Is this really Connecticut's favorite snack?

[Frodo]

A drink is a snack?

This is Connecticut's favorite snack, according to Food & Wine

Connecticut's favorite snack is...actually a beverage. Food & Wine magazine picked white birch soda as the best snack in the Nutmeg State

www.middletownpress.com

Sounds like somebody at the Middletown Press got played by clickbait.

 

[sun]

Watch & learn about Lifesaver lightning which you're only able to see with Wint-O-green Lifesavers candy.



"When this happens with most sugars, the light is largely ultraviolet, which you aren't able to see with a naked eye. However, wintergreen flavoring, as highlighted by Cool Science, "is a natural fluorescent dye called methyl salicylate." It creates a brighter, longer-lasting flash of light after absorbing ultraviolet light and re-emitting it in a way you can see."

Watch Slo-Mo Video of the Blue Lightning Made When You Bite Wintergreen Candy

Awesome.

www.thrillist.com

Is wintergreen good for inflammation?

The active ingredient in wintergreen oil, methyl salicylate, is closely related to aspirin and has analgesic and anti-inflammatory properties. As such, products containing wintergreen oil are often used as an anti-inflammatory and topical pain reliever

What Is Wintergreen Oil, Its Benefits, the Evidence, and Risks?

Wintergreen oil (or oil of wintergreen) has a lot in common with the active ingredient in aspirin. Read up about what it’s used for, tips to find quality oil, and the potential benefits and risks associated with it.

www.healthline.com

What flavor lifesaver makes a spark?

wintergreen

The emission from wintergreen candy is much brighter than that of sucrose alone because wintergreen flavor (methyl salicylate) is fluorescent. Methyl salicylate absorbs ultraviolet light in the same spectral region as the lightning emissions generated by the sugar. The methyl salicylate electrons become excited and emit blue light. Much more of the wintergreen emission than the original sugar emission is in the visible region of the spectrum, so wintergreen light seems brighter than sucrose light.

Triboluminescence is related to piezoelectricity.

Watch Slo-Mo Video of the Blue Lightning Made When You Bite Wintergreen Candy

Awesome.

www.thrillist.com

 

[Alydar]

I have lived here my entire life (59 & counting) and have never heard of it. I call BS.

72 years and I've known about and loved Birch Beer since I was 3 and the bubbles tickled me. It actually comes as a clear soda and as "golden birch beer" which tastes the same but is a bit darker colored. It has been a staple flavor among the many small soda bottling companies in CT for a long long time. You Coke and Pepsi addicts need to get out more.
I still get a birch beer when I visit Blackies for a hot dog or 3.

As for the article everyone needs to understand that to "Food and Wine", Connecticut consists of Greenwich and a few surrounding towns in Fairfield County.

 

[Beemer]

72 years and I've known about and loved Birch Beer since I was 3 and the bubbles tickled me. It actually comes as a clear soda and as "golden birch beer" which tastes the same but is a bit darker colored. It has been a staple flavor among the many small soda bottling companies in CT for a long long time. You Coke and Pepsi addicts need to get out more.
I still get a birch beer when I visit Blackies for a hot dog or 3.

As for the article everyone needs to understand that to "Food and Wine", Connecticut consists of Greenwich and a few surrounding towns in Fairfield County.

Oh I've heard of birch beer but I had never heard/seen it referred to as CT's favorite snack until now.

Regarding your last sentence yes, I had that impression too.

 

[8893]

Foxon Park Gassosa > Foxon Park White Birch

But White Birch is also very good.

 

[nomar]

Foxon Park White Birch is awesome.

Not a snack, though.

 

[sun]

snack​

noun
a small portion of food or drink or a light meal, especially one eaten between regular meals.

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It's like when a baby drinks milk.

 

[ClifSpliffy]

You do understand that once sugar is converted into alcohol, it’s no longer sugar, right? So it has that alcohol burn rather than anything remotely resembling sweetness.

That said, beer yeast doesn’t ferment 100% of the maltose. That’s what hops are for. Those who like sweetness can drink oktoberfests, white beers, and cream ales/stouts. Those who truly eschew sweetness have dry stouts and pale ales.

fair point. i neglected to include 'sugar avoidant as a means for calorie reduction.' my bad.

 

[nomar]

snack​

noun
a small portion of food or drink or a light meal, especially one eaten between regular meals.

Dictionary.com | Meanings & Definitions of English Words

The world's leading online dictionary: English definitions, synonyms, word origins, example sentences, word games, and more. A trusted authority for 25+ years!

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It's like when a baby drinks milk.

Here's the thing. Nobody drinks birch beer as a snack. You drink it with pizza or a nice big sandwich you got at a deli.