# Potato juice?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potato-juice/914847>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [July 9, 2020, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potato-juice/914847 "2020-07-09T17:45:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2020, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potato-juice/914847/1 "2020-07-09T17:45:12Z")

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Frank Sinatra’s [_Coffee Song_](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVGXcjM9SOQ) just popped up on the ol’ iPod.

> No tea or tomato juice,  
> You’ll see no potato juice

I thought he sang ‘potato juice’ because it rhymed with tomato juice.

Turns out [it’s a thing](https://www.google.com/search?q=%22POTATO+JUICE%22&ie=&oe=). Who knew?

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**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2020, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potato-juice/914847/2 "2020-07-09T18:02:26Z")

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I’d have guessed “potato juice” to mean vodka.

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**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanubv.2/32/3260_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUBv.2)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2020, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potato-juice/914847/3 "2020-07-09T18:18:23Z")

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I’m pretty sure he did (pretty clever too). That was before everything could be juiced and sold as the latest miracle cure.

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**Author:** ![Oredigger77](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oredigger77/32/3181_2.png) [@Oredigger77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oredigger77)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2020, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potato-juice/914847/4 "2020-07-09T19:26:37Z")

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Field fresh potatoes are so juicy that you often don’t need to add water to them to ferment them. So potato juice can at least be a step towards vodka.

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**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2020, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potato-juice/914847/5 "2020-07-09T20:03:02Z")

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> [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](#):
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> I’d have guessed “potato juice” to mean vodka.

That’s what I thought. I googled ‘potato juice’ to see if it was slang for vodka, and saw all of the actual potato juice links. I never did search for ‘potato juice’ AND ‘vodka’.

ETA: When I first heard the song, I thought he used it because it rhymed. It was just today when I started wondering about it that I thought he might mean vodka.