I just tried the recipe for celery soda from this episode (http://www.hulu.com/watch/181578/good-eats-celeryman#s-p1-so-i0) of Good eats. (time,13:15)
I have to say, it's not bad. Celery seeds contain fairly high levels of 3-N-butyl-phthalide, which research indicates has certain health benefits:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19616517
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18328624
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15167282
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11270994
Probably not as good for you as just a plain ol' glass of V8, though.
V8 has a FUCKTON of sodium though.
I really liked that celery episode. There have been a ton of awesome ones, but that one and the pickles one were really cool to me.
I like V8. Also, without sodium we would quickly die, it's just a matter of how much of it you get in the rest of your diet.
Quote from: The Lord and Lady Omnibus Fuck on October 09, 2010, 05:13:30 AM
I like V8. Also, without sodium we would quickly die, it's just a matter of how much of it you get in the rest of your diet.
I said too much, not any at all. There really is a lot in V8, as delicious as it is.
Fucking celery soda?!?!?
I need to try this. Like now.
Also, I like V8 but it makes me dizzy and gives me the shakes. No idea why.
(PS- they make a lower sodium version, which is the one I like)
Quote from: Eater of Clowns on October 09, 2010, 05:15:28 AM
Quote from: The Lord and Lady Omnibus Fuck on October 09, 2010, 05:13:30 AM
I like V8. Also, without sodium we would quickly die, it's just a matter of how much of it you get in the rest of your diet.
I said too much, not any at all. There really is a lot in V8, as delicious as it is.
No, you said it has a fuckton. Which is not necessarily TOO MUCH.
Quote from: Sir Squid Diddimus on October 09, 2010, 05:26:56 AM
Fucking celery soda?!?!?
I need to try this. Like now.
Also, I like V8 but it makes me dizzy and gives me the shakes. No idea why.
(PS- they make a lower sodium version, which is the one I like)
Shit yes you do. It was really easy to make. I've god a bunch of herbs and spices left over from making absinthe. Some of those would probably also work in a soda, especially anise and fennel. Not wormwood, though.
I think homemade sodas from scratchmay be, like, my thing now. For a while. I've done it with extracts before, but this is cooler.
If I could just carbonate my own water, that would be the schnizzzz. I've done it with yeast before, but I just don't care for yeasty sodas.
Quote from: The Lord and Lady Omnibus Fuck on October 09, 2010, 06:31:03 AM
Quote from: Eater of Clowns on October 09, 2010, 05:15:28 AM
Quote from: The Lord and Lady Omnibus Fuck on October 09, 2010, 05:13:30 AM
I like V8. Also, without sodium we would quickly die, it's just a matter of how much of it you get in the rest of your diet.
I said too much, not any at all. There really is a lot in V8, as delicious as it is.
No, you said it has a fuckton. Which is not necessarily TOO MUCH.
:kingmeh:
Celery soda is fucking nasty. When ECH is King, whether or not you like celery soda will be used as a shibboleth.
nasty you say?
now i HAVE to try it.
FUCK!
Quote from: First City Hustle on October 11, 2010, 06:12:01 AM
Celery soda is fucking nasty. When ECH is King, whether or not you like celery soda will be used as a shibboleth.
Seeing as it's mostly consumed by j00z, does that make you an anti-Semite?
I can't be an anti-semite if I borrowed the idea of a shibboleth, can I?
Quote from: Eater of Clowns on October 09, 2010, 02:17:58 PM
Quote from: The Lord and Lady Omnibus Fuck on October 09, 2010, 06:31:03 AM
Quote from: Eater of Clowns on October 09, 2010, 05:15:28 AM
Quote from: The Lord and Lady Omnibus Fuck on October 09, 2010, 05:13:30 AM
I like V8. Also, without sodium we would quickly die, it's just a matter of how much of it you get in the rest of your diet.
I said too much, not any at all. There really is a lot in V8, as delicious as it is.
No, you said it has a fuckton. Which is not necessarily TOO MUCH.
:kingmeh:
No, really. It's true. A fuckton of pepper, for instance, might be exactly the right amount of pepper.
Update: FYI, if you put celery seeds in your coffee grinder, your coffee will taste like celery forever.
Seriously, I cleaned the fuck out of it and I can still taste it. I'm not sure I could even use it as a spice grinder now.
Hey I found some of this shit at the bbq place.
Made by Dr Browns, which I think is sold all over
(http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f45/Squidoid667/celerysoda.jpg)
It was actually really good. I liked it.
WHERE CAN I GET THAT?
:aww:
Quote from: Sir Squid Diddimus on January 22, 2011, 09:19:50 PM
Hey I found some of this shit at the bbq place.
Made by Dr Browns, which I think is sold all over
(http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f45/Squidoid667/celerysoda.jpg)
It was actually really good. I liked it.
I wish I could find some here to compare to the stuff I made.
Does it have HFCS or real sugar?
While we're on the subject of rather obscure sodas, the Matriarch and I had a rather puerile giggle fit when we picked up a can of this stuff at a local Chinese newsagent's shop.
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3226/2784487768_4c6180af31.jpg)
The Dr. Brown's sodas can be nasty, just saying. I mean, we tried their Thanksgiving pack for a lark one year. Yeah, gross enough to turn you off the holiday meal itself. Turkey gravy soda? No. Just, no.
I didn't read the ingredients (cause then I probably wouldn't have tried it) but I'm pretty sure it was HFCS. That stuff has a pretty distinct taste to me.
I didn't know Dr Browns made other weird flavors. I remember Jones doing it though.
Sig- maybe if you google it you can find where they sell it near you? I have no idea really. I wasn't ever expecting to see this flavor. Ever.
It really just tasted like sweet and celery seed.
Aw shit--it WAS Jones, not Dr. Browns--whoops! Dr. Browns made that weird one before that I hated--gingerbeer?--*looks up*--ah! Creme. I hated that one. Had a funny aftertaste.
But Squid, you = 169% correct--it was the narsty Jones sodas that do that wonky thing with their flavors we tried. Bleh. Do NOT recommend.
It appears to be sold mainly as far west as Chicago. Weird. I usually assume everything in this country is sold everywhere.