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Kiwi lemonade?

by minton 4y ago

Kiwi lemonade?

Lio 4y ago
Ah yeah I should clarify that, the lemonade that New Zealanders aka Kiwis have locally. I can't quite remember the brand. Might have been L&P or something.
- ravenstine 4y ago
  Yeah, L&P (Lemon & Peoroa). Good stuff! Though I remember it being carbonated.
  - Matsta 4y ago
    L&P is indeed carbonated. Used to be reasonably easy to get in the UK, but almost impossible since covid. You won't find non carbonated, yellow lemonade in NZ. As mentioned above, you'll just get sprite.
    - ravenstine 4y ago
      Oh yeah, that seems about right. I haven't been back there in 15 years, but when I lived there I encountered some oddities like that (as an American), and that fact sounds familiar. I was also a bit stunned when I had ketchup there, because it's different from American ketchup. Much sweeter, not much vinegar, if any. The hotdogs were also different. When I went to high school (i.e. college) there, one day they had "American hotdog day", and they were like no hotdog I had in America. They were more like those red hot link sausages (which I've never seen anyone eat in America even though I've seen them in grocery stores). So that with their own version of ketchup made for an interesting experience, and was a neat allegory for how different parts of the world see each other. Great place, that NZ. I really do miss it. Maybe I'll go back once once they finally chill out about COVID.
      - ncmncm 4y ago
        Anyone in doubt that US vs. UK and the other colonies are very, very different countries need not consider "lemonade" (Sprite) or Marmite. Just order breakfast with toast. Anywhere except the US, the toast will come out on a "cooling rack". They actually want their toast cold! I have never found any hint why anyone would want this, but I did read an Ian Fleming short story in which James Bond, while in New York on (IIRC?) a personal vendetta to gun down some Cubans upstate, complains that his toast is delivered "damp". While I am here, fair warning: if you are in Boston and order a milkshake, you will absolutely not get anything even slightly resembling a proper milkshake. You have to ask for a "cabinet". I am not joking.
- amacneil 4y ago
  If you ask for "lemonade" in NZ you're going to get Sprite.
- classichasclass 4y ago
  There is nothing better in the Air New Zealand lounge than an L&P and Vegemite on toast transferring between flights. Settles the stomach beautifully.

Kiwi lemonade?

by minton 4y ago

Kiwi lemonade?

Lio 4y ago

Ah yeah I should clarify that, the lemonade that New Zealanders aka Kiwis have locally. I can't quite remember the brand. Might have been L&P or something.

ravenstine 4y ago
Yeah, L&P (Lemon & Peoroa). Good stuff! Though I remember it being carbonated.
- Matsta 4y ago
  L&P is indeed carbonated. Used to be reasonably easy to get in the UK, but almost impossible since covid. You won't find non carbonated, yellow lemonade in NZ. As mentioned above, you'll just get sprite.
  - ravenstine 4y ago
    Oh yeah, that seems about right. I haven't been back there in 15 years, but when I lived there I encountered some oddities like that (as an American), and that fact sounds familiar. I was also a bit stunned when I had ketchup there, because it's different from American ketchup. Much sweeter, not much vinegar, if any. The hotdogs were also different. When I went to high school (i.e. college) there, one day they had "American hotdog day", and they were like no hotdog I had in America. They were more like those red hot link sausages (which I've never seen anyone eat in America even though I've seen them in grocery stores). So that with their own version of ketchup made for an interesting experience, and was a neat allegory for how different parts of the world see each other. Great place, that NZ. I really do miss it. Maybe I'll go back once once they finally chill out about COVID.
    - ncmncm 4y ago
      Anyone in doubt that US vs. UK and the other colonies are very, very different countries need not consider "lemonade" (Sprite) or Marmite. Just order breakfast with toast. Anywhere except the US, the toast will come out on a "cooling rack". They actually want their toast cold! I have never found any hint why anyone would want this, but I did read an Ian Fleming short story in which James Bond, while in New York on (IIRC?) a personal vendetta to gun down some Cubans upstate, complains that his toast is delivered "damp". While I am here, fair warning: if you are in Boston and order a milkshake, you will absolutely not get anything even slightly resembling a proper milkshake. You have to ask for a "cabinet". I am not joking.
amacneil 4y ago
If you ask for "lemonade" in NZ you're going to get Sprite.
classichasclass 4y ago
There is nothing better in the Air New Zealand lounge than an L&P and Vegemite on toast transferring between flights. Settles the stomach beautifully.