"cshenk" > wrote in message
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> Julie Bove wrote in rec.food.cooking:
>
>>
>> "Dave Smith" > wrote in message
>> ...
>> > On 2015-07-03 6:17 PM, cshenk wrote:
>> >
>> > > > It's not that I don't know how to sweeten water. It's that
>> > > > there are no sweeteners that are safe for me. No clue what a
>> > > > mio bottle is and I'm not about to buy any more bottles. I
>> > > > also don't necessarily want flavored water. I want water with
>> > > > lemon in it. Real lemon. Not the Real Lemon juice. But
>> > > > actual lemon and/or lime slices. It's good for the ph.
>> > >
>> > > Then use Lemons Julie. Pretty simple.
>> > >
>> >
>> >
>> > LOL... see how it works. She got you hook, line and sinker. She
>> > posed the question. You gave her the time and effort to provide a
>> > valid answer and .. bango... the reason it won't work for. It is
>> > Julie's MO, and people keep falling for it. She asks for help and
>> > then dumps on the good intentioned response.
>>
>>
>>
>> Please point out the question! There wasn't one. Nor did I ask for
>> help. I am thinking this group is ripe with idiots.
>
> Julie, you posted this:
>> We have been drinking lemon water. Alas there are water quality
>> problems in this area. The drought has caused a lot of algae and the
>> treatment for it is causing the water to taste and smell just awful.
>> So I am having to use bottled. I wish there was a sweetener I could
>> use. So far I haven't found one. I did buy a bag of lemons and
>> another of limes at Coscto.
>
> Hi Julie, for sweeter water, try the mio bottles or if that doesnt fit
> the budget, fix a packet of KoolAide with 2 cups water and use a little
> of that in a bottle. Use the ones that have no sweetner then add a
> little sweetner of a type that works for you. You arent re-creating
> KoolAide here but a bit of fruit flavor to the water. At the lightly
> flavored water version, that 2 cups from one packet will flavor 2-2-1/2
> gallons for most of us.
>
> Carol
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>
> People spent time to reply and you basically pooped on our heads for
> it. You just called me an idiot for trying to help you with how to
> fruit up some water.
>
>
> If you do not feel real popular here, you might want to look at your
> OWN behavior as to why.

I know what I said. Please read it again. There was no question in there
and in no way did I ask about flavored water.