Good Morning !
As a kid growing up, Kool – Aid was a treat and not something to be had on a daily basis. I think mostly because of the cost of Sugar, my mom liked to bake and didn’t like as she called it ” Waste so much sugar on that stuff”! Having 3 Kids meant that a package of Kool -Aid didn’t last long , even though it wasn’t too costly in the late 60’s / mid 70’s It was still a treat to us .
Today is “Kool-Aid Day”
A liquid inception in 1920 , it was was invented by Edwin Perkins .
Kool-Aid was originally called “Fruit Smack.” It was a Jell-O like substance that came in six flavors in a glass bottle. But the bottles were hard to ship and they broke a lot.
timetoast.com
In 1927, Perkins made the substance into a powder and put the powder into envelopes and they sold for ten cents a packet. The six original flavors were strawberry, cherry, lemon-lime, grape, orange, and raspberry.
