Season 7 ~ Episode #101 - - - Weird Things You Can Do With Cola

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K-ModPermalink Reply by Victoria (Centauromadoose) on June 1, 2015 at 1:14pm

I had honestly never heard of putting peanuts in bottles of Coke (despite growing up in the South), but as Google verified for me, it's a thing:

http://www.coca-colacompany.com/food/coca-cola-and-peanuts

K-ModPermalink Reply by Gumbo123 on June 1, 2015 at 1:25pm

YES INDEED . . . goes together like RC and Moon Pies!

And you know it's the thing to do is Coca~Cola has multiple pages on its corporate site devoted to the subject.

http://www.coca-colacompany.com/food/coke-and-peanuts-a-food-histor...

Only a word of warning for the uninitiated . . . it's gotta be in a glass bottle and icy cold for the true experience . . . and bonus points if you can locate Mexican Coke with real sugar (instead of corn sweetener) which are always available in 1 liter glass bottles. 

K-ModPermalink Reply by Victoria (Centauromadoose) on June 1, 2015 at 2:10pm

I might have to actually try it one day!

Permalink Reply by R.Data Soong on June 1, 2015 at 4:41pm

I don't get it...why they do that? Do the peanuts taste better? 

Salt and coke are a great combination anyway, I use to immerse crisps in the coke and they are delicious. 

K-ModPermalink Reply by Victoria (Centauromadoose) on June 1, 2015 at 5:15pm

It seems that it's for a similar reason you'd use crisps/potato chips -- for the sweet and salty flavor combination. The link Gumbo provided has a little speculation on the history of the practice, including why people started to do it.

K-ModPermalink Reply by Gumbo123 on June 1, 2015 at 5:40pm

Try it, you'll like it!

K-ModPermalink Reply by Alexis (Indigo Sparrow) on June 1, 2015 at 6:41pm

I hadn't heard of it either. Instead of Google, I asked my dad if he had heard of it, haha. He verified it for me, though he himself has never tried it (nor wanted to).

K-ModPermalink Reply by Kevin (UniSeal) on June 2, 2015 at 2:41am

My oh my, Link was certainly excitable today for his birthday episode (i.e. the booty shake/slap dance, complete with wheel bumpings and high-pitched "Ah!" exclamations). I think those Mini Links from the beginning really got him pumped up.

I also loved how Rhett slipped back into his natural southern accent when going on his trip down memory lane. Here's to more stories like that!