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JanMichael Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-30-03 11:14 PM
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I like cranberry juice, ok? Not for medical reasons either!
With vodka is fine but I like it by itself dammit.

Even as a kid cranberry juice (With lots of ice) was a favorite of mine.

So who else likes cranberry juice? I can't be the only one that's drinking it simply because I like it and not because it's good for the uninary tract...Can I?
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MercutioATC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-30-03 11:14 PM
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1. Me!
Edited on Tue Sep-30-03 11:15 PM by MercutioATC
(it's even better WITH the vodka, though)
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HEyHEY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-30-03 11:16 PM
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2. love it but
one prob...it's hard to get it not full of sugar..know a brand?
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REP Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-30-03 11:22 PM
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5. Trader Joe's
They hzve a 100% unsweetened cranberry juice. It's very, very tart. I usually mix 1/3 unsweetened cherry juice with 2/3 unsweetened cranberry juice (it's still pretty damn tart).
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JanMichael Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-30-03 11:23 PM
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6. I'll have to look for that next time I go shopping.
Thanks for the tip.
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REP Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-30-03 11:26 PM
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8. $3.99/Qt in CA for the Cranberry juice
$2.99 for the cherry (it's supposed to be good for arthritis, and it tastes good).
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OldSoldier Donating Member (982 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-01-03 06:08 AM
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20. There's another name for unsweetened cranberry juice
It's called "battery acid."
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metsie Donating Member (15 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-30-03 11:18 PM
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3. I'm with you
I like it too ! I might just pour myself a glass right now !:bounce:
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BloodyWilliam Donating Member (665 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-30-03 11:21 PM
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4. Iced green tea for me
I'm addicted to it! I got a Hamilton Beach Iced Tea Maker from Amazon.com (only $20!). It's basically a hot water heater combined with a filter pitcher, but I think it's brilliant. I down about a pitcher of iced green tea a day. :hippie:

As for band, I have to recomment Altiva for green tea and Nativa for yerba mate. Those are the easy-to-find teas, though. There's this one amazing brand north shore or northern... north something tea company that has tea that comes in a big bag (with the teabags in it), and it's just absolutely amazing. They have this oolong called Ti Kuan Yin... it's awesome.
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Lisa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-30-03 11:23 PM
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7. what do you think of the "white" vs. the traditional red type?
Edited on Tue Sep-30-03 11:25 PM by Lisa
I've tried the white variety, but I still think it tastes more like white grape juice ...

I like cranberry juice heated up, with a bit of cinnamon or allspice sprinkled on top.


Re: REP's post, I have recently gotten addicted to sour cherry syrup. From Iran ... maybe they really ARE evil, because I find myself craving it at odd moments.
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REP Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-30-03 11:28 PM
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10. Cherry Juice Is Supposed to be Good for Arthritis
For reducing pain, not inducing arthritis! I have a rheumatoid arthritis, and I don't know if it works for that but what the hell, it tastes good!
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Lisa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-30-03 11:36 PM
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11. the other thing I like ...
is Persian pomegranate syrup. (It's less bitter than the Lebanese type, and thicker/richer than grenadine syrup.) It contains a heck of a lot of iron ... the nurses at the blood donor clinic are always impressed by my hemoglobin levels, and this is one of the reasons why!
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KittyWampus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-30-03 11:28 PM
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9. Have You Ever Had A "Poinsettia"
Cranberry juice and champagne?

Yum!
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LWolf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-30-03 11:37 PM
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12. Me.
I love cranberry juice.

And the "pointsettia" sounds good, too...
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dmr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-30-03 11:40 PM
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13. I like to mix my cranberry juice with orange juice
Mmmmm, it's delicious, especially over ice! A bit of vodka in it, well, that makes it even better.
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Lisa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Sep-30-03 11:57 PM
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14. or ginger ale!

The barkeep at our campus pub has different versions of the same drink -- cranberry juice, orange juice, and ginger ale if you're planning on doing some work later that night -- or vodka in the mix if you're not!
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Twillig Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-01-03 12:19 AM
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15. almost makes it a "sex on the beach"
SEX ON THE BEACH

Ingredients:
- 1 oz Vodka
- 1 oz Peach Schnappes
- 2 oz Orange Juice
- 2 oz Cranberry Juice


I prefer the Sea Breeze. Two juices I HATED as a kid come together as a mixed drink in my adulthood.

SEA BREEZE

Ingredients:
- 2 oz Vodka
- 3 oz Cranberry Juice
- 2 oz Grapefruit Juice
- Garnish: Lime Wedge

YUM

Not bad without the vodka too, but not as much fun. :-)
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SingSong Donating Member (119 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-01-03 12:25 AM
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16. Maybe you THINK it's not for medical reasons?
Perhaps it's helping you to live almost forever? HHHMMM?
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grasswire Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-01-03 01:27 AM
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17. blueberry juice...
...is supposed to be fabulous for you, too. Full of good things. All I could find was apple-blueberry, heavy on the apple.
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grasswire Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-01-03 01:28 AM
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18. forgot to say...
...that I love cranberry juice, too.

And I love cranberry flummery, which I make at Thanksgiving and Christmas.
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yellowdawgdem Donating Member (972 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-01-03 04:18 AM
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19. another cranberry fan here
I like cranberry juice quite a lot, but agree that most of it is too sugary. the trader joe brand is good but expensive. I'm really wondering, what is cranberry flummery and how do you make it. all of these Iran dishes are super making me hungry!
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OldSoldier Donating Member (982 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-01-03 06:12 AM
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21. Another effect of cranberry juice...
It cleans the PCP right out of your system. In Berlin we caught a guy doing PCP and ran a little experiment with his permission. We pissed him. He was hot on our mass spectrometer. Then we gave him a gallon of cranberry juice, which he drank half of, and pissed him again. Clean.

So if you've been smokin' Shermans and you suddenly find out you have a piss test tomorrow, start drinking cranberry juice heavily.

I like cranberry juice too, and I have no interest in doing PCP.
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BigMcLargehuge Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-01-03 07:38 AM
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22. my favorite juice, actually.
I love it with lots and lots of ice, or mixed with ice-cold seltzer.
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