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Stir up a mouth-watering salmon dish that's sure to please.

Forget slaving over a hot stove - this year's Christmas Dinner is coming out of a soda bottle. A Seattle-based firm has a new line of artificially flavored festive drinks. Topping the menu is a delicate smoked salmon pate drink, preparing the palate for sodas flavored with turkey and gravy or a dull green liquid masquerading as brussels sprouts.

SEATTLE (Reuters) - For beverage connoisseurs tired of turkey-and-gravy or green-beans-and-casserole flavoured sodas, there's a new choice being offered this year by speciality U.S. soda maker Jones Soda Co.: salmon.