Brooklyn, NY – Pig-Flavored Soda Turns Stomachs

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    BM. Mayer, 27, from Boro Park, Brooklyn tries a Jones Soda bacon flavored soft drink while shopping in south Williamsburg on November 4, 2010.  The soda contains no sugar, no meat products, and is kosher.  According to Mayer, "it taste like beef jerky...if mixed with vodka, it might be good."  rooklyn, NY – Does the thought of bacon soda turn your stomach? Wait until you try it.

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    A parade of New Yorkers grimaced and retched after sips of the pig-inspired pop unveiled by Jones Soda Co. – or just at the sound of it.

    “That tastes disgusting,” griped Tyrone Wallace, 26, of Brooklyn. “It made me want to throw up.”

    Jones boasts that its bacon soda is vegetarian friendly and kosher. Those who tried it said it tastes like swill.

    Half of more than 40 people approached refused the taste test outright.

    “You are supposed to eat bacon not drink it,” snapped Arlette Cepeda of the Bronx.

    David Horowitz was among a brave handful of Orthodox Jews willing to sample the swine-flavored soda.

    “My mother is rolling over at this one, but I will give it a try,” said Horowitz, 46, who provided a running commentary as he guzzled.

    “Tastes like beef or something. It’s quite strong, and thick. Oh! And it is gross! Who would want that?”

    At Peter Luger’s steak house in Brooklyn, the reaction among meat-eaters was similar.

    “As much as I love bacon, it just turns me off,” said waiter Otto Quintus, 65.

    After catching a whiff, bartender Jessie Bilotta turned away.

    “Oh God, no! It smells like dog poop,” Bilotta, 28, said. “I wouldn’t drink that even if it had alcohol in it.”

    Seattle-based Jones Soda teamed up with J&D’s Foods, the maker of bacon-flavored products such as Bacon Salt and Baconaisse, to produce the burgundy-colored beverage.

    For months, a team of “flavor experts” worked to simulate the perfect bacon flavor without adding any real bacon.

    The soda is being touted as part of a new cocktail, mixed with bourbon, an egg, cream, and soda water.

    Bacon soda can be bought only online as part of a package that includes other bacon-related foods.

    “Until now, it was impossible to guzzle your favorite breakfast meat, so this is a huge step for bacon lovers everywhere,” said Jones Soda’s Mike Spear.

    At least one New Yorker agrees.

    “It tastes just like it!” crowed Kci Rosado, a 16-year-old Bronx student. “That’s amazing.”


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    13 years ago

    Chazeri.

    oygevault
    oygevault
    13 years ago

    What next? Swine toothpaste?

    Bezalel
    Bezalel
    13 years ago

    I’ll wait for the ice cream at Max & Mina’s.

    Babishka
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    Babishka
    13 years ago

    Sampling this soft drink actually deprives one of the zechus of the mitzvah of not eating chazir, since from now on he will not eat chazir because it’s disgusting, not because Hashem commanded it.

    festayid
    festayid
    13 years ago

    This isn’t the first kosher pig tasting food, baco chips supposedly taste like real bacon. And I hate to say it but thet taste pretty good

    basmelech
    basmelech
    13 years ago

    Why would anyone want a drink that tastes like meat (of any kind, or fish for that matter or anything else that sounds like it should be chewed rather than drunk). A drink is supposed to be refreshing and I wouldn’t consider anything other than a light tasting fruit flavor or other light flavor as refreshing. The same goes for ice cream. There are certain traditional flavors that lend themselves to drinks and ice cream so lets leave it at that. If you want to experiment with flavors in soda try herbal flavors, flowery flavors, exotic fruits, but not meat, fish or other such things, p-l-e-a-s-e!

    CountryYossi
    CountryYossi
    13 years ago

    I know that on Passover we are not allowed to pass in front of a goyish bakery if you can sniff the taam of chumetz…Why would any one want to drink a fluid with a taam of chazer when the torah forbids us to eat them….?
    I know its kosher but isnt there enough drinks on the market that we need to use the word Bacon in a kosher product…? Does anyone else on here see something smelling fishy with this..?

    mewhoze
    mewhoze
    13 years ago

    why not, we already have ”swine” flu

    Raphael_Kaufman
    Raphael_Kaufman
    13 years ago

    Notwithstanding my previous post, it does sound revolting.

    memyself
    memyself
    13 years ago

    According to Mayer, “it taste like beef jerky…”

    how do you know how THAT tastes?