Originally Posted By: Stuart Hughes
What about "cokes" & grape juice? (+1 on calling all carbonated soft drinks "cokes"
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As a kid I thought one of the world's great treats was an ice cold grape "coke". The main brands here back then were Nu-Grape & Grapette.
These days, I sometimes make my own grape "coke" by mixing a little real grape juice with a good lemon-lime, like Diet Sprite or Mist. Even better than the Grapettes & Nu-Grapes of old!
And strangely enough- I like it even better with Fresca.
Fresca and a little pineapple juice is very good too.
We drank Nehi grape in these parts. When I was a kid (I am 34) the hillbilly store near our house charged .25 for a "coke" plus an extra dime if you left with the bottle.
Your area of NE Texas and my area of SE Appalachia have very similar traditions and ancestry. Believe it or not your area of Texas speaks the same exact dialect of southern appalachia. Probably the reason you guys call them cokes.
Many of my ancestors left a sign saying "GTT". So common here at one time people left for Texas that the initials alone would inform infrequent visitors that the family had "Gone To Texas".