have you EVER seen Kool-Aid served in a restaurant??

[grasswire]

I just saw that on the Food Network. A fried chicken dinner restaurant. Big ol' chicken dinner, and a super-size glass of Kool-Aid!

I laughed and laughed.

[RedCloud]

1. No, but I have seen a house fly!

[southpaw]

2. Red Kool-Aid, I'd wager

That's interesting. I doubt that there are any negative racial overtones to it, though Kool-Aid and fried chicken (among other things) are sometimes ascribed to certain demographics.

What show was that on?

[grasswire]

6. I didn't know that about Kool Aid

And I certainly didn't mean to cast any aspersions.

I just thought that it was a great ploy by the restaurant to sell something that is so so so cheap to prepare. The profit margin on a glass of Kool Aid would be off the charts -- probably 98 percent.

[ohnoyoudidnt]

3. OH YEAH!

[noamnety]

4. I haven't, but

I gotta say there's no reason it's any worse than a coke.

[grasswire]

7. you're right

Better for you than something with a zillion additives and HFCS, for sure.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

5. yes. n/t

[Taverner]

8. No, but at one day care we looked at, "healthful snacks" was kool aid and twinkies

And to boot, these guys were full-on Focus-on-the-Family fundies

[applegrove]

9. We used to serve powdered lemonade and powdered apple drink at a restaurant where I worked.

Course it was on top of a mountain in Lake Louise and it was glacier water that we mixed with it. We had no choice. No way to lug pop up the mountain (we used pack horses as there was no road) and people were thirsty when they got to the top of the trail. Sure we had 30 kinds of tea but some people just wanted something cold. So drink crystals it was. And you know what? People loved it. I used to say that the assholes got weeded out by mile one of the hike and the only customers who make it to the tea house were great eggs.

[ZombieHorde]

10. No, but I like chicken and Kool-Aid. But I rarely drink it because I don't think to buy it. nt

[Cannikin]

11. I've been buying it as a soda alternative lately. I love all 10 flavors of red kool aid!

It's been a low cost, no caffeine sweet treat. But I've never seen it served anywhere.

[UTUSN]

12. Not *there* but yes in Vietnam in a river. We can talk about the Army dudes. n/t

[YellowRubberDuckie]

13. Ever heard of a Koolickle?

You think a big ol' glass of Kool-Aid is funny. Look that up!
Duckie

[Chan790]

14. Yeah...

visiting her parent's home in rural NC with a girlfriend in college, I saw a few. All really small (like the restaurant probably doubled as someone's home kitchen and the rest of the house was on the other-side from the dining-room real-small) BBQ joints...always red "koolaid" or "bug-juice". Median price was about $0.50, free-refills.

Nice.

[u4ic]

15. No, but remember that orange shit

McDonald's use to serve in the 70's/early 80's? Ugh, we had that at every school event as well. Tang was champagne compared to that crap. :puke: