A Bag of Coke

If you are thirsty here in Masatepe and want a cold coke,  you can't take the glass bottle out of the store with you. Therefore, they pour it into a clear plastic bag and tie it in a knot for you. You bite the corner off and drink the coke out of the hole in the bag. Sometimes they will put a straw in the knot instead, which makes it a little easier to drink. The drinks at school, homemade refrescos (fruit-ades) are also sold by the bag. There's really an art to drinking out of a bag... something most of us Americans find a little difficult at first.

Another thing that comes in a bag here is our milk. We don't get the plastic jugs of milk, we get plastic bags of milk. We then pour it into a pitcher in our fridge and when the pitcher is empty we open another bag o' milk. It's actually a lot easier on the trash!

Comments

[Jim]

Well, milk in a bag is actually common in some parts of Canada too. Except usually instead of pouring it out, they use special pitchers made to put the bag in, and then a top corner is clipped off.

And now you know.

[Jan]

Thanks for the info! :) Now I know what to expect next time I want to drink milk in Canada...