On 2019-12-18 11:25 a.m., Pamela wrote:
> On 15:54 18 Dec 2019, Cindy Hamilton >
>> Once the ice gets a little softened, I like to chew on it.
>>
>> Cindy Hamilton
>
> That's okay if you're drinking water but any other drink gets diluted.
>
> Presumably fast food chains and bars do that to save on their costs but
> surely not for taste.
>


It's a little odd that they have those machines that are carefully
calibrated to dispense a certain amount of syrup to a certain amount of
carbonated water to get that perfectly designed flavour and then add all
that ice to water it down.

I don't often consume soft drinks, and when I do, I rarely add ice. I
do like ice with mixed drinks. I like a lot of ice with gin and tonic. I
usually have a few ice cubes with a Manhattan but I tend to finish the
drink before the ice is melted too much.

I learned a valuable lesson from Lou Grant on the Mary Tyler Moore Show.
He told Mary that the best way to drink scotch is to get a nice scotch,
pour a good sized shot of it into a nice glass with a few ice cubes.
You swirl it around and have a sip. You do that a few times and when it
is just right you knock it back.