The last time I was in the grocery store, I needed coffee, so I went down the coffee aisle. It also just so happened to be the Kool-Aid aisle. Mmm… Kool-Aid… Kool-Aid costs more than it used to, but it’s still pretty cheap, so I got some. I got grape and orange and cherry: all the good popsicle flavors.
I have mixed some grape up, and it is delicious! I like to add more sugar than they say, and less water. The flavor is more intense that way. Hmm… Maybe I should try other additives: …a dash of salt? …some vanilla? …rosemary? …malt powder? …a touch of vinegar? This could be really interesting.
For now, I just put it in my giant mug with crushed ice. Perfect!
I was expecting the ‘more sugar’ part, but the ‘less water’ cracked me up. I’m imagining you pouring grape syrup over the ice.
Would vanilla in the orange give it a creamsicle touch? Then you could tell that gum a thing or two.
You could top it off with a handful of sugar cubes….so you can drink & crunch.
I like all those popsicle flavors too….but one of my favorites is white. I don’t know what flavor it is….but it has a lemon lime flavor. And they’re hard to find.
SQUIRREL: This post reminded me right away of a boutique I used to shop in when I was a teenager. It was on the corner of Harford Road & Taylor Avenue. It’s name: First National Grape…..lovingly referred to as ‘The Grape’ by all us hippies. I always bought my jeans there.
Sugar cubes is genius! I will have to get some on the way home from school!
And you and Lloyd should get together about popsicle flavors. I think he likes white too. He also likes really bizarre flavors. I have learned not to eat popsicles from their freezer.
I think I remember that store, Peggy! Not that I would have shopped there myself…pretty square for my years, as I recall…did once own a Nehru jacket, though…
You have a whole packet of koolaid in one mug????? Now that’s got to be sugar high.
Ha! I wish! Actually, I mixed it up in an empty two-liter soda bottle. But I didn’t fill it all the way.
Thank you for the clarification. You see what happens when there isn’t a quarter for scale???