I only have taste buds for Dew

LET’S GET READY TO RUMBLE!!!!!! I mean…it’s time to answer some more questions from the Father Knows Best? mail bag. Today’s question was submitted by Kat. She asks

do you ever drink any other kind of soda (when mt dew is available)? I love mt dew, but every once in a great while I like to go for a cherry pepsi…
-Kat

Okay people, am I going to have to start a whole new blog just to talk about Mt. Dew? These questions are supposed to be at least loosely related to parenting. Kat, I’m going to cut you some slack this time, but I want to see a question about parenting from you sometime soon.

The answer to your question is usually no. If Mt. Dew is available, that’s what I get. But there are some stipulations to that. For instance, if I’m at a restaurant where I know they have a soda fountain that doesn’t use pre-mixed tanks, I might pass on the Mt. Dew. You can tell which restaurants don’t have pre-mixed tanks because the Dew will taste a little watered down. The restaurant owner will save himself some money by using more water and less syrup in the mix. LAME.

In that situation I will usually order a Roy Rogers (Coke and cherry grenadine). A Roy Rogers is a great substitute because it is still a pretty sweet tasting soda, although some places will be cheap with the grenadine too. Also, Roy Rogers is my go-to drink to order when I’m with friends at a bar. I don’t drink alcohol, and ordering a Roy Rogers sounds a lot better than “I’ll have a cola…”

The only other time I wouldn’t choose Mt. Dew when it is available is when I am eating McDonald’s. I don’t know why, but when you are at McDonald’s their Coke seems to taste better than anywhere else. A McDonald’s cheeseburger, fries, and a Coke are just a classic combo. At McDonald’s they don’t have Mt. Dew, but if I take my McD’s to go and decide to save money by getting my drink from home, I’ll have a can of Coke rather than a Mt. Dew. It just seems like the right thing to do.

I guess you could also say there are times that I will choose to have milk or orange juice with my breakfast even if Mt. Dew is an option. If I’m having a “real” breakfast I’ll have one of those options. Also, a McDonald’s breakfast (Egg McMuffins are the only item I recognize on the McDonald’s breakfast menu) must be supplemented with a HiC Orange drink. Of course, I often have a Twinkie and a Mt. Dew for breakfast.

Now occasionally I’ll get to a point where I’ve had so much Mt. Dew that my mouth goes into panic mode and I’ll have canker sores and then I’ll have to take a short hiatus from my happy juice. 

Okay….sheesh, did I really just write 5 paragraphs about my Mt. Dew ordering preferences? 

ARE YOU SEEING THIS PEPSI!? DO YOU SEE HOW MUCH I PROMOTING YOUR BEVERAGE!? Call me…