I have in my hand a can of Moxie.

[Whitacre D_WI]

Yum!

[trof]

1. Makes a good substitute for hydraulic fluid

in a pinch.
;-)

[benburch]

2. Always wanted to try that.

Cannot get it here in the Midwest.

[Whitacre D_WI]

3. I'm in the Midwest.

Wisconsin, to be exact.

Mail order is my friend. :)

[Redneck Socialist]

4. Mail order Moxie?

That's hardcore! :yourock:

[Whitacre D_WI]

6. Damn right.

Friggin' expensive, too.

$25 for a half-case. I mean, soda's not cheap to mail, but still.

I ration my Moxie very carefully. ;)

[Redneck Socialist]

13. Lordy!

At $25 a twelve pack I'd be sipping it out of shot glasses. No wonder you ration it.

[NewHampshireDem]

5. Moxie is the best ...

especially for all the strange looks you get while drinking it. :)

[tigereye]

8. what is it

have never heard of it. Here in the east.

I thought he meant metaphoric moxie.

[Whitacre D_WI]

12. It's a New England thing these days.

At one time, it was the biggest-selling soft drink in the country.

[tigereye]

16. what does it taste like?

now I am curious.

[Book Lover]

7. I had never

heard of this until now. I found a website that calls it an acquired taste: do you agree?

[Whitacre D_WI]

11. I acquired the taste the first time I tried it.

But yeah, I can see that. There is sort of an herbal/medicinal quality to it.

[NewHampshireDem]

9. Moxie=Soft Drink

Like Coca-Cola, but only more so. :shrug:

It is an acquired taste, but thanks to my grandfather I've been drinking it since I was about 3 years old. :beer:

[Book Lover]

10. These old ads

always make me smile.

Contains not a drop of Medicine, Poison, Stimulant or Alcohol. But is a simple sugarcane-like plant grown near the Equator and farther south, was lately accidentally discovered by Lieut. Moxie and has proved itself to be the only harmless nerve food known that can recover brain and nervous exhaustion, loss of manhood, imbecility and helplessness. It has recovered paralysis, softening of the brain, locomotor ataxia, and insanity when caused by nervous exhaustion. It gives a durable solid strength, makes you eat voraciously, takes away the tired, sleepy, listless feeling like magic, removes fatigue from mental and physical over work at once, will not interfere with action of vegetable medicines.

[Tom Kitten]

14. long time no taste

used to love it as a young'un...

Mom came back from visiting her sister Boston in 1990 and brought back a 2 liter bottle. It tasted different, not as mediciney! Did they change the formula awhile back?

Only "cult" soda I like they sell round these parts is Vernor's. Sort of a cross between Cream soda and ginger ale...

[Whitacre D_WI]

15. Vernor's is the best mass-market ginger ale I've ever had.

Anyone from MI or OH will agree with me.

[sus]

17. you got Moxie, kid.

whatever that is...