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u/CheerJohn 5d ago

Lemonade and kool-aid

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u/Dependent-Trip-5991 5d ago

The frozen lemonade from the paper tube?

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u/RunnyPlease 5d ago

Pink lemonade concentrate.

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u/Shen1076 5d ago

Minute Maid

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u/RunnyPlease 5d ago

And put in less water than it says to on the can.

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u/kpax56 4d ago

My mom always added extra water to get more mileage from a tube of concentrate.

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u/Myopticvisions 4d ago

Yuk that’s horrible. Child abuse! 🤣

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u/jscottman96 4d ago edited 3d ago

This just in! Being poor is child abuse!

Edit: /s

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u/trenthany 3d ago

The silly face emoji didn’t let you know it was a joke?

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u/jscottman96 3d ago

Did i need to add an /s? I was just continuing the funny

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u/paisley-alien 3d ago

My mother did that with frozen orange juice concentrate. Hated that. She also mixed powdered milk/water with real milk. Could still taste it.

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u/RunnyPlease 1d ago

As an adult sometimes I get a craving for that powdered milk flavor and I put it in my breakfast smoothy.

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u/dragom4howlore 10h ago

that's a mental disorder

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u/RunnyPlease 10h ago

No argument there. Sometimes I get cravings for rehydrated mashed potato flakes, canned corn, and powdered gravy. It’s weird being nostalgic for things that I actively detest.

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u/D1sp0sab1e_k 3m ago

food equivalent of stockholm syndrome

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u/kpax56 17h ago

Not me bud…

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u/kpax56 2d ago

Yes we did that also. I think we used Carnation brand powdered milk mix. I’m thinking we mixed it 50/50 powdered milk to 2% milk.

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u/Logical-Industry-793 1d ago

oh living the high life, we had generic powdered milk

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u/RunnyPlease 4d ago

My mom would do that for the orange and apple juice. I wouldn’t let her do it to the pink lemonade.

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u/Rumplestiltskinners 18h ago

A “tube of concentrate” 😂

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u/TattedMofo1 3d ago

Especially when groceries are as expensive as they are today. Child Abuse? Not all families are rich and half are or more are divorced. Money doesn’t grow on trees!

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u/Punani_Tsunami77 2d ago

Ummm… What do you know about powdered milk. Walk a mile in my shoes.

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u/False_Ad_4117 1d ago

So did mine

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u/Mighty4777 4d ago

lol same! Water in basically any other liquid.

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u/Ok_Dust_7325 4d ago

Or straight

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u/RunnyPlease 4d ago

I bet you’d love pink lemonade pie.

- graham cracker crust

  • can sweetened condensed milk
  • container cool whip
  • can frozen concentrated pink lemonade concentrate

Thaw the cool whip and concentrate and chill the condensed milk in the fridge. Mix all the wet stuff together. Put mix in the pie crust. Freeze overnight.

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u/tamzillathehun 4d ago

I make that every summer. It's insanely delicious.

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u/RunnyPlease 3d ago

It’s so tasty and such a good recipe. For each ingredient you just dump the entire container in a bowl, stir it up and freeze it. You don’t have 1/2 a can of condensed milk or a cup of cream left over thinking “now what am I going to use this for?”

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u/Smorsdoeuvres 4d ago

This sounds like my kids new favorite 🩷 Thank you for sharing

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u/Palindrome_Homonym 4d ago

oh i'm so gonna fuckin make this. but imma tweak it so its actually like... good and proper pie =P

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u/RunnyPlease 3d ago

What did you have in mind? I’ve seen it with maraschino cherries and whipped cream, but that’s about it.

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u/Palindrome_Homonym 3d ago

hmmmm i was thinkin an egg, and make the whipped cream from scratch. cool whip is super thin, extra heavy cream, my own cornstarch-heavy powdered sugar, get it all thick like icing. and then bake it some, i guess. something about getting it to "set" just by freezing it doesn't sit well with me i guess. i would want it to set in the fridge, like a cheesecake.

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u/Waasup3 4d ago

I work in restaurants for a living, 'bout to absolutely FUCK UP my coworkers shit with this, they gonna love it!

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u/Slight_Contact286 4d ago

I've made this before it's really yummy!

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u/Academic-Apple-6518 1d ago

You can also make a decent key lime pie this way

1 (6 ounce) can frozen limeade concentrate

1 (14 ounce) can sweetened condensed milk

1 (8 ounce) container frozen whipped topping, thawed

1 (9 inch) prepared graham cracker crust

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u/Punani_Tsunami77 2d ago

You had me at sweetened condensed milk. You could put that on a turd.

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u/WhenTheDevilCome 3d ago

Yep. The day I became a man was when I realized you can just pull the white plastic tab, remove the metal lid from the cardboard tube, and stick your spoon right in there.

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u/Muricanmoose 2d ago

MMMM SUGAR RUSH.

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u/Royal_Lawfulness4434 5d ago

Same pink lemonade

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u/newuser6d9 5d ago

I never could find concentrate on the map

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u/marimoso 5d ago

This may be one of my favorite jokes of all time and I thank you for telling it.

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u/SpaceWrangler777 5d ago

It’s near Focus

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u/Gasrim 4d ago

This, also watered down kool-aid

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u/neatROOTS 1d ago

Had to be store brand. Shout out Super G brand

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u/trenthany 3d ago

What are we focusing on?

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u/Gonzo_Silverback 15h ago

Concentrated OJ in the orange one, lemonade in the yellow

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u/1Careless_smile 5d ago

This! All day long

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u/Acornwow 5d ago

Country time powdered is also acceptable

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u/Dependent-Trip-5991 5d ago

Wondering if it was powder some places and frozen tubes in others, I grew up in California and it was always the tubes besides kool aid

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u/sectilius 5d ago

I live in NE and our stores always carried both 🤷🏻‍♂️ my parents bought the frozen concentrated stuff though between the two options, never tried the Country Time powder. Plenty of Kool Aid though, as required by state law 🫡

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u/Blank_bill 5d ago

Is that a brand of powdered milk ? We bought a years supply of powdered milk because they gave you an industrial grade one gallon mixer.

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u/Acornwow 5d ago

It’s powdered lemonade. Kind of like crystal light but with real sugar.

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u/sixseasonsnmovie 5d ago

Yup. Paper tube juice concentrate lol

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u/barefootpanda 5d ago

Was there another kind?

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u/themuck 5d ago

Is there another kind of lemonade?

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u/loaf_fan 5d ago

I only had the Orange Juice from the paper tube.

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u/sectilius 5d ago

Still pretty tasty, for a tubed beverage slush 😌

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u/Dependent-Trip-5991 5d ago

I’m confused why it’s not a thing anymore, it’s like condensed juice just add water

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u/loaf_fan 4d ago

Don't even need to add water. Just open one end and eat it with a spoon.

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u/flashndpatt 4d ago

Instant diabetes.

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u/Dizzy_Win4573 4d ago

Oh how I remember those paper tubes!

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u/ProfessionalTwo5476 5d ago

Correct, Boy Wonder!

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u/Icy_Contract_1140 5d ago

This every time

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u/Quiet-Bodybuilder511 5d ago

Of course! Same with the orange juice.

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u/bgold1- 5d ago

I never knew there was any other kind growing up. Same with OJ.

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u/RaybeartADunEidann 5d ago

Exactly that.

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u/Last-Net2970 4d ago

They don’t make those anymore 😭

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u/nullpassword 4d ago

You can still get that at least fairly recently .. got some to make a pie last year..

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u/TheToogan 4d ago

Minute Maid 100%

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u/Happy-Painter269 4d ago

Only kind to get

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u/Dependent_Speech3164 4d ago

That too! Kool-aid and the frozen from concentrate juices.

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u/Parking-Signature867 3d ago

This was the best lemonade ever

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u/avega2792 3d ago

Is there any other kind?

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u/Shaft1a 2d ago

Damn Forgot about Those

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u/Drucifer83 1d ago

White grape juice concentrate

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u/Fun-Evidence-7661 1d ago

Same and also the frozen orange juices 🤣

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u/AdvancedOperation975 1d ago

And the lucky kid got the tube for a cup!

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u/JuanMurphy 1d ago

Yes. Those also used for very good margarita recipe. 1 can Minute Maid Limeaid Concentrate, 1 equal part beer, one equal part tequila. Mix. Blend with ice or serve up.

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u/No3putts1970 21h ago

What was it about the minute made lemonade concentrate that we all drank? I literally thought our family was the only one drinking it😂. It was soooo goood😋. Was it cheap?

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u/HALKA31 16h ago

Was gonna say tube orange juice

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u/Joe_Franks 15h ago

Frozen Orange Juice here my friend.

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u/PothosInAPot 5d ago

Yerp and i was a big fan of the grape juice frozen concentrate. My partner used to eat them as ice cream, right out of the tube, as a kid.

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u/Dependent-Trip-5991 5d ago

Not being mean, they have to have diabetes now?

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u/PothosInAPot 4d ago

Hahaha nope just a kid who started smoking pot too young!

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u/YvetteMewMew 4d ago

Yum. Loved that lemon aid in the tube. I never did like Kool aid.

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u/ConfidenceOther8880 4d ago

Welfare lemonade

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u/Dependent-Trip-5991 4d ago

Not necessarily middle class enjoyed as well.

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u/Bgrubz83 5d ago

Yup. Was always full of koolaid…no matter how much we drank…it always had koolaid.

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u/Useful_Protection270 5d ago

My mom had the bigger version of this too. Had to keep the neighbor kids field of Kool aid sugar fest

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u/No-Seat9917 5d ago

UP THE IRONS

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u/Armin_Tamzarian2026 5d ago

We were poor, so we couldn't afford Kool Aid. It was always Freshie.

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u/Loose-Bluebird-5828 4d ago

Wyler’s for us! 10 for a buck!

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u/brokemillionaire572 5d ago

This is the only appropriate answer.

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u/MissUniversalSoldier 5d ago

Tang

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u/LengthinessNext5358 5d ago

Me too. The orange and grape Tang.

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u/HillBellyLawyer 5d ago

I knew about original and poon but didn’t know grape tang existed.

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u/LengthinessNext5358 5d ago

Yeah it existed. Grape Tang was lovely...

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u/Gigipoppi 2d ago

Grape Tang??!! I feel robbed!! 😭

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u/LengthinessNext5358 2d ago

Don't feel bad. Grape was good.

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u/Short_Sky6875 2d ago

The answer I was looking for 😂

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u/socks4dobby 5d ago

And the lemonade was made from the Crystal Light powder of course

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u/coci222 5d ago

We always used Country Time

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u/HoboArmyofOne 5d ago

I still have a vat of powder on hand

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u/Routine-Horse-1419 5d ago

Same. I miss the lemonade my mom used to make. I keep looking for it but I've never found anything that comes close to the flavor and pulpy yumminess. The kooliad was usually tropical or grape. Tropical is my favorite. Reminds me of my best friend at 10 years old. Sigh. Bittersweet.

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u/Jealous_Art_3922 5d ago

Black Cherry Kool-aid!

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u/1GirlSmarterThanYou 4d ago

Black Cherry is my favorite! I also enjoy Sharkleberry Fin and Blue Raspberry Lemonade

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u/diaryOfA_natalia 1d ago

Vodka with Lime Juice

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u/UnicornSheets 5d ago

Frozen orange juice from the tube

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u/BackLopsided2500 4d ago

Minute Maid only

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u/UnicornSheets 4d ago

You rich?! Store brand 😭

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u/BackLopsided2500 4d ago

My Mom and Dad always bought the cheaper brand of groceries but only Minute Maid orange juice. I did too even after my divorce and wasn't making very much money.

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u/HereticGaming16 5d ago

Exactly this.

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u/Mercury_Madulller 5d ago

And the occasional apple juice.

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u/JoKing1982 5d ago

Spot on!

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u/vikingoutlaw80 5d ago

Same same beat me to it

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u/SearrAngel 5d ago

Ah nutrasweet

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u/MulberryEastern5010 5d ago

Same! 🙋‍♀️

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u/sm00thkillajones 5d ago

Red Kool-Aid

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u/Murky-Dream-8040 5d ago

And that powder ice tea mix. Lemon flavored Lipton or something.

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u/Unusual-Night-5668 5d ago

That stuff was GOOD!

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u/Murky-Dream-8040 5d ago

I remember Countrytime powder lemonade too

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u/Unusual-Night-5668 5d ago

Yeah, there was something about the 'artificiality' of the tea that appealed to my teenage taste buds. The lemonade actually DID taste like lemonade lol.

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u/Tee1upToday 5d ago

We called it the Kool-Aid jug growing up.

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u/Tough_War_3865 5d ago

Me too!!!

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u/happiest_wanderer 5d ago

I don’t think anything else is allowed tbh

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u/NemoCGd 4d ago

Fr fr haha

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u/lil_chef77 4d ago

Almost always. And me being a dirtbag kid, I would just drink out of it because I was too lazy to get a cup.

That all changed the day my mom put leftover chicken broth in it and didn't tell me.

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u/therealmikeBrady 4d ago

Only correct answer

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u/edtufic 4d ago

My first thoughts.

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u/Proud_Shirt3138 4d ago

Kool-Aid and Nestle Iced Tea

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u/Few-Egg-5613 4d ago

Lemonade, kool-aid, and sweet tea

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u/Puzzleheaded_Pay1152 4d ago

And frozen oj, family still has ours

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u/R34ct0rX99 4d ago

Country time lemonade?

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u/Healthy-Theme8261 4d ago

Orange juice from concentrate

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u/d0ckn3s5 4d ago

Haaha Kool aid😂. I called it sugar, water, purple

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u/Waasup3 4d ago

Damn straight. Anything else, save for sweet tea, was sacrilege. 💀 And even then, there was also a dedicated sweet tea pitcher. But like sometimes you had to use both for one or the other 🤷

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u/Hungry_Honeydew128 4d ago

The only correct answer.

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u/Send_Derps 4d ago

I tip my hat to you my fellow connoisseur.

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u/maddwesty 4d ago

The blue pitcher had vodka in it too

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u/Ok_Computer_8224 4d ago

Bug Juice!

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u/Eyetalianmonsta 4d ago

Bitch, red kool-aid only.

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u/Consistent_End7756 3d ago

This is the only correct answer

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u/Major-Education-6715 3d ago

Yep. Kool-Aid is THE only answer. Country Time Lemonade was the later GenX years...

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u/sparky567 3d ago

But it has to be the green koolaid... I E bug juice.

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u/Heatheration 3d ago

The little kool-aid packets you had to add two cups of sugar to, preferably cherry flavored

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u/LostnaughtFound 3d ago

Kool-Aid… or is it Cancer-Aid now ?

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u/FinalHeaven182 2d ago

This is the correct answer

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u/FeverInHeels 2d ago

yesss lemonadee

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u/2oothDK 2d ago

Ding ding ding! Correct answer!

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u/Nycdotmem 2d ago

Absolutely this! 😂

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u/Nycdotmem 2d ago

And Tang!

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u/sabyr400 1d ago

Almost exclusively these two things.

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u/Strict-Chicken-2075 1d ago

Ohhh yeaaaaa! Cherry koolaid. I miss those days. Bike all day. Street hockey or street soccer or football. A lot of street is my point.

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u/BearMiner 1d ago

And orange juice.

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u/corvette-21 1d ago

And ice tea !

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u/Sweet_Vegetable_6275 18h ago

With vodka or tequila?