On 6/17/2022 8:18 AM, A Friend wrote:
> In article
> <99427098.677128007.402494.anim8rfsk-cox.net@news.easynews.com>,
> anim8rfsk <anim8rfsk@cox.net> wrote:
>
>> A Friend <nope@noway.com> wrote:
>
>>> The only way you're going to sell cranberry juice to the mass market is
>>> to convince people that it tastes good and is good for you, which is
>>> pretty much the way they try to sell you anything. It'll help if you
>>> manage to convince people they've become tired of orange juice.
>>>
>>
>> ³Oceanspray Cran apple: it¹s almost as good as plain apple juice!³
>
>
> LOL.
>
> BTW do kids tend to like cranberry juice? I really have no idea. They
> seem to like eating what's left of the can of cranberry sauce during
> the holidays.
>
> Proper cranberry sauce has rings.

NOBODY likes cranberry juice. Cranberry juice "cocktail" otoh...

On 6/17/2022 4:51 PM, Eddie Grove wrote:
> moviePig <pwallace@moviepig.com> writes:
>
>> On 6/17/2022 8:18 AM, A Friend wrote:
>>> In article
>>> <99427098.677128007.402494.anim8rfsk-cox.net@news.easynews.com>,
>>> anim8rfsk <anim8rfsk@cox.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>> A Friend <nope@noway.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>>> The only way you're going to sell cranberry juice to the mass market is
>>>>> to convince people that it tastes good and is good for you, which is
>>>>> pretty much the way they try to sell you anything. It'll help if you
>>>>> manage to convince people they've become tired of orange juice.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ³Oceanspray Cran apple: it¹s almost as good as plain apple juice!³
>>>
>>>
>>> LOL.
>>>
>>> BTW do kids tend to like cranberry juice? I really have no idea. They
>>> seem to like eating what's left of the can of cranberry sauce during
>>> the holidays.
>>>
>>> Proper cranberry sauce has rings.
>>
>> NOBODY likes cranberry juice. Cranberry juice "cocktail" otoh...
>
> Speak for yourself. I don't like sugar water, be it soda or "cocktail"
> or the stuff made with perfume they sell as orange juice.
>
> While I'll sip pure cranberry juice on rare occasion, I usually enjoy it
> mixed with between 3 and 6 parts carbonated water. And no sugar!

Yes, although I call that "tincture of cranberry juice'.

On 6/17/2022 6:04 PM, trotsky wrote:
> On 6/17/2022 4:17 PM, moviePig wrote:
>> On 6/17/2022 4:51 PM, Eddie Grove wrote:
>>> moviePig <pwallace@moviepig.com> writes:
>>>
>>>> On 6/17/2022 8:18 AM, A Friend wrote:
>>>>> In article
>>>>> <99427098.677128007.402494.anim8rfsk-cox.net@news.easynews.com>,
>>>>> anim8rfsk <anim8rfsk@cox.net> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> A Friend <nope@noway.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>> The only way you're going to sell cranberry juice to the mass
>>>>>>> market is
>>>>>>> to convince people that it tastes good and is good for you, which is
>>>>>>> pretty much the way they try to sell you anything.  It'll help if
>>>>>>> you
>>>>>>> manage to convince people they've become tired of orange juice.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ³Oceanspray Cran apple: it¹s almost as good as plain apple juice!³
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> LOL.
>>>>>
>>>>> BTW do kids tend to like cranberry juice?  I really have no idea.
>>>>> They
>>>>> seem to like eating what's left of the can of cranberry sauce during
>>>>> the holidays.
>>>>>
>>>>> Proper cranberry sauce has rings.
>>>>
>>>> NOBODY likes cranberry juice.  Cranberry juice "cocktail" otoh...
>>>
>>> Speak for yourself. I don't like sugar water, be it soda or "cocktail"
>>> or the stuff made with perfume they sell as orange juice.
>>>
>>> While I'll sip pure cranberry juice on rare occasion, I usually enjoy it
>>> mixed with between 3 and 6 parts carbonated water. And no sugar!
>>
>> Yes, although I call that "tincture of cranberry juice'.
>
> Most people have never had pure cranberry juice.
> I fucking hate misinformation.

The last time I had it, I thought I'd bought and was drinking
pomegranate juice. My mouth turned inside out...

On 6/17/2022 6:05 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:
> shawn <nanoflower@notforg.m.a.i.l.com> wrote:
>> On Fri, 17 Jun 2022 18:23:41 -0400, moviePig <pwallace@moviepig.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> On 6/17/2022 6:04 PM, trotsky wrote:
>>>> On 6/17/2022 4:17 PM, moviePig wrote:
>>>>> On 6/17/2022 4:51 PM, Eddie Grove wrote:
>>>>>> moviePig <pwallace@moviepig.com> writes:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 6/17/2022 8:18 AM, A Friend wrote:
>>>>>>>> In article
>>>>>>>> <99427098.677128007.402494.anim8rfsk-cox.net@news.easynews.com>,
>>>>>>>> anim8rfsk <anim8rfsk@cox.net> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> A Friend <nope@noway.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> The only way you're going to sell cranberry juice to the mass
>>>>>>>>>> market is
>>>>>>>>>> to convince people that it tastes good and is good for you, which is
>>>>>>>>>> pretty much the way they try to sell you anything.  It'll help if
>>>>>>>>>> you
>>>>>>>>>> manage to convince people they've become tired of orange juice.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> ³Oceanspray Cran apple: it¹s almost as good as plain apple juice!³
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> LOL.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> BTW do kids tend to like cranberry juice?  I really have no idea.
>>>>>>>> They
>>>>>>>> seem to like eating what's left of the can of cranberry sauce during
>>>>>>>> the holidays.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Proper cranberry sauce has rings.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> NOBODY likes cranberry juice.  Cranberry juice "cocktail" otoh...
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Speak for yourself. I don't like sugar water, be it soda or "cocktail"
>>>>>> or the stuff made with perfume they sell as orange juice.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> While I'll sip pure cranberry juice on rare occasion, I usually enjoy it
>>>>>> mixed with between 3 and 6 parts carbonated water. And no sugar!
>>>>>
>>>>> Yes, although I call that "tincture of cranberry juice'.
>>>>
>>>> Most people have never had pure cranberry juice.
>>>> I fucking hate misinformation.
>>>
>>> The last time I had it, I thought I'd bought and was drinking
>>> pomegranate juice. My mouth turned inside out...
>>
>> Yes, while I love cranberries cooked on the stove with a bit of sugar
>> (much less than recommended) or in baked goods the one time I bought a
>> drink it didn't turn out so well. It was a cranberry-pomegranate combo
>> that I only bought because it was on sale. I tried drinking it but
>> could even get through one glass.
>>
>
> And they sell pomegranate juice in the next aisle over.
>
'Cause no one wants to be next to the cranberrys! :P

--
I've done good in this world. Now I'm tired and just want to be a cranky
dirty old man.

On 6/17/2022 6:44 PM, trotsky wrote:
> On 6/17/2022 5:23 PM, moviePig wrote:
>> On 6/17/2022 6:04 PM, trotsky wrote:
>>> On 6/17/2022 4:17 PM, moviePig wrote:
>>>> On 6/17/2022 4:51 PM, Eddie Grove wrote:
>>>>> moviePig <pwallace@moviepig.com> writes:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On 6/17/2022 8:18 AM, A Friend wrote:
>>>>>>> In article
>>>>>>> <99427098.677128007.402494.anim8rfsk-cox.net@news.easynews.com>,
>>>>>>> anim8rfsk <anim8rfsk@cox.net> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> A Friend <nope@noway.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> The only way you're going to sell cranberry juice to the mass
>>>>>>>>> market is
>>>>>>>>> to convince people that it tastes good and is good for you,
>>>>>>>>> which is
>>>>>>>>> pretty much the way they try to sell you anything.  It'll help
>>>>>>>>> if you
>>>>>>>>> manage to convince people they've become tired of orange juice.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> ³Oceanspray Cran apple: it¹s almost as good as plain apple juice!³
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> LOL.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> BTW do kids tend to like cranberry juice?  I really have no idea.
>>>>>>> They
>>>>>>> seem to like eating what's left of the can of cranberry sauce during
>>>>>>> the holidays.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Proper cranberry sauce has rings.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> NOBODY likes cranberry juice.  Cranberry juice "cocktail" otoh...
>>>>>
>>>>> Speak for yourself. I don't like sugar water, be it soda or "cocktail"
>>>>> or the stuff made with perfume they sell as orange juice.
>>>>>
>>>>> While I'll sip pure cranberry juice on rare occasion, I usually
>>>>> enjoy it
>>>>> mixed with between 3 and 6 parts carbonated water. And no sugar!
>>>>
>>>> Yes, although I call that "tincture of cranberry juice'.
>>>
>>> Most people have never had pure cranberry juice.
>>> I fucking hate misinformation.
>>
>> The last time I had it, I thought I'd bought and was drinking
>> pomegranate juice.  My mouth turned inside out...
>
>
> The only way to drink it is too mix it with something else like apple
> juice.

1 to 10 sounds about right...

Yeah, Ocean Spray popularized "Cran-Apple", but even they didn't trust
apple juice to go it alone, i.e., without extra sugar.