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["Lynda" <lurine AT softcom.net>]

Next time, you pour the drink into a glass with ice and give it to the guest 
and if they say something then worry about the drink.  Generally the ones in 
cans only deteriorate if they are in a lot of heat or in direct sun where 
they get really hot.

Lynda
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "SISU!" <erthnsky AT bellsouth.net>


> I was accused today of being too frugal.  I did not think that possible.
> Summer before last, we threw a big party and had people bring the
> drinks.  Many people brought drinks/soda in cans of various brands.
> Many were diet drinks like diet coke, and I am not a diet drink person.
> Having friends and family who are, I decided to save those drinks for
> future guests.  Over the last year or so, people have been drinking
> those drinks without complaint, but yesterday, one of my guests asked
> for a drink and I gave her one from the storage room.  The can was from
> 2004, a diet coke.  She opened it, it fizzed, and she poured it into a
> glass with ice....more fizz....then she noticed the Six Flags ad from
> 2004 on the can and asked me how old the coke was....lol...suddenly, she
> complained that it did not taste right....and promptly dumped it out.  I
> was not aware that canned soda could "go bad" but apparently it is
> possible for time to affect the taste, especially with diet drinks.  I
> was going to toss the drinks, but I just can't bring myself to do it.
> Surely, I am thinking, there must be another use for them...it's not
> like they are 'spoiled' or anything.  I was thinking about perhaps using
>  the diet coke in some kind of marinade...I know there are various lists
> around that detail the uses of Coke, but I don't know if those apply to
> diet coke as well.  I assume they do.  I don't want to be so frugal that
> people think I am off my rocker, but I just can't bear throwing out
> those cans, especially when there is some doubt in my mind that my guest
> was influenced by what she saw, not necessarily what she tasted!  Any 
> ideas?