# Odd little facts that we have just learned--"Canada Dry" **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 13, 2009, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-little-facts-that-we-have-just-learned-canada-dry/485648 "2009-02-13T03:45:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Cerowyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/82dd89/32.png) [@Cerowyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cerowyn)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2009, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-little-facts-that-we-have-just-learned-canada-dry/485648/81 "2009-02-16T05:56:07Z")
> [@Vox\_Imperatoris](#): > > 😕 I didn’t claim that it wasn’t the brand name; I was just explaining the origin of it, since I thought it was interesting. That was bad editing on my part in shortening my post. My apologies. It was your assertion that dry ginger ale was invented during Prohibition that I was contradicting. The recipe that made Canada Dry ginger ale popular dates from 1907, not Prohibition. ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2009, 11:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-little-facts-that-we-have-just-learned-canada-dry/485648/82 "2009-02-16T11:10:05Z")
Here’s some real trivia about Canada Dry. A granddaughter of the brother of the founder of Canada Dry likes double anchovies on her pizza. Seriously. ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2009, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-little-facts-that-we-have-just-learned-canada-dry/485648/83 "2009-02-16T12:12:02Z")
> [@Muffin](#): > > Here’s some real trivia about Canada Dry. A granddaughter of the brother of the founder of Canada Dry likes double anchovies on her pizza. Seriously. I love anchovies. I don’t see what’s so odd about that. ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2009, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-little-facts-that-we-have-just-learned-canada-dry/485648/84 "2009-02-16T12:34:33Z")
Is your IRL name Suzie? ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2009, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-little-facts-that-we-have-just-learned-canada-dry/485648/85 "2009-02-16T13:58:46Z")
> [@Cerowyn](#): > > Canada Dry is the brand name, Vox Imperatoris’s assertion notwithstanding. The 1907 recipe was much paler and drier than competing ginger ales, which is why it became popular in New York around that period. Prohibition was part of the reason that sales of the existing version went national, and also the genesis of new products to complement [mask] bathtub gin and moonshine. > > Ironically, Cadbury Scheppes plc actually owns Canada Dry (as part of their Dr. Pepper/7UP operation). Ah - that explains it; thank you. I was goin’ nuts - I was afraid they might replace the good dry stuff with the sweet Canada Dry stuff… ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2009, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-little-facts-that-we-have-just-learned-canada-dry/485648/86 "2009-02-16T14:04:55Z")
> [@Muffin](#): > > Is your IRL name Suzie? Suzie Canada Dry. It has a nice ring to it. > [@Reply](#): > > Whoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooa. Warning: from now on when you see a FedEx truck driving down the road, all you’ll see is a big freakin arrow. Try not to see it. I dare you. You’ll wish this door was never opened to you. But its too late now. ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2009, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-little-facts-that-we-have-just-learned-canada-dry/485648/87 "2009-02-16T16:17:52Z")
Paging mat\_mcl. Are you any relation to Canada Dry? ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2009, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-little-facts-that-we-have-just-learned-canada-dry/485648/88 "2009-02-16T16:29:35Z")
> [@Cerowyn](#): > > It was your assertion that dry ginger ale was invented during Prohibition that I was contradicting. The recipe that made Canada Dry ginger ale popular dates from 1907, not Prohibition. …not to mention that we didn’t go in for that damnfoolishness, anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2009, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-little-facts-that-we-have-just-learned-canada-dry/485648/89 "2009-02-16T16:32:46Z")
> [@Muffin](#): > > Is your IRL name Suzie? Is that aimed at me? Because I’m a guy and my parents weren’t that cruel. ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2009, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-little-facts-that-we-have-just-learned-canada-dry/485648/90 "2009-02-16T17:01:03Z")
Yes, it was. I was wondering if by off chance you were her – in the last 48 years, she was the only person I knew who insisted on double anchovies on her 'za. ---
**Author:** ![Harvey\_The\_Heavy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Harvey\_The\_Heavy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harvey_The_Heavy)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2009, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-little-facts-that-we-have-just-learned-canada-dry/485648/91 "2009-02-16T17:38:56Z")
Not recent, but it took me a good ten years to realize that Datsun and Nissan were the same car company. Around the time they dropped the Datsun name, there were quite a few Japanese companies starting to make inroads in the U.S. market and I guess I just assumed that Nissan was one of them. I didn’t make the connection until about 1993 when I bought an old Datsun pickup and noticed “Nissan Motor Company” stamped on the engine. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2009, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-little-facts-that-we-have-just-learned-canada-dry/485648/92 "2009-02-16T18:55:48Z")
> [@Muffin](#): > > Yes, it was. I was wondering if by off chance you were her – in the last 48 years, she was the only person I knew who insisted on double anchovies on her 'za. I was on the fence about anchovies, not having enountered them until in about my 30’s, when Jim referred to them as “salty eyebrows.” Okay, I’m out. No anchovies for me, ever. Bleah. And now I’m going to go drink some Canada Dry. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2009, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-little-facts-that-we-have-just-learned-canada-dry/485648/93 "2009-02-16T20:06:21Z")
> [@Muffin](#): > > Yes, it was. I was wondering if by off chance you were her – in the last 48 years, she was the only person I knew who insisted on double anchovies on her 'za. I love anchovies, but I never heard of double anchovies on pizza. That’s a _lot_ of salt. ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2009, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-little-facts-that-we-have-just-learned-canada-dry/485648/94 "2009-02-16T21:19:05Z")
> [@Muffin](#): > > Paging mat\_mcl. > > Are you any relation to Canada Dry? You won’t get him in here if he does a vanity search on that. It’s matt\_mcl. I suppose you could find out on your own, if you know who his dad was. ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2009, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-little-facts-that-we-have-just-learned-canada-dry/485648/95 "2009-02-16T21:33:36Z")
Ah crap, I can’t spell at all! Thanks for the correction. Yes, I know who his dad was, but I don’t know if they are part of the Canada Dry or GM Canada line. ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2009, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-little-facts-that-we-have-just-learned-canada-dry/485648/96 "2009-02-16T21:34:59Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > I love anchovies, but I never heard of double anchovies on pizza. That’s a _lot_ of salt. And salt makes me cough. ---
**Author:** ![katie1341](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/91b2a8/32.png) [@katie1341](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/katie1341)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2009, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-little-facts-that-we-have-just-learned-canada-dry/485648/97 "2009-02-17T17:30:06Z")
I’ll probably be ridiculed for not knowing this- but I had absolutely no idea until last night that someone tried to steal Abraham Lincoln’s body and hold it for ransom. Mr. 1341: Want to watch a program about the guys who tried to steal Lincoln’s body? Katie1341: Sure, Wow, when did that happen? Mr. 1341: You’re kidding, right? Katie1341: Um, no. Mr. 1341: About 130 years or so ago. Yikes. It was a fascinating show, I’m glad we watched it, and I learned a lot of stuff that I didn’t know. I have no idea how that little tidbit slipped by me for 48 years. ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2009, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-little-facts-that-we-have-just-learned-canada-dry/485648/98 "2009-02-17T18:00:02Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > I love anchovies, but I never heard of double anchovies on pizza. That’s a _lot_ of salt. I ordered double anchovies once (as well as a single order of all toppings the store had to offer) on a pizza when I entered a pizza challenge. I was gonna show them just how bad I was. ---
**Author:** ![Professor\_Murder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/90ced4/32.png) [@Professor\_Murder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Professor_Murder)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-little-facts-that-we-have-just-learned-canada-dry/485648/99 "2009-02-18T16:36:42Z")
Does anybody know where I can get Canada Dry in Ireland? I used to see it in shops when Iwas a kid, now Ican’t get it anywhere. ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2009, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/odd-little-facts-that-we-have-just-learned-canada-dry/485648/100 "2009-02-18T17:55:48Z")
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