Just Like Mom Used To Make

November 8, 2004 4:32 PM

Seattle, WA, U.S.A. – Jones Soda Co. (the "Company" or "Jones Soda" or "Jones"), announces today its limited edition holiday pack of five new seasonal flavors which includes: Green Bean Casserole Soda, Mashed Potato & Butter Soda, Fruitcake Soda, Cranberry Soda and Turkey & Gravy Soda.
posted by mr_crash_davis (54 comments total)

Didn't they do that Turkey and Gravy soda last year? Maybe it was someone else but I had a sip and I thought turkey and gravy tasted like turkey and gravy but that soda tasted like dirty wash water.

Are they expecting people to drink these or collect them?

And why didn't they come out with Pearl Onion Soda? Or Candied Yams soda? Come on, Crash, WHY?

Now, if they can cram in all the nutritional value of those foods into the soda then I'm in. Otherwise, I get plenty of HFCS as it is.
posted by fenriq at 4:42 PM on November 8, 2004

Pepsi Blue?
posted by Grod at 4:45 PM on November 8, 2004

*vomits all over self, thread, at idea of these sodas*
posted by The God Complex at 4:55 PM on November 8, 2004

rock on. Sodas are so boring.
posted by Miles Long at 5:03 PM on November 8, 2004

Why not "Pool of Vomit on the Pavement"? "Wino's Ass"?
posted by Turtles all the way down at 5:05 PM on November 8, 2004

I'd like a fried mars bar soda. That I can mix with vodka.
posted by jonmc at 5:14 PM on November 8, 2004

Sweet potato pie and I woulda been so there.
posted by photoslob at 5:18 PM on November 8, 2004

Nothing like a refreshing "Hobo's Ball Sack" in the morning.
posted by Krrrlson at 5:33 PM on November 8, 2004

I think it's more like Pepsi Brown.
posted by smackfu at 5:38 PM on November 8, 2004

These sound pretty gross, but their Fufu Berry is to die for.
posted by krazykity16 at 5:43 PM on November 8, 2004

Nothing like a refreshing "Hobo's Ball Sack" in the morning.

How many times have I said that? Now that I think about it that would also be another good idea for a soda flavor.
posted by Turtles all the way down at 5:45 PM on November 8, 2004

Cranberry might be alright.

I like their Strawberry Lime soda, personally.

But Hobo's Ball Sack is a close second.
posted by falconred at 5:53 PM on November 8, 2004

Hmmm, Strawberry? Cranberry? Fufu Berry?

They seem to be missing an all-important berry in the lineup.
posted by Salmonberry at 5:55 PM on November 8, 2004

Right, dingleberry.
posted by jonmc at 5:57 PM on November 8, 2004

*crosses jonmc off the Christmas card list*
posted by Salmonberry at 6:03 PM on November 8, 2004

elderberry?
posted by Evstar at 6:07 PM on November 8, 2004

gooseberry?
posted by eyeballkid at 6:12 PM on November 8, 2004

chuckberry?
posted by jonmc at 6:14 PM on November 8, 2004

Didn't they do that Turkey and Gravy soda last year?

Yes, they did.
posted by briank at 6:17 PM on November 8, 2004

Honestly, it was pretty hard for any of our testers to keep from spitting the product out.
posted by kenko at 6:19 PM on November 8, 2004

Dave Barry?
Burberry?
Yogi Beri?
Beriberi?

I'm personally holding out for the fat red-headed 5-year-old boy's crusty green nostril flavor. Now THAT would be a collectable.
posted by Secret Life of Gravy at 6:52 PM on November 8, 2004

Frankenberry?

I think the marketing of gimmick drinks peaked with the first sale of a can of whoopass. Also a Jones product.
posted by fenriq at 6:58 PM on November 8, 2004

marionberry? Or maybe MarionBerry?
posted by geekyguy at 7:00 PM on November 8, 2004

Coming soon...

Nocturnal Emissions & Bedsheets

Puncture Wounds & Gaus

Drain-O(tm)
posted by Dark Messiah at 7:05 PM on November 8, 2004

Whoopass is okay, but Queensberry rules.
posted by George_Spiggott at 7:16 PM on November 8, 2004

Why not "Pool of Vomit on the Pavement"?

Well, Bertie Bott's Every Flavor Beans include a strikingly... realistic vomit flavor. If you need one.
posted by moss at 7:18 PM on November 8, 2004

marionberry? Or maybe MarionBerry?

No way, man: you'd have to be on crack to drink that.
posted by PinkStainlessTail at 7:30 PM on November 8, 2004

You know, I just learned that Jelly Belly makes buttered popcorn-flavored jelly beans. This is a little much.
posted by aaronetc at 8:03 PM on November 8, 2004

Halle Berry

Crap movie. Potentially killer soda concept.
posted by yhbc at 8:17 PM on November 8, 2004

I'd just like to (proudly) note that the MF Grape bottle seen in the upper left corner of the Jones Soda webpage is my label!

Sorry for the self link :)
posted by evilbeck at 8:19 PM on November 8, 2004

. . . is my label!

Congrats, evilbeck. It certainly is a small (soda) world. (Plus, it was smart to get on a nice-looking bottle of grape, rather than fruitcake.)
posted by lelilo at 8:57 PM on November 8, 2004

Before I die I intend to make a pilgrimage to the Mecca of Soda Pop.
posted by euphorb at 9:16 PM on November 8, 2004

aaronetc, are you kidding? Buttered popcorn jelly bellys are not only my personal favorite, but the top-selling flavor! They're really quite good.

As far as the sodas, cranberry sounds good, but the rest sound awful. I guess the market is mostly gag gifts and people whose curiosity is stronger than their stomach.
posted by Shoeburyness at 12:03 AM on November 9, 2004

Cranberry might be alright.

canada dry makes a cranberry soda for christmas each year and it's great. before they came out with it i always used to mix club soda with cranberry juice.

You know, I just learned that Jelly Belly makes buttered popcorn-flavored jelly beans. This is a little much.

it's my favourite jelly belly flavour...! so good...!
posted by t r a c y at 12:20 AM on November 9, 2004

t r a c y, you can get no-name cranberry soda all over the place. check an iga in ontario. it's good stuff.
posted by The God Complex at 12:31 AM on November 9, 2004

yah i know, i've tried all kinds of no names, but i like the canada dry version best of all, or going with the club soda and juice, 'cause that too is so refreshing. damn, i've got to have some right now... thank goodness we've got it in the house, heh.
posted by t r a c y at 1:34 AM on November 9, 2004

you're such a strange bird.
posted by The God Complex at 2:01 AM on November 9, 2004

I know I'm reaching way back here, but...Wallace Berry!

I had, too.
posted by wsg at 2:10 AM on November 9, 2004

...or just "I had to."
posted by wsg at 2:11 AM on November 9, 2004

I'm surprised no one's mentioned Berry Gordy yet.
posted by emelenjr at 4:24 AM on November 9, 2004

Yes! I'm not the only person who loves the buttered popcorn Jelly Bellys! (Bellies?) Sweet, buttery crack...

Not sure about the sodas though, although I'm famous for drinking stuff no one else will touch. Anyone remember Diet Jolt? I was also a fan of Clear Pepsi and Camfield's Diet Fudge. And blue cream soda mixed with grain alcohol was (possibly) the catalyst for my marriage...
posted by JoanArkham at 5:00 AM on November 9, 2004

Veruca Salt : Snozzberry? Who ever heard of a snozzberry?
Willy Wonka : [grabs Veruca's chin] We are the music makers, and we are the dreamers of the dreams.

Hey, I'm surprised they haven't done it yet. Maybe as a tie-in to the remake?
posted by Remy at 6:08 AM on November 9, 2004

What's in this stuff? Is the turkey flavor vegetarian? Do we have to have a Tofurky Soda at the table this year as well?
posted by neustile at 7:46 AM on November 9, 2004

What's in this stuff?

Magic. Pure and simple. "Natural Flavors" doesn't tell you much, does it?

Turkey & Gravy Soda

Ingredients: carbonated water, natural and artificial flavors, salt, caramel color, acacia gum, glucono delta lactone (acidulant), sucrose acetate isobutyrate, medium chain triglyceride, sodium benzoate & potassium sorbate (as preservatives), sucralose (splenda brand)

posted by m@ at 8:09 AM on November 9, 2004

...glucono delta lactone (acidulant), sucrose acetate isobutyrate, medium chain triglyceride...

It sounds delicious already.
posted by Foosnark at 9:27 AM on November 9, 2004

Re: Turkey & Gravy Soda, back in college, a friend of mine had a sort of parodic band, the name of which currently escapes me, and for some reason (I don't remember all the jokes involved) they sold "chicken soda" at their gigs - it was made by combining bouillon cubes with seltzer. The motto was "tastes like chicken!", but I will thankfully never know the degree to which that was or wasn't true (being vegetarian definitely has its benefits).
posted by mdn at 10:08 AM on November 9, 2004

Also, why no Primus tie-in?
posted by jonmc at 10:50 AM on November 9, 2004

Galco's (AKA the Mecca of Soda Pop) is definitely worth the visit... If you're in LA you should head over... just about every weird kind of soda you could imagine...
posted by davros42 at 11:55 AM on November 9, 2004

Last year I suggested that the turkey and gravy soda be made a part of a liquid Thanksgiving dinner. Looks like Jones was listening.
posted by kindall at 12:27 PM on November 9, 2004

so we can blame you for this atrocity, kin? ; >

I'm expecting a Dingleberry Soda any day now.
posted by amberglow at 1:42 PM on November 9, 2004

If they were smart, they would market a "Secret Life of Turkey and Gravy." Man they would sell like hotcakes!!!

Well, I'd buy one.
posted by Secret Life of Gravy at 7:45 AM on November 10, 2004

Oh, and....Pillsbury
posted by Secret Life of Gravy at 8:07 AM on November 10, 2004

If they were smart, they would market a "Secret Life of Turkey and Gravy." Man they would sell like hotcakes!!!

But not as well as the hotcake and syrup soda.
posted by kindall at 8:37 AM on November 10, 2004

Wendell Berry
posted by mrgrimm at 6:14 PM on November 10, 2004