580485 Tue Dec 16 03:51:07 -0800 2008 12 27 General Chowhounding Topics 0 4250053 Rumor has it that Pepsi is coming out with a "retro Pepsi" that will be made with sugar rather than corn syrup. It is being presented to grocery buyers for a spring roll out. Tue Dec 16 03:51:07 -0800 2008 11562 Hue 1 4251354 In my world, friends don't let friends drink Pepsi. Tue Dec 16 12:16:51 -0800 2008 4250053 109905 laliz 2 4260411 I loved Coke when I was a kid. (Uh...that sounds funny, so everyone please note my upper case, "C".) It doesn't taste the same to me now; it doesn't seem to have that sharp edge to which many aspired, but which none could imitate. It was never the same after The Big Ole Formula Change. Is that because they switched from sugar to corn syrup? Did they do it because it was cheaper to produce? Diet Caffeine Pepsi for me, in a can, half-frozen in the freezer. That's livin'. Well...that's livin' if you toss in some sizzling hot spicy blackened shrimp, right off the cast iron, some really good guacamole, and a little bit of the icy Widow Cliquot. :-) Fri Dec 19 14:05:30 -0800 2008 4251354 244717 Steady Habits 1 4251702 Sounds like a great idea to me. I only drink Coke when I can get the sugar version (Mexican or Kosher for Passover), but I'm a Pepsi guy all the way. I'll look for it, hope your rumor's correct. Tue Dec 16 14:08:22 -0800 2008 4250053 64696 winedude 2 4251859 I buy all my Coca Cola for the year when it is Passover. If "spring" to Pepsi coincides with Passover, my world is set...plus if it stays around all year, I can save some storage space... Tue Dec 16 15:07:58 -0800 2008 4251702 12123 Cathy 3 4252263 For some reason the mention of old school Pepsi brings back memories of my older cousin(older, we looked up to him), who lived in the small town of New Waverly, Texas, pop. 426. He drank his Pepsi, peanuts poured in, freshly shucked. We waited by the railroad tracks, waiting for the signal lamp turn from red, yellow, and then green, meaning a fast Missouri Pacific freight was heading north, points unknown, in the mid-1960's. Tue Dec 16 17:18:04 -0800 2008 4251859 198541 James Cristinian 4 4253128 There's something really good about that post. Usually, that's the kind of thing that you'd see blown up in a newspaper or a magazine, on the section chosen for the back cover of a book. For some reason it took me straight to 1960's Texas, although being born in 1979, Episodes of Quantum Leap are as far as I've ever got. Wed Dec 17 04:41:58 -0800 2008 4252263 180623 Soop 5 4258167 Welcome to the Texas of my youth. Thu Dec 18 17:34:57 -0800 2008 4253128 198541 James Cristinian 2 4257446 I just bought some Coke with sugar at a Mexican mom and pop place near my house. I'm going to try it tonight. Very excited, as many people have mentioned how much better it is that the one with HFCS. Thu Dec 18 12:42:39 -0800 2008 4251702 12144 CeeBee 1 4259345 Stock up around Passover time. The pepsi with sugar usually comes out a month before the holiday and has a different color cap than the usual stuff. I think the cap was yellow last year. Fri Dec 19 08:07:20 -0800 2008 4250053 217807 cheesecake17 2 4259522 That was Coke. The Pepsi caps are yellow all the time. Fri Dec 19 09:06:11 -0800 2008 4259345 12123 Cathy 3 4259558 Sorry for the mistake.. I know they have either a diff color cap or a kosher for passover marking on the cap. Fri Dec 19 09:15:30 -0800 2008 4259522 217807 cheesecake17 1 4259825 Depending on what part of the US you're in, I saw it this past week-end in So CA. Fri Dec 19 10:49:09 -0800 2008 4250053 149836 cstr