, there’s grape, apple, pineapple, grapefruit,…
I follow your logic, but if there are some specific variants that you would prefer over the rest, go ahead and mention it/them.
I’m hoping to get a good sized list to put into a preliminary poll as a step toward narrowing down the universe to those things many or most of us will have tasted and have a preference for.
So name maybe five to ten of your favorites in those endless categories, if you will.
To me, ‘cola’ is not synonymous with ‘soda’ or ‘pop’. ‘Cola’ is a subset of ‘soda/pop’, and ‘Coke’ is a subset of ‘cola’.
I think you either need a single category of ‘soda’, to cover all non-alcoholic, carbonated, flavored beverages, or you need several options to cover that category (e.g. cola, lemon-lime, root beer, etc.).
I think a single ‘soda’ option is far too vague, but I could see where you could get lost trying to make a comprehensive list of all of the sub-types.
Thanks for the comment. Right now – this thread – I’m just hoping to get a reasonably broad range of options to put into a poll that will help narrow things down to where real personal preferences start coming to the fore.
On the “cola-pop-soda-etc.” issue I was trying to allude to what this map demonstrates. I know there are even more regional names for that group of drinks.
Milk. In fact, if I were to be told I could only consume one food for the rest of my life (and that it would completely sustain me) I would respond “Milk” without hesitation.
