напитки мира: Irn-Bru

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Национальная гордость Шотландии -- газированный напиток Irn-Bru (произносится как "Iron Brew"), радикально оранжевого цвета. Забавные фактоиды из википедии:

When McDonald's restaurants first opened for trading in Glasgow they did not serve Irn-Bru. This was seen as an insult by some Scots, and a campaign to correct this oversight was launched. After many of their restaurants were picketed, McDonalds relented and began to stock Irn-Bru alongside their other soft drinks.

In the Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh there are a range of exhibits, selected by celebrities - Sean Connery chose a crate of Irn Bru.

Irn-Bru is currently manufactured in five factories in Russia, and is also manufactured under license in Canada, South Africa and Australia.

The legal status of Irn-Bru in the United States is unclear. Several American companies import Irn-Bru; yet, it is currently listed as a banned substance by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The FDA website lists Irn-Bru and Diet Irn-Bru as containing the banned carcinogenic colouring Ponceau 4R, and Sunset Yellow FCF, which the FDA has to approve on a per-batch basis. One importer, Irn-Bru USA, modifies the drink to conform to FDA requirements.

На чикагщине продается в неповторимом Al's Deli в Эванстоне.

Comments

[http://users.livejournal.com/flutterby__/]

had no idea that the Scottish take well to carcinogens ;)

[ded-maxim.livejournal.com]

They also are into deep-frying everything in sight.

[http://users.livejournal.com/flutterby__/]

well so are people in NC and several other fine Southern States

[ded-maxim.livejournal.com]

Sure, but the Scots boldly went (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep-fried_Mars_bar) where no one has gone before.

[http://users.livejournal.com/flutterby__/]

actually, you can taste a deep fried Snickers bar at the NC state fair - as wells as a deep fried cheeseburger or oreo cookie. outrageous, yet delicious...

[occuserpens.livejournal.com]

Never heard about this stuff, it would be great to try.

[ded-maxim.livejournal.com]

Это круто! Хотя музыку надо было заказать у Belle and Sebastian.