On 18:36 18 Dec 2019, Dave Smith > wrote:

> 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.

I can't really understand the appeal of Scotch on the Rocks. You may as well
take some very chilled still water and dilute the Scotch with it.