The History of Kool-Aid

Thoughtco.com ^ | 9/18/17 | Mary Bellis

[DallasBiff]

Kool-Aid is a household name today. Nebraska named Kool-Aid as its official state drink in the late 1990s, while Hastings, Nebraska, the city where the powdered drink was invented, "celebrates a yearly summer festival called Kool-Aid Days on the second weekend in August, in honor of their city's claim to fame," notes Wikipedia. If you're an adult, you likely have memories of drinking the powdered beverage on hot, summer days as a child. But, the story of Kool-Aid's invention and rise to popularity is an interesting one—literally a rags-to-riches story.

[DallasBiff]

If one was a child of the 60's and 70's, Kool-Aid was everywhere.

Jonestown gave Kool-Aid , a bad name for the poison he put in it, but at least kids didn't die "suddenly" after drinking untainted Kool-Aid.

[DoodleBob]

And for the record, I know they didn’t use Kool-Aid in Guyana.

[Telepathic Intruder]

Just add cyanide!

[lizma2]

https://duckduckgo.com/?t=h_&q=kool+aid+1960&iax=videos&ia=videos&iai=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DwuCXjpk3qEs

[Lazamataz]

Jonestown gave Kool-Aid , a bad name for the poison he put in it, but at least kids didn't die "suddenly" after drinking untainted Kool-Aid.

No, but they got diabetes "suddenly".

[ComputerGuy]

Kool-Aid was essential in the bush for masking the taste of the water purification tablets. My plastic canteens had a permanent smell and taste. Imagine iodine in your orange juice.

[VTenigma]

Ken Kesey and Jim Jones found new uses for Kool-Aid. Jones’s Kool-Aid lives on as a derogatory term for those that buy into the mainstream Narrative such as “he drank the Kool-Aid”.

[DallasBiff]

>No, but they got diabetes "suddenly".

You are probably correct about that, mothers had to put tons of sugar in the unsweetened version of Kool-Aid, to make it palatable.

[gloryblaze]

I like the sugar-free lemonade, but I rarely remember to buy it. The cost of bottled lemonade is nuts, but I am nearly addicted to the Calypso brand in glass bottles.

[rdl6989]

Jonestown actually used flavor aid.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flavor_Aid

[Chode]

i remember sending a boatload to a friend’s brother in Nam...

[NWFree]

The favorite of libtards everywhere usually dispensed by fake news for a quick fix

[SubMareener]

During the 1970s the 637 class submarines had a problem with the officer’s urinal. The pipe to the sanitary tank had a 2deg angle but normally transited at a 3deg down angle which resulted in a 1 deg up angle for the urine sea water mix. Until they put in a freshwater flush, the supply officer had to pour a packet of Goofy Grape koolaid down the urinal once a week.

[Bullish]

Kool-aid is Gawd awful even without the cyanide.

[atc23]

Oh, yeah. Im addicted to the Tropical Punch - sometimes with a few ounces of Vodka splashed in :)

[x]

You better pray that your house is well-built.

[Jeff Chandler]

Kool-Aid had competition:

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[DIRTYSECRET]

They’re off to visit the lands.

[Dr. Sivana]

Cherry Flavor Aid. It was cheaper.

[Dr. Sivana]

The cost of bottled lemonade is nuts

Dole Lemonade is often on sale 2 two liter bottles for $3.

I have also seen at WinCo (discount warehouse grocer) 56 ounce bottles of "Simply Lemonade" which is REAL lemonade for $2.50. That's not bad, though the price fluctuates.

If you are okay with powder, order 4C brand online. Better than Country Time, much better price.

Note I provide lemonade for up to 200 people after Sunday Mass most weeks.