Help Me Achieve My (Very Modest and Somewhat Pathetic) Life’s Goal
It may be a modest goal, but it’s an important one to me: I’d just like to try Kosher for Passover Coca-Cola once in my life, preferably soon.
Does anyone know (specifically!) where I can find it in the San Diego area this year?
I teach at a Jewish school, so I already have all of the staff and students on the lookout for me. They assure that it’s simple to find and seem confused about why I care so much to try it. So far, I’ve heard whispers about the Ralph’s in La Jolla. I’m headed there ASAP.
Unfortunately, the special, somewhat-elusive Kosher for Passover Coke only comes in 2-liter bottles around here. At hotels and in cities with bigger Jewish populations, it’s apparently possible to find cans. If you’re looking for the bottles, look for the yellow cap.
I’m also just now realizing that Mexican Coke also uses sugar instead of HFCS and San Diego’s really close to the border, so maybe that could be another year-round source for me. Interestingly, there’s some controversy brewing about this bootlegging trend lately. I better try not to get caught. Ha ha…
So, if you’re not a Coca-Cola-enthusiast like me, you might be wondering what this is all about. Basically, Coke is now made with High Fructose Corn Syrup. But it used to be made with real sugar. For Passover, a limited number of sugar formula bottles are made and distributed because you can’t eat corn products during the 8-days of Passover. You can read more about it here.
The old-fashioned real sugary formula is supposed to taste awesome and for a Coke purist like myself, I just can’t consider my passion for the beverage complete until I taste it and judge for myself.
So there you have it… my totally simple, shallow, and readily accomplish-able life goal. I will get to work on achieving it and get back to you with a full report!
I’ve seen Mexican Coke around here in the Mexican/Latino Groceries, and even in the International aisles at the bigger markets. That may be a place for you to look for the Mexican Coke.
Comment by Erika — March 30, 2006 @ 5:34 am
Corn syrup isn’t used much here in Australia (in fact you usually have to go to a specialist store to buy it!) and I suspect that it’s still sugar in Aussie Coke. This website indicates http://www.coke.com.au/about_faq.asp that Coca Cola here is kosher, so perhaps you just need a visiting Australian! Although Mexico does sound a lot closer.
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Comment by Tony of the Bachelor cooking — April 1, 2006 @ 12:26 am
Went to the LJ Ralphs today. Its on sale 3/$3.99. They moved the beverages to where the liquor was…walk in and go straight back to the left. Lots of pallets of the yellow capped Kosher ones.
It is not as sweet…tastes more “adult” and the way I remember it. I bought 6 bottles. It won’t go bad.
Comment by Cathy — April 1, 2006 @ 6:30 pm
I remember trying Mexican CocaCola in Portland, OR at a Cuban restaurant and being amazed at how great it tasted…fizzier, sharper and more of a bite! Even US Coke compared with Canadian Coke is a total letdown…so much sweeter and syrupy.
Comment by jeannette — April 4, 2006 @ 12:43 pm
Hi Beth - not sure if you found it already, but the Cheese Shop in La Jolla now has Mexican Coke and Diet Coke (Coca Cola Light). So does the Linkery in North Park. I had the Coca Cola Light - I couldn’t tell if it really tasted better than Diet Coke, or if I just liked drinking out of the glass bottle - but I’m looking for a place to buy it in quantity.
Comment by Alice Q. Foodie — September 23, 2006 @ 11:36 pm