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Figarosmom

(11,376 posts) Sun Jan 25, 2026, 04:55 PM Jan 25

When I was a kid my mom made homemade root beer [View all]

She stored it in the pantry. One very cold night we were awake from explosions in the pantry.
The root beer had frozen and was exploding.(it was a rental and the pantry was on an outside wall)

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When I was a kid my mom made homemade root beer [View all] Figarosmom Jan 25 OP

howdi AllaN01Bear Jan 25 #1

Yeah😊 that was the sound, popping. Nt Figarosmom Jan 25 #2

I've made pine soda. VGNonly Jan 26 #3

Sounds good Figarosmom Jan 26 #4

Lots of Vitamin C, VGNonly Jan 26 #5

back in the '50s my daad bottled beer and root beer rurallib Jan 27 #6

I'd cry too Figarosmom Jan 27 #7