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The Dynamics of Soft Drinks

Ever noticed how soft drinks react to different foods that you eat? Specifically, the fizziness of the drink. There are some foods that I believe a good Coke enhances and brings out the flavor of, but there are also some foods that react quite violently to carbonated beverages.

For instance: Chocolate + Coke = lots of fizz. This occurs more often with Pepsi, but the effect is present with Coke as well. I have also noticed that anything salty reacts quite violently with Coke. For example, try eating a pickle, sweet or dill, and then chugging a can of coke. The sodium content in pickles causes the coke to literally explode in your mouth. But this fizz effect is limited mainly to the Coke/Pepsi family, and Sprite. Dr. Pepper, Mountain Dew, and other less carbonated drinks tend to be less volitile in the presence of sodium.

Proof of the fizz effect here!