# Margarita-Schmargarita...THIS is a \*real\* drink

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [October 14, 2001, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/margarita-schmargarita-this-is-a-real-drink/87316 "2001-10-14T01:49:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![Kallessa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/7993a0/32.png) [@Kallessa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kallessa)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2001, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/margarita-schmargarita-this-is-a-real-drink/87316/21 "2001-10-15T06:23:55Z")

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> - Originally posted by Bumbazine\*
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> _originally posted by Fenris_
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> That’s not diluting, that’s enhancing.

**Fenris,** I don’t mind agreeing with you, but when you use the _exact same words_ I intended to use, I get a little freaked!

As has been so elegantly stated, vanilla ice cream enhances to flavor of root beer, creating a superb combination of flavors–each element oh, so enjoyable alone–but together, divine. For lunch tomorrow, I intend to have an root beer float.  
[hijack] Another good soda for making floats is Orange Crush–with vanilla ice cream, it’s like a liquid Creamcile, only better. No other orange soda tastes as good with ice cream. I’ll stake my childhood memory on that.[/hijack[/]

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**Author:** ![Bumbazine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbazine/32/362_2.png) [@Bumbazine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbazine)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2001, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/margarita-schmargarita-this-is-a-real-drink/87316/22 "2001-10-15T16:00:16Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Fenris \*  
> **As a slight aside, if you have a Wild Oats, gourmet store or healthfood store, and you want to taste something that will make you forget that Vernors ever existed, try something called “Outrageous” Ginger-ale. It’s simultaneously hot (spicy-hot, not temp. hot), sweet and perfect. It’s also about $1.30 a bottle. Oh well. It’s worth it.**

The local Fred Meyer’s stores sell something called “Outrageous Ginger Brew”, which has an even stronger ginger bite than Reed’s. I wonder if it’s the same thing. I like it very much when the mood takes me for a bold, in-your-face ginger taste, instead of a silky smooth Vernor’s. There are actually several different ginger drinks that I enjoy at different times and for different reasons.

The last thing I want to do is start the _Ginger Ale Wars_ up again. **Zenster** still hasn’t spoken to me since I dissed Boyleston’s that one time. So I’ll tell you what **Fenris** ; if you and I are ever in the same place at the same time, I’ll have a Shirley Temple with ya’, made with Canada Dry, my treat.

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