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Default Drank "Moxie" - and an icing query

George Shirley > wrote:

>I think you can still buy Moxie on line, remember seeing one of those
>"food" shows on the History channel talking about some guy selling all
>the retro cold drinks. Expensive stuff too.


My father (born 1912) related that originally, Moxie contained
a strong stimulant, stronger than caffeine. What exactly it
was is uncertain. (Probably not cocaine, as I believe that was
already illegal in soft drinks by that point.)

So in any case, whatever you're buying now is not real Moxie.

Steve