Reviews of New, Exciting Foods
Thursday May 5, 2005 – 11:44 amhttp://www.mcsweeneys.net/links/newfood/
i.e. Coca-Cola with Lime
"…Just take some Drano, swish it around in a glassful of sweat, drink the entire concoction, and you just might be able to get the taste of this product out of your mouth."
(c/o Scott Hartley)
May 5th, 2005 at 3:42 pm
I really laughed at the review of the Goya Jamaican Style Ginger Beer… especially the finish:
How it can be legally called "ginger beer" rather than "keep-away-from-face beer" in a country that won’t let toys shoot soft plastic missiles is beyond me, but you won’t drink this stuff twice unless the agent interrogating you doesn’t like your first answer.
Classic!
May 6th, 2005 at 10:36 pm
I really thought this "Coca-C ola with Lime" descriptoion was a political comment on Coke’s bad practices worldwide. I didn’t realize that it was describing a real Coke product.
Here are some facts about two countries where Coke is wreaking havoc - India and Columbia:
• In India, Coca-Cola causes severe water shortages in communities across the country. They pollute groundwater and soil around their bottling facilities. They distribute their toxic waste as "fertilizer" to farmers. They sell drinks with high levels of pesticides, including DDT - sometimes 30 times higher than European standards.
• In Columbia, union leaders at Coke’s bottling plants have been murdered. Hundreds of union workers have been tortured, kidnapped and illegally detained. Family members of trade unionists have been targeted. All while Coke leaders launch a $250 million dollar advertising blitz keyed to the theme, "Coca-Cola . . . Real."
There is currently an international boycott of Coca-Cola products because of these facts about the corporation’s practices in India and Columbia.
May 8th, 2005 at 3:23 pm
WOW…Clay did the unthinkable and drained any ounce of humor from that Lime Coke article. I’m sure you get invited to a lot of parties.
June 18th, 2005 at 12:33 pm
that ginger jamacian style beer stuff from goya was horrible!! i smelled it at first and then it burned my sinuses..then i took a sip and it started burning my uppe lip and has been for the past half hour!! what is this!! i dumped it down the drain im never drinking that again!!