We have talked about Moon Pies so much I thought they deserved their own thread.

The History of Moon Pies
https://www.yahoo.com/food/the-history-o...30661.html

FYI a 7 course Mississippi dinner is a Moon Pie and a 6 pack of RC cola. You Yankees knew that, didn't you?

This non-Rebel, non-Yankee wonders what "RC cola" might be??

Also I wonder if Moon Pies are the same as the Wagon Wheels sold in Britain?
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wagon_Wheels

Royal Crown Cola, I remember it fondly while growing up. It is still the beverage of choice at my parent's house. Although we still call it "Pop."

I also fondly remember Orange Neihi; anyone remember Kickapoo Joy Juice? Loved it! It was like Mountain Dew....

(10-23-2014 06:56 PM)BettyO Wrote:  anyone remember Kickapoo Joy Juice? Loved it! It was like Mountain Dew....

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Thanks, Roger -

They sold this stuff at A & P back in the early 60's - it was a lemon-lime soda and really good....

I remember KickaPoo - just like I remember A&P. We don't have those stores anymore in the D.C. area. Besides Orange Nehi, there was also Grape Nehi. I'm still trying to find Texas Grapefruit soda from my dating days. It was a perfect mixer with good bourbon.

Getting back on topic, what "soda" would have been available to Mr. Lincoln? What about sarsparila? (And what in the heck is that?)

Eva, Wagon Wheels look like Moon Pies, but I do not know if they have the tough, gummy texture of a moon pie, which could take your teeth out in one bite--without the 6 pack of RC to make it chewable and wash it down.

Well, I would say, the degree of toughness and gummyness depends on how long you wait...
(Sarsparila is a medical plant btw!)

A local band in CT, NRBQ, used to sing a song named 'RC Cola And A Moon Pie'
Good tune!!

I think Wagon Wheels are composed of two cookies, whereas the basis for Moon Pies is graham crackers.

In all the cowboy movies and Westerns that I remember as a child, some tenderfoot would walk up to a bar and ask for a sarsparila. Can we assume the drink was made from the plant?

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(10-24-2014 07:37 PM)L Verge Wrote:  I think Wagon Wheels are composed of two cookies, whereas the basis for Moon Pies is graham crackers.

In all the cowboy movies and Westerns that I remember as a child, some tenderfoot would walk up to a bar and ask for a sarsparila. Can we assume the drink was made from the plant?

"Sarsaparilla is still around, but it takes a little poking to turn it up. The drink, which tastes a great deal like root beer, is still popular in some parts of the U.S. — the folks in Pittsburgh, I understand, are crazy about the stuff. Although none of the major soft-drink manufacturers markets a national brand, all continue to make the flavor base available to any local bottler who cares to market sarsaparilla on his own. Many cities have a specialty store or two that carries these brands; ask around.

You might think that sarsaparilla would be made from extract of the sarsaparilla plant, a tropical vine distantly related to the lily, but you'd be wrong. It was originally made (artificial flavors have taken over now, of course) from a blend of birch oil and sassafras, the dried root bark of the sassafras tree. Sassafras was widely used as a home remedy in the nineteenth century — taken in sufficient doses, it induces sweating, which some people thought was a good thing. Sarsaparilla apparently made its debut as a patent medicine, an easy-to-take form of sassafras, much as Coca-Cola was first marketed in 1885 as a remedy for hangovers and headaches.

Why isn't sarsaparilla popular anymore? Basically, it just lost out to cola, like almost every other flavor you could name. Root beer, sarsaparilla's closest cousin and once America's most popular soft drink, now accounts for less than 4 percent of the national market. Sarsaparilla's share is too small to be measured."

Mr. Hess, I found them on youtube, but the audio is better on this version
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaxIhdKZ00Q

(10-23-2014 05:08 PM)Eva Elisabeth Wrote:  This non-Rebel, non-Yankee wonders what "RC cola" might be??

Also I wonder if Moon Pies are the same as the Wagon Wheels sold in Britain?
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wagon_Wheels

Eva, it(Royal Crown) was my favorite brand of cola before I discovered Coca Cola Zero a few years ago...DELICIOUS!!

Breaking News! One can buy Moon Pies at Cracker Barrel restaurants.