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[Shanus]

@webbgarner1   When we drive from NC to NY there's a line where diners for breakfast change over from grits with eggs to hash browns. 

[Caaareful Shopper]

I was born and raised in the Bronx, NY; hard to get more city than that.  But my parents were both from the south.  Yes, we definitely had peanuts in Coke.  It had to be the famous bottle Coke, no cans.

Those salty peanuts would make the Coke fizz up and the taste was magnificent!  Don't let the peanuts get soft though, drink/eat right away.  

Coffee syrup?  I didn't know that was regional, just a taste preference all over.  I've used coffee syrups in my coffee for decades.  I buy mine from Torani, but I also love the Williams-Sonoma brand.

[Starpolisher]

I remember the peanuts dancing up and down when you put them in Coke or Beer. They gave the soda or beer a little salty flavor. So you had sweet and salty. If you left them too long, instead of eating them, they would swell up real big and get soggy.
It's funny so many from the south don't know about this.

I found this online:

The combination of peanuts and Coca-Cola, especially when enjoyed in a classic glass bottle, is often called Farmer's Coke. It's a popular Southern tradition where peanuts are dropped into the bottle of Coke, and the salt from the peanuts helps to balance the sweetness of the soda. The peanuts also soak up the Coke flavor, creating a unique snack.

Here's a more detailed look:

Farmer's Coke:
This term is widely used to describe the combination, particularly in the context of its origins as a workingman's snack in the South.

Peanuts and Coke:
This is a straightforward and common way to refer to the pairing, highlighting the two main components.

Other names:
While less common, it's also been referred to as a "miner's Coke," especially in the context of its historical use in mining regions.

[reiki604]

I believe the regional food differences have more to do with the immigrants who came and populated an area with tastes that were familiar to where they came from.

[Kachina624]

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@PhilaLady1 wrote:
I lived in Philadelphia most of my life, and then over a decade living 3 miles outside of the same city. I'm in my late 60s and I've never heard of coffee syrup or floating peanuts in Coke. And aren't there regions of the country that call any carbonated drink of any flavor Coke?

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@PhilaLady1.  Coke seems to be a generic name for cola soda just as Kleenex is for tissue.  That's how I refer to any cola drink.

[Sooner]

@Kachina624 Yes, COKE can mean root beer or ginger ale!    And it's funny because 90 percent of the peanuts in soft drink I saw was R.C. cola!  

There was a social difference in R.C. drinkers vs. Coke drinkers.  Then there were the odd Dr. Pepper lovers (hubby shamefully falls into that category)!  ).

[Kachina624]

@Sooner.  Our local Whattaburger, a Texas based chain, seasonally makes a Dr Pepper milkshake that would put your dh in heaven.

[Sooner]

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@Kachina624 wrote:

@Sooner.  Our local Whattaburger, a Texas based chain, seasonally makes a Dr Pepper milkshake that would put your dh in heaven.

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@Kachina624 THANKS!!!!!!!

[Icegoddess]

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@Pecky wrote:

Many places sell coffee syrups.  The coffee places uses them to make those fancy coffee drinks.  I have a friend and splashes some in her oatmeal. 

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@Pecky So, I had a totally different idea of what coffee syrup was.  I thought it was concentrated coffee.  Now, I would use those, especially that chocolate mocha.  I think I would use it in a milkshake hoping it would be like an Arby's Jamocha shake.  Isn't it similar to the Torani syrups?  I see those sold down here in the South. 

[haddon9]

I've lived in the northeast all of my life and never heard of either.  Is coffee syrup like chocolate syrup only coffee flavored?  The could be interesting on vanilla ice cream.

Why would you put peanuts in a coke?