The Nectar of the gods.......

aka Mountain Dew! If you live at our house or have spent any time around me then you know that is the drink I speak of when I refer to the "Nectar of the gods". I just gotta have my Dew! I know it has the most caffeine and probably the most sugar than other soft drinks. I know you can get it in Diet or Caffeine Free versions. But...YUK! I have tried...really I have tried and I just can't switch. In a pinch I will drink a Mellow Yello but I know the difference....and they now have it available here in Germany too in some places, but I can taste the difference between a German Mountain Dew and the "real deal". Just not the same. It has been my favorite drink probably since I was in 4th or 5th grade. I even remember the first time I had one! I was a member of a church kids group and we had gone on a picnic or hike or something in the city park and I found this unopened can of Mountain Dew and brought it home with me. (Yeah...I know...gross...but I was a kid and you know how kids are, always dragging who knows what home!) I guess mom and dad looked at it and decided it hadn't been messed with or whatever and they let me have it. It must have been a 'big deal' for it to stick in my memory like that. I don't think I had ever heard of it before then. Once I got older and my friends and I started to have regular sleepovers with the accompaniment snacks and beverages we always made sure to have Mountain Dew. I think that is when it became "my" drink. When I was pregnant I did watch my caffeine so I drank the unleaded kind, but it was such a treat that first day after giving birth to have Bill surprise me with a 2 liter bottle of the good stuff! Ahhhhhhh! And our refrigerator has always had it in it ever since. Believe me we NEVER run out! I am however trying to cut back...I am a bit (well more than a bit) thicker around the middle than I like to be and I know if I drank even ONE less a day it would make a difference. So now I allow myself 2 cans of that glorious sweet beverage a day and drink water the rest of the time. Cmon pounds....start dropping off!!!!!! LOL