• Letstakealook@lemm.ee
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    6 months ago

    Some this has to do with shelf life. Beverages containing alcohol have a long shelf life. A restaurant is not going to take losses on having 50 kinds of juice or whatever on hand. Another angle to this is that a lot of the drinks on the alcoholic menu are cocktails, so just combinations of other shit they have. Finally, what adult is just drinking milk? Have some water, it is good for you.

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      6 months ago

      Is this coming from experience or are you just kind of guessing? There are plenty of cocktails that use non-shelf stable stuff that you can get anywhere. On top of that, the new movement towards providing non-alcoholic drinks on the menu just reuses these same ingredients in different ways.

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        6 months ago

        I’ve worked on both sides of the house for 14 years and I’m in management now. The issue is once you open products, not when they’re sitting there. Sitting there is also an issue, however, as stock that doesn’t move still incurs costs. I work on the institutional side now and we only provide nonalcoholic beverages, but they are either single serve or cheap bulk prep. These are not what people are expecting at a restaurant. Many items in cocktails also have long shelf lives after opening or are cheap/move quickly.

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          6 months ago

          Many items in cocktails also have long shelf lives after opening or are cheap/move quickly.

          This is why I think we see variations on actual cocktails so much…you have it, it’s open, so move it.

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            6 months ago

            Exactly. It’s like having a breakfast only restaurant. You can make a menu of 50 entrees by combining 8 main ingredients with various cooking methods and spices.

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      6 months ago

      With having IBD I’m pretty much limited to water or milk. I’m absolutely going to drink milk when I can because I get fed up drinking water multiple times a day every fucking day.

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        6 months ago

        I guess, I primarily drink water. I’m not restricted in the same way, but I’m an innate fat fuck, so water is my drink of choice. I’m surprised milk wouldn’t inflame IBD.

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          The concept of being fed up with water is so alien to me. Water doesn’t have some powerful, delicious flavor but the sensation of drinking water is almost always one of satisfying refreshment.

          How can you be irritated by water? “Damn it, this is only exactly what my body needs!”

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            6 months ago

            Idk, I like other beverages as well, but I’ve only ever been disappointed by water when it has contaminants I can taste.

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              Sounds more like you dislike bad water. I think well filtered water at this point is table stakes.

              Especially if you live in the US where you either have a leaf service line or more PFAS than you’d believe

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            6 months ago

            Some people crave or have to have some kind of flavor with their liquids or they don’t want it. I have known multiple people who thought water tasted gross, which is somewhat legit because I had to get used to the different water taste when I went to school on the opposite side of town, but they just thought any kind of water was gross. They’d always have a soda or coffee or something.

            My issue isn’t flavor necessarily, its carbonation. But plain/unsweetened soda water is gross and soda streams aren’t worth it to make my own infused water.

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        6 months ago

        My wife has colitis and dairy fucks her up 😮

        Can you drink tea?

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      6 months ago

      I just like having milk with every meal. I don’t like water and having dinner with a fizzy drink is just wrong.