In case anyone’s interested, I took the liberty of testing the ultimate fake fruity mixed drink this evening. One of my favorite drinks is a John Wayne. As a good friend of mine described it, it’s kinda like a Shirley Temple, except, umm, it doesn’t sound pansy. I’ve always ordered sprite’s with grenadine at restaurants (when I remember), so I was pleased with his alternate name and have been ordering them slightly more frequently lately.
Last week at Publix Jaime noticed a bottle of grenadine flavoring on one of the aisles and suggested I get it so I could make my own mixed drinks. I was amazed–that is true brilliance! I knew I married that woman for a good reason. Buy it I did, and I went through the first bottle of sprite pretty quickly, leaving myself only cran-berry fruit juice (definitely doesn’t need the grenadine), Coke (*uggh*), Root Beer (*double-uggh*) and Sprite Remix. Yeah, I kinda paused too. I mean, really, Sprite Remix is pretty much already like Sprite with a bit of extra fake fruit flavoring, but I gave it a try anyway.
The results were about what you’d expect. Kinda nice, I guess, pretty darn sugery and overly fakey fruity, and really not worth the effort it takes to mix the two. Save the grenadine for the sprite (or alcohol if your taste buds [or brain cells?] are so inclined) and the remix does just fine on its own.
I always loved Shirley Temples when I was a kid too! I guess I managed to figure out the grenadine thing before you though. Before I did, I resorted to using the liquid that bottled maraschino cherries float around in… seems to work just as well, but the grenadine means you don’t have to figure out a way to keep the cherries from getting all over the place.
Left by David on March 16th, 2004
Oh, I want to add that I think you should forget about that John Wayne alernate name. When you order your fruity drink you’ve gotta just own it. No one really cares anyway, and if they do that’s their issue. Besides, one could likely argue that wanting cherry is completely masculine, and that having a taste for cherry is your manifest manliness.
{ Yawn. It’s late. }
Left by David on March 16th, 2004
WHAT ARE FAKE CHERRIEZ CALLED???? AND HOW DO YOU SAY IT? i can never remember!!
Left by kayla on August 24th, 2004
kayla —-their called merichino cherries—-:)
Left by sarah on March 25th, 2005
I’ve heard it called a Roy Rogers or a Blue boy…..for the guys out there…
Left by ct on August 12th, 2005