“Yahoo….Mountain Dew” (or something)

Somehow we got to talking about Mountain Dew on the WBCK Morning Show Friday morning. A 20 ounce Mountain Dew has 77 grams of sugars! That means a 6-pak has over a pound of sugar! I know people who drink 4 or 5 a day. That’s like downing that big 5 lb bag of sugar off the shelf at the grocery store!

We started talking about Mountain Dew knockoffs. (not the actual products that bear the “Mountain Dew” name….which is approaching about a dozen these days!)

Mountain Dew started back in the late 30’s as a regional drink to mix with whiskey. After a few different recipes, Pepsi bought it in 1964. The bottle was clear with yellow lettering and a caricature of a hillbilly on it, saying “It’ll tickle yer innards!” I still remember my very first one! I don't drink it any more, because of the sugar, but also because it reminds me of a guy I worked with on a summer job years ago. He had two teeth left in his head, and used them to open bottles of Mountain Dew. Yikes!

In addition to Pepsi's Mountain Dew, Coca-Cola's Mello Yello or Dr Pepper's Sun Drop, there are a variety of smaller or regional brands for citrus soda. As I read them off on the show, I felt like Bubba from “Forest Gump” talking about shrimp.