Cel-Ray
Cel-Ray
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Cel-Ray
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Post #1 - November 7th, 2009, 6:58 pmCel-Ray
I am positively stunned that no one has posted about Dr. Brown's Cel-Ray. A shonda, to be sure, it has gone for so long without recognition here, on this board.
Noshing on a mountain of meat fat at Manny's a week or so ago, a fellow fresser sneered "I don't drink celery!"
"It's my green vegetable," I replied, and it sure as hell was. The bitter sweet celery flavor of this sparkling beverage was the perfect cut-thru for the delicious deckle (yeah, I lucked out), providing a vegetal treble to the bass beat of pastrami meat."Don't you ever underestimate the power of a female." Bootsy Collins
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Post #2 - November 8th, 2009, 11:24 amDavid Hammond wrote:providing a vegetal treble to the bass beat of pastrami meat.
Sounds like someone's been talking to Jazzfood lately.
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Post #3 - November 8th, 2009, 11:48 amI like cel-ray well enough, but my true Dr. Brown's love is the cream soda.Steve Z.
“Only the pure in heart can make a good soup.”
― Ludwig van Beethoven
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Post #4 - November 8th, 2009, 11:54 amstevez wrote:I like cel-ray well enough, but my true Dr. Brown's love is the cream soda.
I had the cream soda version at Bergstein's and thought it was just fine, though I noticed at Kaufman's that there seems to be two versions of cream soda: one in a brown can and one in a pinkish can. I'm guessing one is diet?
My understanding is that Cel-Ray was originally developed for medicinal purposes."Don't you ever underestimate the power of a female." Bootsy Collins
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Post #5 - November 8th, 2009, 12:11 pmDavid Hammond wrote:
My understanding is that Cel-Ray was originally developed for medicinal purposes.
So was Coca-Cola. It also appears that John Pemberton (Coca-Cola's inventor) was on to the celery thing, too.Pemberton's illness worsened, but he remained obsessed with perfecting the Coca-Cola formula. Several times in his dying months he struggled to his laboratory to experiment with a modified cola drink with celery extract. "He did not care anything about what he had already accomplished", one of his associates remarked, "he wanted something new".Steve Z.
“Only the pure in heart can make a good soup.”
― Ludwig van Beethoven
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Post #6 - November 8th, 2009, 4:36 pmcount me in as a cel-ray lover. know of any retail outlets, David?i used to milk cows
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Post #7 - November 8th, 2009, 4:39 pmteatpuller wrote:count me in as a cel-ray lover. know of any retail outlets, David?
Just picked up a six pack at:
Kaufman's Bagel and Delicatessen
4905 W. Dempster
Skokie
847.677.6190
Open 7AM-7PM, everyday"Don't you ever underestimate the power of a female." Bootsy Collins
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Post #8 - November 9th, 2009, 12:10 amI'm a big fan of cel-ray. Back when bacon vodka was all the rage, I kept thinking they'd go well together, but never got around to trying it out. But this has me thinking about it again, and I do have a bottle of bacon vodka sitting at the back of my liquor cabinet.
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Post #9 - November 9th, 2009, 10:34 pmProbably my favorite soda ever. Definitely a cult classic.
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Post #10 - November 10th, 2009, 4:25 pmI've never been a Cel-Ray fan. I'm all about Dr. Brown's Black Cherry. Perfect with just about any deli meal.
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Post #11 - November 12th, 2009, 9:24 amI second the Dr. Brown Blk Cherry created for all things deli. Works equally well with lox or pastrami.
One of my most recent faves is bottled Dr. Pepper w/cane sugar that I've been craving since eating @ Dawali Kitchen on Kedzie. They get it from a retro soda store somewhere in Skokie I believe. They were out last time I stopped in though."In pursuit of joys untasted"
from Giuseppe Verdi's La Traviata
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Post #12 - November 12th, 2009, 9:54 amMaybe from America's Market in Wheeling?
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Post #13 - November 12th, 2009, 10:23 amNo. It's Retro Soda.
Retro Soda Inc
8465 Linder Ct
Skokie, IL 60077
Phone: (847) 965-0288
Website: http://www.retrosoda.com"In pursuit of joys untasted"
from Giuseppe Verdi's La Traviata
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Post #14 - November 12th, 2009, 10:35 amJazzfood wrote:No. It's Retro Soda.
Retro Soda Inc
8465 Linder Ct
Skokie, IL 60077
Phone: (847) 965-0288
Website: http://www.retrosoda.com
Didn't even know about this place. I gotta get there!
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Post #15 - November 23rd, 2009, 2:26 pmI sure hope the prices on their Web site include shipping. Otherwise, $24 for a case of Filbert's is a whopping markup.
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Post #16 - November 25th, 2009, 10:24 amCel-Ray Soda is delicious. I first "discovered" it at Katz's in New York. I tried some delis in Skokie but couldn't find it, so I ordered it online (beveragesdirect) - cost me $40 for a case, but now I have a stash in the fridge for whenever I have the craving. It goes exceedingly well with pastrami and also with gin
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Post #17 - November 25th, 2009, 10:34 amsbcthemuse wrote:It goes exceedingly well with pastrami and also with gin
Cel-Ray did seem to me like it could be a possible mixer for gin...I'm thinking, given the strong personality of the soda, that one would use a less distinguished gin (maybe more like Beefeaters and less like Hendrick's)."Don't you ever underestimate the power of a female." Bootsy Collins
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Post #18 - November 26th, 2009, 9:33 pmDr. Brown's Cel-Ray is definitely a New York thing. It was what we drank at delis when I was growing up - but interestingly enough never at home.Toast, as every breakfaster knows, isn't really about the quality of the bread or how it's sliced or even the toaster. For man cannot live by toast alone. It's all about the butter. -- Adam Gopnik
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Post #19 - November 27th, 2009, 5:08 pmBefore Thanksgiving dinner, I made myself a drink I'm tentatively calling the Ray-Gun, a mix of Cel-Ray and gin, decorated with a festive celery stalk. The flavors were complementary...
...but it needed something more. Not exactly sure what. Something sweet, maraschino cherry, maybe, but I'm not quite sure that's right, either. Grenadine? Maybe."Don't you ever underestimate the power of a female." Bootsy Collins
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Post #20 - December 2nd, 2009, 9:06 amteatpuller wrote:count me in as a cel-ray lover. know of any retail outlets, David?
You can get bottles at America's Market in Wheeling. I'm pretty sure I saw it at the Jewel in Skokie (Gross Point & Skokie Blvd.)
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Post #21 - December 2nd, 2009, 11:06 amI like cel-ray well enough, but my true Dr. Brown's love is the cream soda.
As a kid I drank this stuff like water. I am a huge fan of the cel-ray soda which is pretty popular in Florida. Though, the Black Cherry is a close second, especially with a little vodka splashed in. When my mom makes bloody mary's, she uses a splash of cel-ray soda (her so called secret) and of course the celery salt rim. Damn good.
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Post #22 - December 2nd, 2009, 2:54 pmShaggywillis wrote:of course the celery salt rim.
Oh, love that."Don't you ever underestimate the power of a female." Bootsy Collins
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Post #23 - December 5th, 2009, 12:55 pmPie Lady wrote:[ I'm pretty sure I saw it at the Jewel in Skokie (Gross Point & Skokie Blvd.)
They do have it at the Jewel in Skokie at Gross Point & Skokie Blvd. It is in the Kosher aisle. I bought a six pack this morning.
