What ever happened to Bitter Lemon?
David Lichtman
market simultaneously, never to be seen again. Schweppes Bitter Lemon, a
bitter lemon hard candy imported from England, and the "lemon crystals" at
Ratto's all vanished about the same time. In fact, I seem to recall that
Ratto's issued a recall on the crystals recently sold (at the time).
A recall implies a general safety problem, or that a bad batch got out.
Either problem should be correctable in short order with modern food
chemistry.
Both the Schweppes and the candy were British imports, so maybe there is
some kind a import tarrif thwt effecively locked the stuff out, but how
does that explain a recall?
Does anyone know *why* these products were withdrawn?
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Anne Elizabeth Callery
: A few years ago, several lemon-flavored products disappeared from the
Shortly after I moved to California in 1992, I went looking for
this magical mixer... I couldn't find it anywhere. Finally, one
liquor store owner was able to provide *some* information: he
said that they just stopped getting it (or having a choice to
get it) from the distributors. I don't know about any tariffs
or recalls or anything. Other Schweppes drinks are still available,
and Canada Dry is a major producer of lemon sour/bitter lemon too.
I'll be interested to hear if anyone else knows anything. BTW,
the store owner I spoke to thought that maybe they just weren't
selling enough in this area, so it wasn't worth it to distribute.
Any other theories?
Anne Callery
Paul Nagai
: Schweppes also makes a drink called Ginger Beer. It's a very foamy soft
: drink that has a delicious flavor of ginger, much more delightful than
: the typical ginger ale. I used to love to drink this, along with Bittere
: Lemon, in the Far East, but i don't ever recall seeing it here. If
: anyone has seen either of those delicious drinks I would also like to
: know qbout it.
Sounds like it might be like Verners. Ever had that?
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: I know that Bitter Lemon is still available in other parts of the
: country. If people send me e-mail, I'll look into finding a non-local
: distributor and doing a food co-op arrangement (or maybe persuading a
: local vendor to do the work).
I'd drive an hour for a case of Bitter Lemon.
Maybe we can sell that line to Schweppes and offset our costs.
I be my dad would too, he's in Berkeley.
Philip F. Wight
: Sounds like it might be like Verners. Ever had that?
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No, but I'll look for it. Thanks.
Phil
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Paul Nagai
: A few years ago, several lemon-flavored products disappeared from the
: bitter lemon hard candy imported from England, and the "lemon crystals" at
: Ratto's all vanished about the same time. In fact, I seem to recall that
: Ratto's issued a recall on the crystals recently sold (at the time).
I don't know about the candy or the crystals, but, DAMN, I miss Schweppes
Bitter Lemon. Nothing like it before. Nothing like it sense.
If you're really hard up, Crystel Geyser's lemonade isn't bad. It's nice
and tart ... but nothing touches the face squincher, Bitter Lemon.
Philip F. Wight
drink that has a delicious flavor of ginger, much more delightful than
the typical ginger ale. I used to love to drink this, along with Bittere
Lemon, in the Far East, but i don't ever recall seeing it here. If
anyone has seen either of those delicious drinks I would also like to
know qbout it.
Cheers,
Aahz
David Lichtman <lich...@ccnet.com> wrote:
>A few years ago, several lemon-flavored products disappeared from the
>market simultaneously, never to be seen again. Schweppes Bitter Lemon, a
>bitter lemon hard candy imported from England, and the "lemon crystals" at
>Ratto's all vanished about the same time. In fact, I seem to recall that
>Ratto's issued a recall on the crystals recently sold (at the time).
I know that Bitter Lemon is still available in other parts of the
country. If people send me e-mail, I'll look into finding a non-local
distributor and doing a food co-op arrangement (or maybe persuading a
local vendor to do the work).
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