...and of course the real question is if I can buy the
secret ingredient in a retail enviornment (don't need it
in 55 gallon drums, thanks! <g>)

I try using a wee amount of Crystal light, but it's not clear
and well, it's not quite as "natural" as what you get with Dasani,
Propel, etc (all the pricey bottled waters.) I'm also a tightwad,
so the idea of buying $1.00 bottles of water doesn't appeal to me
either?

I remember hearing of a semi-legit MLM company (Watkins??) selling
little bottles of fruit flavoring. Anybody deal with them?

TIA

Tom

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In article >,
"I-zheet M'drurz" > wrote:

> ...and of course the real question is if I can buy the
> secret ingredient in a retail enviornment (don't need it
> in 55 gallon drums, thanks! <g>)
>
> I try using a wee amount of Crystal light, but it's not clear
> and well, it's not quite as "natural" as what you get with Dasani,
> Propel, etc (all the pricey bottled waters.) I'm also a tightwad,
> so the idea of buying $1.00 bottles of water doesn't appeal to me
> either?
>
> I remember hearing of a semi-legit MLM company (Watkins??) selling
> little bottles of fruit flavoring. Anybody deal with them?
>
> TIA
>
> Tom

Have you bothered to try extracts from the baking section?

Duh! ;-)
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OmManiPadmeOmelet said:
> "I-zheet M'drurz" > wrote:

>> ...and of course the real question is if I can buy the
>> secret ingredient in a retail enviornment (don't need it
>> in 55 gallon drums, thanks! <g>)
>>
>> I try using a wee amount of Crystal light, but it's not
>> clear and well, it's not quite as "natural" as what you get
>> with Dasani, Propel, etc (all the pricey bottled waters.)
>> I'm also a tightwad, so the idea of buying $1.00 bottles of
>> water doesn't appeal to me either?

> Have you bothered to try extracts from the baking section?
> Duh! ;-)

Ahhh! That's exactly the kind of tip I was looking for, thanks.
<Whisper> I don't bake! </whisper> At least not cake/pies/cookies
"bake", so that area of the supermarket is a "blow by" for me.
I'll have to check it out.

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have some sympathy, and some taste.
Use all your well-learned politesse,
or I'll lay your soul to waste.

I-zheet M'drurz wrote:

> ...and of course the real question is if I can buy the
> secret ingredient in a retail enviornment (don't need it
> in 55 gallon drums, thanks! <g>)
>
> I try using a wee amount of Crystal light, but it's not clear
> and well, it's not quite as "natural" as what you get with Dasani,
> Propel, etc (all the pricey bottled waters.) I'm also a tightwad,
> so the idea of buying $1.00 bottles of water doesn't appeal to me
> either?
>
> I remember hearing of a semi-legit MLM company (Watkins??) selling
> little bottles of fruit flavoring. Anybody deal with them?
>
>

I don't get it. I see people buying cases and cases of bottled water. I
have a well and cistern and use a distiller for drinking water, but when
in town have no problem with tap water. So I figure it is a hell of a
waste of money to buy drinking water when you have a safe supply at your
sink. But now people are adding chemical flavouring to their purified
water. It makes no sense to me.

>
> I don't get it. I see people buying cases and cases of bottled water. I
> have a well and cistern and use a distiller for drinking water, but when
> in town have no problem with tap water. So I figure it is a hell of a
> waste of money to buy drinking water when you have a safe supply at your
> sink. But now people are adding chemical flavouring to their purified
> water. It makes no sense to me.

I live in FL and my tap water, at times, (NOT related to hurricanes) has a
brownish tinge. I've never seen such poor quality water. I did live in MI.
and would agree with you re tap water, it was great. So I use a filter here
and when I leave home and need extra I will buy water, albeit not expensive
but clear and cleaner than what I have. So depends on where you live. P

On Mon, 15 Aug 2005 14:45:26 GMT, "Penny Lane"
> wrote:

>
>>
>> I don't get it. I see people buying cases and cases of bottled water. I
>> have a well and cistern and use a distiller for drinking water, but when
>> in town have no problem with tap water. So I figure it is a hell of a
>> waste of money to buy drinking water when you have a safe supply at your
>> sink. But now people are adding chemical flavouring to their purified
>> water. It makes no sense to me.
>
>I live in FL and my tap water, at times, (NOT related to hurricanes) has a
>brownish tinge. I've never seen such poor quality water. I did live in MI.
>and would agree with you re tap water, it was great. So I use a filter here
>and when I leave home and need extra I will buy water, albeit not expensive
>but clear and cleaner than what I have. So depends on where you live. P
>
Florida water tastes FOUL! It's full of lime and calcium and it tastes
chalky... which is only to be expected given the minerals in the
ground, but I just can't get used to drinking it. Every time I tried
in the first three months I lived her it made me sick to my stomach.
We bought bottled water for a few months, and then switched to a
filter jug in the fridge - fortunately it tastes just fine once it's
been through a Britta water filter!
If I'm out I'll buy a bottle of water without blinking an eye - it's
my beverage of preference and I can't exactly carry the filter jug
around with me.

--
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On Wed, 17 Aug 2005 14:32:57 -0400, Karen AKA Kajikit
> connected the dots and wrote:

~On Mon, 15 Aug 2005 14:45:26 GMT, "Penny Lane"
> wrote:
~
~>
~>>
~>> I don't get it. I see people buying cases and cases of bottled
water. I
~>> have a well and cistern and use a distiller for drinking water,
but when
~>> in town have no problem with tap water. So I figure it is a hell
of a
~>> waste of money to buy drinking water when you have a safe supply
at your
~>> sink. But now people are adding chemical flavouring to their
purified
~>> water. It makes no sense to me.
~>
~>I live in FL and my tap water, at times, (NOT related to hurricanes)
has a
~>brownish tinge. I've never seen such poor quality water. I did
live in MI.
~>and would agree with you re tap water, it was great. So I use a
filter here
~>and when I leave home and need extra I will buy water, albeit not
expensive
~>but clear and cleaner than what I have. So depends on where you
live. P
~>
~Florida water tastes FOUL! It's full of lime and calcium and it
tastes
~chalky... which is only to be expected given the minerals in the
~ground, but I just can't get used to drinking it. Every time I tried
~in the first three months I lived her it made me sick to my stomach.
~We bought bottled water for a few months, and then switched to a
~filter jug in the fridge - fortunately it tastes just fine once it's
~been through a Britta water filter!
~If I'm out I'll buy a bottle of water without blinking an eye - it's
~my beverage of preference and I can't exactly carry the filter jug
~around with me.

I just got back from Florida, and the water in the Miami area was not
bad, but in Orlando the chlorine was pretty evident.

maxine in seemingly chilly ri

On Fri, 19 Aug 2005 21:45:33 -0400, maxine in ri wrote:
>
> I just got back from Florida, and the water in the Miami area was not
> bad, but in Orlando the chlorine was pretty evident.
>
It took me a couple of decades to get used to the taste of "city"
water.

There was a discussion on NPR not to long ago about this very topic.
In many countries, there is no running water or even a convenient
pond/well/whatever of potable water and here we have perfectly safe
water coming out of the faucet in the house and we choose to instead go
buy water(which in many cases is no better/different than what comes
out of the tap). Granted there will be exceptions to this(local
flooding, hurricances, etc) but they are typically temporary
interruptions in good tap water.

The commentator had a particularly clever summary statement about the
issue, but I can't remember it well enough to do it justice.

JW

Dave Smith wrote:
> I-zheet M'drurz wrote:
>
>> ...and of course the real question is if I can buy the
>> secret ingredient in a retail enviornment (don't need it
>> in 55 gallon drums, thanks! <g>)
>>
> I don't get it. I see people buying cases and cases of bottled water.
> I have a well and cistern and use a distiller for drinking water, but
> when in town have no problem with tap water. So I figure it is a
> hell of a waste of money to buy drinking water when you have a safe
> supply at your sink. But now people are adding chemical flavouring to
> their purified water. It makes no sense to me.

I know, Dave, the mind boggles. Memphis tap water is (luckily) some of the
best in the country since we are situated on top of a huge natural acquifer
of artesian water. I have only ever paid for a bottle of water once and
that was in an airport when I was dying of thirst. $2.00 for a bottle of
water!! I still carry that pull-top bottle in my carry-on and fill it and
chill it before I leave the house to go on trips.

Jill

"Dave Smith" > wrote in message
...
| I-zheet M'drurz wrote:
|
| > ...and of course the real question is if I can buy the
| > secret ingredient in a retail enviornment (don't need it
| > in 55 gallon drums, thanks! <g>)
| >
| > I try using a wee amount of Crystal light, but it's not clear
| > and well, it's not quite as "natural" as what you get with Dasani,
| > Propel, etc (all the pricey bottled waters.) I'm also a tightwad,
| > so the idea of buying $1.00 bottles of water doesn't appeal to me
| > either?
| >
| > I remember hearing of a semi-legit MLM company (Watkins??) selling
| > little bottles of fruit flavoring. Anybody deal with them?
| >
| >
|
| I don't get it. I see people buying cases and cases of bottled water. I
| have a well and cistern and use a distiller for drinking water, but when
| in town have no problem with tap water. So I figure it is a hell of a
| waste of money to buy drinking water when you have a safe supply at your
| sink. But now people are adding chemical flavouring to their purified
| water. It makes no sense to me.
|
Water in my burg has a strong chlorine smell. I am used to well water.
Can't drink this stuff. So I buy bottled to drink.

Debbie

Dave Smith wrote:

> I don't get it. I see people buying cases and cases of bottled water. I
> have a well and cistern and use a distiller for drinking water, but when
> in town have no problem with tap water. So I figure it is a hell of a
> waste of money to buy drinking water when you have a safe supply at your
> sink. But now people are adding chemical flavouring to their purified
> water. It makes no sense to me.

For me, I'm buying the bottles. I always have a bottle of water with me
when I'm out and about. I buy the cheapest water at the store and
re-fill the bottle several times before throwing it away.

--Charlene


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In article >,
"I-zheet M'drurz" > wrote:

> ...and of course the real question is if I can buy the
> secret ingredient in a retail enviornment (don't need it
> in 55 gallon drums, thanks! <g>)
>
> I try using a wee amount of Crystal light, but it's not clear
> and well, it's not quite as "natural" as what you get with Dasani,
> Propel, etc (all the pricey bottled waters.) I'm also a tightwad,
> so the idea of buying $1.00 bottles of water doesn't appeal to me
> either?
>
> I remember hearing of a semi-legit MLM company (Watkins??) selling
> little bottles of fruit flavoring. Anybody deal with them?

I don't use those flavored waters, but it occurs to me, why don't you
just squeeze a small bit of lime or lemon into your water if you want
something to drink with a bit of flavor? Why does the water have to be
color-free? If you drop that requirement, you cold even use a bit of
orange juice to flavor your water, or just do as I do and drink filtered
water from the tap unflavored.

Stan Horwitz said:
> "I-zheet M'drurz" > wrote:
>
>> ...and of course the real question is if I can buy the
>> secret ingredient in a retail enviornment (don't need it
>> in 55 gallon drums, thanks! <g>)

> I don't use those flavored waters, but it occurs to me, why
> don't you just squeeze a small bit of lime or lemon into your
> water if you want something to drink with a bit of flavor?

Don't get me wrong, I do lemon water all the time, sometimes
two pitchers a night when I'm working the restaurant. No sugar,
heavy on the juice!

It's just that the bottled variety have some very good berry,
cherry, grape, etc. flavors out there, a bit off the beaten
path but the stuff tastes great.

> Why
> does the water have to be color-free? If you drop that
> requirement, you cold even use a bit of orange juice to flavor
> your water, or just do as I do and drink filtered water from the
> tap unflavored.

The color-free thing is just a sidebar gripe about the Crystal
Light. I just can't get that to taste as good, and yes I've had
some extremely diluted OJ in my life, probably not a whole lot
more flavored than what you're suggesting. It all works, to a
certain extent. I'm just on a hunt for the other fruits.

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have some sympathy, and some taste.
Use all your well-learned politesse,
or I'll lay your soul to waste.

I use just a tiny amount of unsweetened Kool-aid because I don't like
the "taste" of nutrisweet. Kool-aid comes in a good variety of flavors,
although I favor orange. To me, the finished product tastes just like
Vitamin Water.

You will get colored water, though.

On Mon, 15 Aug 2005 11:15:55 +0000 (UTC), "I-zheet M'drurz" =
> wrote:

I take a dab of lemon oil and rub it onto the container for the water. =
Works great. Use a small
drop only in 1 gallon size quantities.
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