1 of my favorite things.

Tuesday, May 8th, 2007
by Terry

Tonights post is brought to you by KoolAid and Vitamin “N”

Looking though some word history today I came across this snippet of information for you all.

Kool-Aid:
Edwin Perkins, president of an early 1900’s company
called Onor-Maid, was marketing a product called
called Fruit Smack, a fruit-flavored soft drink
syrup.  Fruit Smack was a popular alternative for
those who couldn’t afford a new drink called Coca
Cola.  But since the syrup was sold in bottles,
the price was relatively expensive.  Perkins
noticed how successful the new gelatin product,
Jell-O, was becoming, and decided to convert his syrup
into a powdered form and sell it that way.  He then renamed the product Kool-Aid, modeled loosely
after the company’s name.

Gallon O’ the Aid and you can stay up really late at night.