• Stamets@lemmy.worldOP
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    11 months ago

    Really? Because there are a lot of people who disagree with you.

    • From reddits Ask an Australian

    • Wikipedia saying " In the United Kingdom, Ireland, Central Europe, South Africa, Australia, and New Zealand, a carbonated lemonade soft drink is more common. Despite the differences between the drinks, each is known simply as “lemonade” in countries where it is dominant."

    • Quora saying “Lemonade” in Australia normally refers to a clear, carbonated, lemon-flavored beverage similar to 7-Up. “Lemon squash” is a cloudy version of the same thing (still carbonated). There’s no particular tradition of making non-carbonated lemon drinks at home, but if you did, you’d probably call it American-style lemonade."

    • My Australian buddy who lives in the UK

    However I did goof on it not being available. That I’ll edit. But the rest of it seems to hold up…

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      I see on the Wikipedia article it seems to say that lemonade in the USA is flat, not fizzy? I think this is where I confused your question and we got our wires crossed. Anything that ended “ade” in the UK is a fizzy drink, like a pop/soda. Lemonade, cherryade, orangeade etc. Schweppes, Barr’s etc make lemonade like that, clear, sweet fizzy and just lemon flavour.
      I can’t think of a drink that’s fresh lemon juice as described on wiki over here. There is squash, or cordial, diluted juice with water. But lemon wasn’t common or popular to the best of my knowledge. I’ll look when I’m in asda the morn now though, just to see for curiosity.

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          11 months ago

          We have a lemon tree right next to our kitchen window and we just open the window to pick lemons for lemonade. I’m kinda spoiled. Still gotta boil my own corn syrup tho.

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            That’s amazing, where I live these days I’d need a heated polytunnel or greenhouse to grow lemons. I’ve found an online recipe though and I’m def going to try making real lemonade.

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      No one would call it “American style lemonade”. It would just be home made lemonade or something similar. Also we have a massive tradition of making non carbonated drinks at home. Australian kids grow up drinking cordial, which are pre-made, very sugary, mostly fruit flavoured, and are made by mixing the cordial and water.

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      11 months ago

      I grew up in the UK, lived down under too for just over 5 years, maybe I just missed the Australians calling it lemonade, as it was always lemon and lime with those I know. Was definitely lemon and lime in the UK and not considered the same as lemonade, sprite became the cooler choice over 7up when I was teenager in the 80’s. If you asked for lemonade you wouldn’t get either of those, or folk would check if sprite was okay instead. Maybe it is generational, the young crew do something different, or maybe a lot of people can’t detect lime flavour…I dunno, but in my experience they’re not treated the same. Just one Internet strangers experience though.

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          I’m not dude, sprite especially, literally says lemon and lime on the label. I had no idea this was something people didn’t know.

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            11 months ago

            I know it says Lemon lime on the label. Doesn’t change the fact that us Aussies call it lemonade.

            I dunno, I’ve been out of the country for the past 12 or so years so maybe things have changed significantly over that time, but for my entire life up until I left, everyone calls Sprite & similar drinks lemonade. No one I know ever made the distinction between Sprite (lemon-lime) and something like Schweppes lemonade (Lemon only), they were just both lemonade, unless you specifically wanted a specific brand.

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              Fair play, I’m not native and was only there a short while quite a long time ago. So my experience could very well not have been typical.

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        11 months ago

        I’ve always known sprite and similar lemon flavored soft drinks to be lemonade, though there is a lime version.

        I’m sure I remember seeing lemonade on sprite packaging when I was younger, and it looks like Google agrees with my memory. Not sure why these other guys are arguing with you.

        Obviously the same for all the other brands as well (Schweppes lemonade is very much a carbonated soft drink).

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        Maybe it’s generational, I’m pretty old and sprite is and always was lemon and lime, it’s why it’s green and yellow… it became popular in the uk when I was young as a 7up competitor which stopped being “cool” in the 80s though it had been more popular before that. Lived in UK, France, Canada and Australia… so its just personal experience.

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        It’s not though, it’s lemon and lime. Lemonade is just fizzy lemon…Barr’s make a great lemonade, Schweppes is decent. if you go for a lemonade and orange or lemonade and lime in a pub you generally don’t get sprite/7up. If its all they’ve got they’ll check with you that that’s OK, like if they have Pepsi instead of Coke.