Can Passover Coke be found in Georgia? (UPDATE II)

While reading food blogs, I discovered an interesting tidbit that makes me want to get out of my seat and go to the grocery store! Apparently, around this time of the year, otherwise known by those of the Jewish faith as Passover time, Coke creates Coke with yellow bottle caps. Made with real cane sugar instead of high fructose syrup, it's delicious and a return to the original Coke Classic. I look forward to savoring that South American/European taste of sugar in my Coke!

For a better explanation, I've taken a little clip from NPR:

Linda Wertheimer (NPR):"First corn syrup is out for Passover because...?

Ralph Roberts, co-author of Classic Cooking with Coca-Cola: "Because corn, and by extension corn syrup, is not acceptable during Passover. During the rest of the year regular Coca-Cola is kosher."

Linda: "So, can you really taste the difference between the two Cokes?"

Ralph: "Yes, I can. I have great memories from when I was a kid growing up in the 1950's of drinking ice cold Coca-Cola on a hot summer's day and and I remember that taste and the new Coca-Cola, the "Classic" Coca-Cola does taste different since they changed the formula.

I'm looking for the yellow caps and will report back posthaste!

The outlook isn't so great though. Although ATL is the home of Coke, the amount of people celebrating Passover in my part of Georgia is pretty limited. I only knew two Jewish guys growing up, one named Kyle who was obese with a mom that came in every Hanukkah to give us coins and dreidels... and Chase, who was hot, who I didn't even believe was Jewish just because he lived in a super WASP-y neighborhood.... sorry about the non sequitur....... we'll see! I'm still excited!

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4/12: I looked. Nothing. :( Will look again soon.

4/13: No to Stone Mountain Target. Tip stated that Toco Hills Kroger had Passover Coke, but has just been sold out. Toco Hills has quite a large concentration of those who practice the Jewish faith living in the surrounding areas.

Mission tomorrow: Toco Hills Publix.

Tastes from Turkey

Midye Dolma. Mussels stuffed with rice that has been fried with onions! According to Lonely Planet, these things have the most bacteria, but easily were the most delicious things I ate in Istanbul. Found in Sampiyon Kokorec, they are the fast food of Turkey. I am jealous!

Manti. Turkish ravioli stuffed with lamb in yogurt sauce. This dish looks like Chinese dumplings and tasted like it, but not as delicious.
Turkish coffee. I don't understand what makes this so popular. It's small and thick, like an espresso but with grainy bits, like an espresso not made correctly. My theory is that the native people of Turkey only drink Nescafe and that Turkish coffee is actually for tourists to be charged at an exorbitant rate. Laugh away, you Turks. I tried it at a blasphemous 6 lira at Havazlu, a tourist trap at the Grand Bazaar. Deliciously overpriced indeed.
FIGS. What an explosion of flavor! Stuffed with roasted pecans and topped with clotted cream. This cream had a consistency that was a mix between ice cream and whipped cream. All of it was soaked in honey. This was just an OD of sugary sweet heaven!

Don't think this is all I ate. It's the middle of the night. I will post more food in the morning!

Sweet Inter-course Gastronomy in N.Y.C.

Since I don't feel like writing, I wish to show people a few of the treats that I've had the privilege of ingesting in New York City.

January 2009.From Sundaes & Cones in NYC on 10th and 3rd Ave. Two scoops: mango and sesame - like the kinds that you find in mochi balls and in the fried sesame ones in Taiwan and China. Obvi this place was owned by some Chinese people! Yay! Price: Less than $5 bux.

These tasty bits are from Butter (you know, where Blair gets stood up by friend in Gossip Girl). A cream-filled Carrot cake with Dulce de Leche icecream on a bed of candied walnuts topped with caramel and condensed milk. Thank God for Restaurant week!




July 2008. Red velvet & German chocolate cupcakes in the Upper West Side. Hit. the. spot.













Summer 2007. From Tisserie in Union Square. Chocolate pie with carrot cake in the foreground.







Tiramisu from some random Italian restaurant.