What I need are some ideas for something other than lemonade, iced tea, pop
or water for him to drink. He is driving me nuts trying to figure out what
I can buy/make for him. He tells me (and he doesn't know why) that he can
drink lots of water at work, but not at home--we even have a wonderful water
filter! I do not buy pop in my home, and the dentist told him no more
lemonade because it was eating away his enamel. Oh, by the way, price is
involved. He is very tight and won't spend the money that Gatorade, etc.
costs. Is there hope or is my determination hopeless??????

Che

"CheCooks" > wrote in message
...
> What I need are some ideas for something other than lemonade, iced tea,
> pop
> or water for him to drink. He is driving me nuts trying to figure out
> what
> I can buy/make for him. He tells me (and he doesn't know why) that he can
> drink lots of water at work, but not at home--we even have a wonderful
> water
> filter! I do not buy pop in my home, and the dentist told him no more
> lemonade because it was eating away his enamel. Oh, by the way, price is
> involved. He is very tight and won't spend the money that Gatorade, etc.
> costs. Is there hope or is my determination hopeless??????

Has he been checked for diabetes?

nancy

CheCooks wrote:
> What I need are some ideas for something other than lemonade, iced
> tea, pop
> or water for him to drink. He is driving me nuts trying to figure
> out what
> I can buy/make for him. He tells me (and he doesn't know why) that
> he can
> drink lots of water at work, but not at home--we even have a
> wonderful water
> filter! I do not buy pop in my home, and the dentist told him no
> more
> lemonade because it was eating away his enamel. Oh, by the way,
> price is
> involved. He is very tight and won't spend the money that Gatorade,
> etc.
> costs. Is there hope or is my determination hopeless??????
>
> Che


Beer? That's what I like.

get an ice shaver or use a blender, gallon jug of your favorite fruit
flavor syrup concentrate ( dirt cheap & lasts forever) and a pump to go
on top of jug. cup of shaved ice, couple of drops of syrup and you got
slushy or snow cone if you cot the little pointywater cups for pennies.
satisfies thirst & sugar jones plus takes a while to consume so he'll
bug you less often.

CheCooks wrote:

> What I need are some ideas for something other than lemonade, iced tea, pop
> or water for him to drink. He is driving me nuts trying to figure out what
> I can buy/make for him. He tells me (and he doesn't know why) that he can
> drink lots of water at work, but not at home--we even have a wonderful water
> filter! I do not buy pop in my home, and the dentist told him no more
> lemonade because it was eating away his enamel. Oh, by the way, price is
> involved. He is very tight and won't spend the money that Gatorade, etc.
> costs. Is there hope or is my determination hopeless??????


He's lying about drinking water at work.

~john

CheCooks wrote:
> What I need are some ideas for something other than lemonade, iced tea, pop
> or water for him to drink. He is driving me nuts trying to figure out what
> I can buy/make for him. He tells me (and he doesn't know why) that he can
> drink lots of water at work, but not at home--we even have a wonderful water
> filter! I do not buy pop in my home, and the dentist told him no more
> lemonade because it was eating away his enamel. Oh, by the way, price is
> involved. He is very tight and won't spend the money that Gatorade, etc.
> costs. Is there hope or is my determination hopeless??????

I've been on a mint tea kick lately. Peppermint, mostly, but sometimes
spearmint. I drink it cold, over crushed ice, no sweetener. If cost is
an issue, mint plants are cheap and easy to grow. In fact many of them
will do a passable imitation of sprawling invasive weeds, given half a
chance and a quarter of an opportunity.

Kathleen

Che wrote:

> What I need are some ideas for something other than lemonade, iced tea,
> pop or water for him to drink. He is driving me nuts trying to figure
> out what I can buy/make for him. He tells me (and he doesn't know why)
> that he can drink lots of water at work, but not at home--we even have a
> wonderful water filter! I do not buy pop in my home, and the dentist
> told him no more lemonade because it was eating away his enamel. Oh, by
> the way, price is involved. He is very tight and won't spend the money
> that Gatorade, etc. costs. Is there hope or is my determination
> hopeless??????

Try liquados. Go to Google Groups and search for "sprucing up a glass of
H2O" for a discussion which took place a few years ago.

Bob

In article >,
"CheCooks" > wrote:

> What I need are some ideas for something other than lemonade, iced tea, pop
> or water for him to drink. He is driving me nuts trying to figure out what
> I can buy/make for him. He tells me (and he doesn't know why) that he can
> drink lots of water at work, but not at home--we even have a wonderful water
> filter! I do not buy pop in my home, and the dentist told him no more
> lemonade because it was eating away his enamel. Oh, by the way, price is
> involved. He is very tight and won't spend the money that Gatorade, etc.
> costs. Is there hope or is my determination hopeless??????
>
> Che
>
>

There are a number of different flavors of Celestial Seasonings herbal
teas and they are all delicious! I use them to make gallons of Solar
Tea. I drink it mostly unsweetened, but many of them are good with
Splenda.

I'd try the "zinger" ones first. Cranberry cove is also excellent and
flavorful.

Hope this helps???

Oh, there is also Crystal lite and sugar free kool-aid.
--
K.

Sprout the MungBean to reply

"I don't like to commit myself about heaven and hell‹you
see, I have friends in both places." --Mark Twain

"CheCooks" > wrote in message
...

> What I need are some ideas for something other
> than lemonade, iced tea, pop or water for him to drink.

Honegar: equal parts honey and vinegar (I like organic apple cider vinegar
.... come to that, I use organic honey, as well), diluted to taste with
water. Not so dissimilar to lemonade. Very refreshing.

-j

CheCooks wrote:
> What I need are some ideas for something other than lemonade, iced tea, pop
> or water for him to drink.

La Croix canned carbonated water - orange, lemon or berry flavored -
use it to make iced tea with Lipton instant. It is delicious.

-L.

CheCooks wrote:

> What I need are some ideas for something other than lemonade, iced tea, pop
> or water for him to drink. He is driving me nuts trying to figure out what
> I can buy/make for him. He tells me (and he doesn't know why) that he can
> drink lots of water at work, but not at home--we even have a wonderful water
> filter! I do not buy pop in my home, and the dentist told him no more
> lemonade because it was eating away his enamel. Oh, by the way, price is
> involved. He is very tight and won't spend the money that Gatorade, etc.
> costs. Is there hope or is my determination hopeless??????
>
> Che
>
>

I make sun tea using 4 regular tea bag, lemon slices, and lemon balm. I
vary the taste by substituting 1 or 2 herbal tea bags or using mint in
place of the lemon balm. I've even added lime slices for a different
taste. If he likes lemonade but can't drink it, a squirt or two of
fresh lemon juice in water will give a bit of the flavour but shouldn't
be strong enough to cause any problems. Fruit juices are always a good
choice but I would be careful of the sugar content. I'm rather fond of
tomato juice myself especially homemade. You can vary the taste by
adding tabasco sauce, celery salt, and pepper. Mint julips (sp) are
pretty good in the summer too. Many "alcoholic" drinks can be made
virgin by omitting the alcohol. My absolute favourite thirst quencher
is club soda. Sometimes I add a lemon slice but usually I just drink it
plain. I drink tons of it so am careful to by the sodium reduced version.

Wow!! You guys are great...........I figured I pretty much ruled everything
out in my list, but you've come up with some great ideas! Thanks a bunch!!

Che


"CheCooks" > wrote in message
...
> What I need are some ideas for something other than lemonade, iced tea,
pop
> or water for him to drink. He is driving me nuts trying to figure out
what
> I can buy/make for him. He tells me (and he doesn't know why) that he can
> drink lots of water at work, but not at home--we even have a wonderful
water
> filter! I do not buy pop in my home, and the dentist told him no more
> lemonade because it was eating away his enamel. Oh, by the way, price is
> involved. He is very tight and won't spend the money that Gatorade, etc.
> costs. Is there hope or is my determination hopeless??????
>
> Che
>
>

> CheCooks wrote:
> > What I need are some ideas for something other than lemonade, iced tea, pop
> > or water for him to drink. He is driving me nuts trying to figure out what
> > I can buy/make for him. He tells me (and he doesn't know why) that he can
> > drink lots of water at work, but not at home--we even have a wonderful water
> > filter! I do not buy pop in my home, and the dentist told him no more
> > lemonade because it was eating away his enamel. Oh, by the way, price is
> > involved. He is very tight and won't spend the money that Gatorade, etc.
> > costs. Is there hope or is my determination hopeless??????
>
>

Even with a good filter, trying boiling your water. I have city water
(meaning not a well) and it is fine, but boiling it makes it taste
wonderful. Boil, cool, store in frige in clean container - glass is best.

Whether you boil it or not, you can buy a number of extracts - vanilla,
cherry, banana, butternut, lemon, etc - and add a drop or two to a quart
of water ("to taste").


There are dozens of fruit juices and juice combos. There are lots of
kool-aid varieties - sweetened with sugar substitute. There are lots of
fruit-like products like Hawaiian Punch.

Some of these things aren't good alone, but in a blender with ice and
maybe something like simple syrup or sugar substitute (where needed), you
can have a great summer cooler or a smoothie or a slushy. As well, if you
use an ice cream freezer, you can make sorbet.

You can also mix many of these with selzer water, gingerale, club soda, or
7-up.


One of my favorite juice combos is equal parts grapefruit juice and
pineapple juice.

I don't know what the problem is with "pop", but there are so many out
there now with no sugar and no caffeine. Most of the diet drinks that I
have tried are excellent and I have never been able to taste the absence
of caffeine. I like the black cherry and the root beer. On a really hot
summer day, a glass, two scoops of vanilla ice cream, and a liberal amount
of root beer can be a joy to behold. If the fizz is a problem, open it
and let it go flat.

'Round here, iced tea is the standard, so as long as there is a gallon in
the frige, we are happy campers.


A couple of suggestions from my bitchy side: (apologies in advance)

Send HIM to the store and let him find his own drinks.

If he continues to give you a bad time about what to drink after all the
suggestions from this ng, slap him up side his head.


Elaine, too

CheCooks wrote:
> What I need are some ideas for something other than lemonade, iced tea, pop
> or water for him to drink. He is driving me nuts trying to figure out what
> I can buy/make for him. He tells me (and he doesn't know why) that he can
> drink lots of water at work, but not at home--we even have a wonderful water
> filter! I do not buy pop in my home, and the dentist told him no more
> lemonade because it was eating away his enamel. Oh, by the way, price is
> involved. He is very tight and won't spend the money that Gatorade, etc.
> costs. Is there hope or is my determination hopeless??????

I bet the clod can drink beer.

Sheldon

Elaine, you're great! He's already been with me to the store and
only complained about how expensive all the drinks were................the
slap may be coming soon! Thanks.

Che

"Elaine Parrish" > wrote in message
...
>
> > CheCooks wrote:
> > > What I need are some ideas for something other than lemonade, iced
tea, pop
> > > or water for him to drink. He is driving me nuts trying to figure out
what
> > > I can buy/make for him. He tells me (and he doesn't know why) that he
can
> > > drink lots of water at work, but not at home--we even have a wonderful
water
> > > filter! I do not buy pop in my home, and the dentist told him no more
> > > lemonade because it was eating away his enamel. Oh, by the way, price
is
> > > involved. He is very tight and won't spend the money that Gatorade,
etc.
> > > costs. Is there hope or is my determination hopeless??????
> >
> >
>
> Even with a good filter, trying boiling your water. I have city water
> (meaning not a well) and it is fine, but boiling it makes it taste
> wonderful. Boil, cool, store in frige in clean container - glass is best.
>
> Whether you boil it or not, you can buy a number of extracts - vanilla,
> cherry, banana, butternut, lemon, etc - and add a drop or two to a quart
> of water ("to taste").
>
>
> There are dozens of fruit juices and juice combos. There are lots of
> kool-aid varieties - sweetened with sugar substitute. There are lots of
> fruit-like products like Hawaiian Punch.
>
> Some of these things aren't good alone, but in a blender with ice and
> maybe something like simple syrup or sugar substitute (where needed), you
> can have a great summer cooler or a smoothie or a slushy. As well, if you
> use an ice cream freezer, you can make sorbet.
>
> You can also mix many of these with selzer water, gingerale, club soda, or
> 7-up.
>
>
> One of my favorite juice combos is equal parts grapefruit juice and
> pineapple juice.
>
> I don't know what the problem is with "pop", but there are so many out
> there now with no sugar and no caffeine. Most of the diet drinks that I
> have tried are excellent and I have never been able to taste the absence
> of caffeine. I like the black cherry and the root beer. On a really hot
> summer day, a glass, two scoops of vanilla ice cream, and a liberal amount
> of root beer can be a joy to behold. If the fizz is a problem, open it
> and let it go flat.
>
> 'Round here, iced tea is the standard, so as long as there is a gallon in
> the frige, we are happy campers.
>
>
> A couple of suggestions from my bitchy side: (apologies in advance)
>
> Send HIM to the store and let him find his own drinks.
>
> If he continues to give you a bad time about what to drink after all the
> suggestions from this ng, slap him up side his head.
>
>
> Elaine, too
>

Sheldon wrote:
>
> I bet the clod can drink beer.
>
> Sheldon



My thought exactly! D@mn, he is a grown man, is he not? Can he not
decide what he wants to drink? If he's so tightfisted, let him thirst
until he makes up his feeble mind. Sheesh, how can you stand being
married to such a whiney miser?

First - If he can drink water at work and not at home, and he's losing his
tooth enamel because of his drink habits, it seems it's time for him to grow
up or lose his teeth.
Or you should start saving up for the porcelain crowns the dentist is now
hinting toward, the dentist having measured your husband's enamel thickness
across the last decade with his laser depth gauge so the dentist can tell if
your husband's enamel (it's transparent) was thin to start with or if it's
gradually thinning due to lemonade.

Second- as to focusing on the problem so it can be blunted and you can find
your specific approach:
to be technically correct, it's not the lemonade that eats enamel - it's
the acid in the lemonade, which is a strong food acid.
(Acid attacks the hydroxyapitite - calcium phosphate compound - that
makes up tooth enamel. And the attacks are stronger in pop, since the
roughly same strength acid in the pop is combined with the bubbles that
carry carbon dioxide - and carbon dioxide being the imitating part of
another mechanism for ion transfer from the corroding surface. For the
interested, see any text on corrosion and corrosion control.)
Acid "strength" is measured in PH - 7 is neutral, 1 is super strong.
Acid is what makes the drink "tart", and so many drinks have acid added by
the mfg to get them "tart".
And acid attacks the calcium phosphate of the enamel - strong acids
attack much more than weak.

You can neutralize the acids in his favorite drinks, including his
lemonade, by adding enough plain baking soda or calcium carbonate to get
the ph up to around 6. It will be less tart, but sweet and wet.
(litmus strips for testing fish tanks will get you to where you will know
how much soda to add to a quart. And while 7 is neutral and has no adverse
reaction on a surface, neutral drinks will lose their "tartness")
I have seen charts that have lemonade and soda around ph 4, and some beers
around ph 3.

If he wants the "tart" rather than the flavor, I don't think there's not
much you can do, other than maybe wean him over to plain yogurt, which is
somewhat acidic but also coats the enamel in calcium, and hope for the best.
(There are studies/theories that indicate teeth will re-enamelize if clean
and exposed to diet calcium. No one is hanging their hat on it, yet, though.
Using calcium carbonate to lower acidity might hedge the bet.)

------------




"CheCooks" > wrote in message
...
> What I need are some ideas for something other than lemonade, iced tea,
pop
> or water for him to drink. He is driving me nuts trying to figure out
what
> I can buy/make for him. He tells me (and he doesn't know why) that he can
> drink lots of water at work, but not at home--we even have a wonderful
water
> filter! I do not buy pop in my home, and the dentist told him no more
> lemonade because it was eating away his enamel. Oh, by the way, price is
> involved. He is very tight and won't spend the money that Gatorade, etc.
> costs. Is there hope or is my determination hopeless??????
>
> Che
>
>

CheCooks wrote:

> What I need are some ideas for something other than lemonade, iced tea, pop
> or water for him to drink. He is driving me nuts trying to figure out what
> I can buy/make for him. He tells me (and he doesn't know why) that he can
> drink lots of water at work, but not at home--we even have a wonderful water
> filter! I do not buy pop in my home, and the dentist told him no more
> lemonade because it was eating away his enamel. Oh, by the way, price is
> involved. He is very tight and won't spend the money that Gatorade, etc.
> costs. Is there hope or is my determination hopeless??????

If he is for some reason incapable of figuring out what he can drink on his own,
how about making iced tea. Pour boiling or near boiling water into a pot with a
few tea bags in and leave the bags in until the tea is the right strength then
remove them. Allow the tea to cool and serve on ice with a bit of lemon...no
sugar. It's cheap and easy, refreshing and has no sugar

Carbonated beverages are bad anyway... they raise blood acidity and the body
uses calcium from the teeth and bones as a base to neutralize the acid...
resulting in childhood teeth problems and elderly breaking bones.

I believe the ancient Romans had it right when they said, "Optimum Aqua Est"
or Water is the Best!

I found reverse-osmosis filtering with a second pass thru a charcoal type
filter makes water taste better and a wedge of lemon adds some vitamin c


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"dwacon" > wrote in message
news:tgJpe.69034$sy6.65484@lakeread04...
> Carbonated beverages are bad anyway... they raise blood acidity and the
> body uses calcium from the teeth and bones as a base to neutralize the
> acid... resulting in childhood teeth problems and elderly breaking bones.
>

Complete nonsense. Geeze, where do people get these ideas? Your stomach
acids are vastly more powerful than the very weak acid in carbonated drinks.
And the pH of your blood is very tightly controlled by your body.


--
Peter Aitken
Visit my recipe and kitchen myths page at www.pgacon.com/cooking.htm

spell-checker error correction - "initiating", not "imitating"

"--" > wrote in message
...
snip
> (Acid attacks the hydroxyapitite - calcium phosphate compound - that
> makes up tooth enamel. And the attacks are stronger in pop, since the
> roughly same strength acid in the pop is combined with the bubbles that
> carry carbon dioxide - and carbon dioxide being the INITiating

part of
> another mechanism for ion transfer from the corroding surface. For the
> interested, see any text on corrosion and corrosion control.)

snip

In article >,
"CheCooks" > wrote:

> Elaine, you're great! He's already been with me to the store and
> only complained about how expensive all the drinks were................the
> slap may be coming soon! Thanks.
>
> Che

Is the water he drinks at work from an icy cold water fountain? I find
our tap water tastes much better when it's really cold. Maybe if you
try putting some in a pitcher and into the fridge?

marcella

"CheCooks" > wrote in message
...
> What I need are some ideas for something other than lemonade, iced tea,
> pop
> or water for him to drink. He is driving me nuts trying to figure out
> what
> I can buy/make for him. He tells me (and he doesn't know why) that he can
> drink lots of water at work, but not at home--we even have a wonderful
> water
> filter! I do not buy pop in my home, and the dentist told him no more
> lemonade because it was eating away his enamel. Oh, by the way, price is
> involved. He is very tight and won't spend the money that Gatorade, etc.
> costs. Is there hope or is my determination hopeless??????
>
> Che

How much is "lots" of water? He may have a form of diabetes if he is
unquenchable.

When the cheap SOB passes out, he will then buy the Gatorade and get a
medical checkup if called for.

Peter Aitken wrote:
> "dwacon" > wrote in message
> news:tgJpe.69034$sy6.65484@lakeread04...
>
>>Carbonated beverages are bad anyway... they raise blood acidity and the
>>body uses calcium from the teeth and bones as a base to neutralize the
>>acid... resulting in childhood teeth problems and elderly breaking bones.
>>
>
>
> Complete nonsense. Geeze, where do people get these ideas? Your stomach
> acids are vastly more powerful than the very weak acid in carbonated drinks.
> And the pH of your blood is very tightly controlled by your body.


http://www.dental--health.com/sodapop_teethenamel.html

Kathleen

Peter Aitken wrote:
> > "dwacon" > wrote in message
> > news:tgJpe.69034$sy6.65484@lakeread04...
> >
> >>Carbonated beverages are bad anyway... they raise blood acidity and the
> >>body uses calcium from the teeth and bones as a base to neutralize the
> >>acid... resulting in childhood teeth problems and elderly breaking bones.
> >>
> >
> >
> > Complete nonsense. Geeze, where do people get these ideas? Your
> > stomach acids are vastly more powerful than the very weak acid in
> > carbonated drinks. And the pH of your blood is very tightly
> > controlled by your body.

That's why bulemics have bad teeth. I don't think anyone was saying
that soda rots anyone's stomach.

Regards,
Ranee

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