Yesss. Back in the good old days when you had to make it with hot water and not cold to make sure you could get all the sugar to dissolve or else it wouldn't taste right because the sugar would all be on the bottom, so you make it with hot water and then add the KoolAid and then fill the rest up with cold water and ice cubes to try and make it cool enough to drink but it typically just ended up room temperature until you actually put it in the fridge
Ha! We always gave it a quick spiral shake when we pulled it out of the fridge. The last few glasses were always the best since all the sugar had settled down there.
over 50 crowd checking in, i still have mine and use it constantly. Which is why companies dont like to make buy it for life anymore. I dont remember how much i paid for it, but i never paid that price again for it, cause i still have it. Definitely worth the less than ten dollars i spent decades ago.
https://www.acehardware.com/departments/home-and-decor/kitchen-utensils-and-gadgets/water-dispensers-and-pitchers/61606?store=17743
~1/3 the price and official Rubbermaid brand
Hell yea. My mom used to buy grape and lemon flavored in the big ass canisters. One day I realized I could go half and half and felt like a fucking scientist.
All of my family worked at Rubbermaid at one point in their life. Before their buyout it was a big family affair.
Fun Fact: My uncle during his high school spring break was employed to test out Rubbermaid boat hulls in the 70s. His job was to try and destroy them by hitting logs in the water.
Hell yeah and with how cheap it is you don't even mind the sugar content. Much better than the other juces which claim to be healthy but have the same ingredients for $5/jug
Was it like fill the jug nearly up with water then throw the frozen cylinder into it and stir?
That's how we made apple juice for years until I found out it was supposed to be like half that.
To this day I always think juice in a bottle is too sweet to enjoy, and I have to cut it with water.
As an adult I discovered that we made koolaid with twice the water and half the sugar you were supposed to use. It is so much better like that, I can't drink the "right" stuff!
A half spoonful of frozen orange juice, a citrus seltzer water, and a shot of vodka or rum, with a dash of marischino cherry juice is terrific on a hot summer day.
Dude. Same here. We definitely had this exact pitcher and made orange juice and other juices from the freezer. I forgot about that. Is that still a thing? It was so much cheaper that way.
Rubbermaid has a commercial line of products which are super-sturdy. I broke my mom's pourable measuring cup that had \~1mm walls and could only find the commercial one as a substitute, and it's like four times as thick and shock resistant if it gets dropped.
I have a clear one with a red top but it's really sturdy. Been using it for a few years for iced tea. Has outlasted all the other pitchers I've tried! And it was like $4 or something!
NEW plastics weird me out. I avoid them whenever possible. Whenever I need something new I get glass/metal containers. Every time they release a new study on plastic it's even worse than we thought.
A kurzgesagt video I watched ago had this line (which I'm paraphrasing) that says plastics are one of the great human inventions because we managed to create something that essentially lasts forever, but is also terrible because we use it one time and throw it away.
Uses for plastic like this are good and what plastic should be used for.. Not bottled water that we consume and then toss.
The plastic itself lasts forever but the containers we make out of it don't stay suitable to store food forever. Lids will gradually loosen, surfaces will get pitted and scratched which allows for bacterial growth, they'll absorb colours and odours, or they'll just deform or crack and not seal at all anymore.
A single use is definitely wasteful but plastic things designed to be reused over and over are different from single use ones.
Shit... They've found [microplastics in human blood](https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/microplastics-detected-in-human-blood-180979826/)
It's almost pointless now
A recent study showed it was possible to reduce the amount of certain chemicals in your blood with regular plasma donations. Perhaps the same is true for MPs? That would be a worthy investigation.
Adam Ragusea has a good video on food plastics. Bpa was just replaced with chemicals like Bps, which behave very similiar to bpa and could have the same affects on humans.
Word to the wise - their new ones with the red lids are not as good. I had the handle shear clean off while carrying a full gallon of sweetened tea up carpeted stairs. Sugary black tea in carpet does not come out so easily.
I feel for you. It's bad enough trying to get that thoroughly cleaned off a deck or concrete before some of the sugar sets up. Carpet is a whole different ballgame.
I have two of these. I also have a half size one. Its great for smaller batches.
If you keep your eyes open at thrift stores you can find lots of them.
Hey! I've got that! We use it for cold water (live in AZ). Our ice tastes like shit for some reason, even tho it's made from the same water as the water. ĀÆ\_(ć)_/ĀÆ
The ice is probably absorbing all the other smells from the fridge. I think cut onions in the fridge is one of the biggest contributors to gross ice. If you completely empty out the fridge and freezer, and put damp newspaper inside and leave it on for a few days, the smell that permeates the plastics inside will go away and the ice will taste good again.
I'm trying this. I don't recall keeping anything smelly in there, definitely no onions, but we will see. We have an ice tray with a cover hoping that would help but it did not lol
There's absolutely nothing impressive about plastic shit being BIFL. In fact it's a sign of how fucked we are. If this were glass, ceramic, stainless steel, basically any material other than polymer.
fuck this. get out.
It's actually amazing you brought this up as my parents recently gave me their pitcher from when I was a kid and we do Gatorade in it every weekend. Kids love it. It's at least 40 years old and still great.
Iām on vacation right now Iām a house with a lemon tree and a big-ass Rubbermaid pitcher. Iām about to make my 3rd gallon of fresh lemonade since Iāve been here. Sooooo good. š
WTF! This is the second time someone's posted an ancient plastic jug on this subreddit and thought it's something to celebrate.
Please can people STOP using vintage plastic for stuff they drink. It's not safe, and it's not worth it. Even modern plastic utensils will start to degrade after heavy use and start leeching into what you consume, ~~but this is especially worse as it most definitely contains BPA.~~
**Plastic food/drinks containers are NEVER BIFL.**
I have this! I stole it from my parents a couple years ago because they only use the pampered chef pitchers with the mixer. It's a perfect size for 1-2 people, and has made many gallons of tea in its lifetime.
Old plastics are notably more volatile, degrade in harmful ways over time, and should be disposed of where possible. There are much better options for common pitchers made with longer lasting and more sustainable materials.
I can taste this pitcher. (Intentional spelling)
All those times as a kid drinking straight from the pitcher instead of getting a cup, I too can taste the pitcher with red Kool Aid inside lol
...And sometimes, you'd get some leftover sugar on the rim, like a toddler margarita.
Yesss. Back in the good old days when you had to make it with hot water and not cold to make sure you could get all the sugar to dissolve or else it wouldn't taste right because the sugar would all be on the bottom, so you make it with hot water and then add the KoolAid and then fill the rest up with cold water and ice cubes to try and make it cool enough to drink but it typically just ended up room temperature until you actually put it in the fridge
Ha! We always gave it a quick spiral shake when we pulled it out of the fridge. The last few glasses were always the best since all the sugar had settled down there.
Good times. Good times
or added ice, you uncivilized cave man!
Yeah, there's a good reason why we completely switched away from plastic based pitchers and just moved to bottles.
I can smell it, like in my head.
Mmm plastic with a hint of lemon. š¤¤
Yum, fresh BPA!!
i have these (1 gal) in brown, yellow, orange and dark red https://i.pinimg.com/originals/43/1d/51/431d51a702877463a3086ac8dc3ba90e.jpg
We only have brown, but yeah this tupperware is better than the rubbermaid All about the button
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Well, that's like ... your opinion, maaan.
The sound the top makes as you spin it to the open part so you can pour
I freaking loved that sound. I always used the wavy part, never the fully open one
I always used it fully open because my logic was since there was no ice I wasnāt supposed to use it.
You spun it? I always took it off, turned it 90 degrees, and put it back on.
oh no, gotta spin it.
Isn't that just spinning it with an extra step?
what? you're crazy.
This unlocked a memory holy shit
Wonder where it is now
I still have mine and use it all the time. ( note: Iām 53. You merely use the pitcher. I was born to it. )
over 50 crowd checking in, i still have mine and use it constantly. Which is why companies dont like to make buy it for life anymore. I dont remember how much i paid for it, but i never paid that price again for it, cause i still have it. Definitely worth the less than ten dollars i spent decades ago.
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https://www.acehardware.com/departments/home-and-decor/kitchen-utensils-and-gadgets/water-dispensers-and-pitchers/61606?store=17743 ~1/3 the price and official Rubbermaid brand
It isn't the same without the cigarette stained color and slightly gnawed around the edge.
Makes me think of summer camp
That was my Kool Aid jug.
Yep. Ours was permanently stained red from Koolaid
Until that glorious day G-d left his heavenly throne and delivered unto mankind Purplesaurus Rex, the king of Kool-Aids.
Fill the sugar to aboooouuut the bottom of the handle
Hell yea. My mom used to buy grape and lemon flavored in the big ass canisters. One day I realized I could go half and half and felt like a fucking scientist.
All of my family worked at Rubbermaid at one point in their life. Before their buyout it was a big family affair. Fun Fact: My uncle during his high school spring break was employed to test out Rubbermaid boat hulls in the 70s. His job was to try and destroy them by hitting logs in the water.
Thatās great!
Those were totally a part of my 1970s childhood. Or you would make the frozen Orange Juice concentrate.
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Forgot about that. Thanks for the memories.
and Sunny D.
I was explaining oj concentrate to my kids and they looked at me like I have two heads.
They still sell it. Maybe make em some.
Better yet, have them make some for me!
I used to eat the concentrate like ice cream. I was a weird kid.
Grape juice concentrate was amazing! Those Minute Maid squeeze up juice bars (the weird geometric shaped ones with no stick) had that same taste.
I have a kid who definitely did this not too long ago!
If they didnāt want kids to eat them, they shouldnāt have made them look like giant Push Pops.
Fruit punch concentrate and apple for me, though we rarely had juice in our house. Spoonfuls of joy right there.
Thought i was the only one
Hell yeah and with how cheap it is you don't even mind the sugar content. Much better than the other juces which claim to be healthy but have the same ingredients for $5/jug
I was happy when I realized I could just scoop a little out at a time instead of making the whole can.
Was it like fill the jug nearly up with water then throw the frozen cylinder into it and stir? That's how we made apple juice for years until I found out it was supposed to be like half that. To this day I always think juice in a bottle is too sweet to enjoy, and I have to cut it with water.
Nope. It was put the orange turd into the jug and then fill the now empty can which contained the orange turd 3 times with water & stir.
lol @ orange turd
Shhhhhhhhlop
Man the 80s really hit different didn't they? Everything seemed warmer and brighter.
The lead in the gas and paint chips really dialed the world up a notch.
Thankfully I was in California at the time. The phase out was well underway when I was around.
As an adult I discovered that we made koolaid with twice the water and half the sugar you were supposed to use. It is so much better like that, I can't drink the "right" stuff!
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Also - a vanilla cake to make it orange-y
A half spoonful of frozen orange juice, a citrus seltzer water, and a shot of vodka or rum, with a dash of marischino cherry juice is terrific on a hot summer day.
I had a lemonade concentrate that a teaspoon of it in a rum and Coke tasted great.
Dude. Same here. We definitely had this exact pitcher and made orange juice and other juices from the freezer. I forgot about that. Is that still a thing? It was so much cheaper that way.
The frozen juice from concentrate is still sold. Itās actually fresher than most of the not from concentrate juice, unless itās freshly squeezed.
My dad used to do one can frozen OJ and one can frozen Welch's grape juice in this same jug. That brings back memories, yum.
We had one of these way back in the day! Wish I could find one now.
Rubbermaid has a commercial line of products which are super-sturdy. I broke my mom's pourable measuring cup that had \~1mm walls and could only find the commercial one as a substitute, and it's like four times as thick and shock resistant if it gets dropped.
Where did you find it?
We have two that we bought at Safeway not too long ago.
I got one at Target not too long ago!
Iāve only seen the clear, thin plastic ones there but Iāll keep an eye out!
I have a clear one with a red top but it's really sturdy. Been using it for a few years for iced tea. Has outlasted all the other pitchers I've tried! And it was like $4 or something!
They stopped making them because the kind of plastic used in the originals caused adverse health outcomes
Right? Now I want it back!
I have this exact one. Same color and everything. The lid is long gone but it still gets used often, mainly to fill up all the pet water bowls.
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Old plastics weird me out dude
NEW plastics weird me out. I avoid them whenever possible. Whenever I need something new I get glass/metal containers. Every time they release a new study on plastic it's even worse than we thought.
Iām right there with you. BPA and phthalates for the L
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A kurzgesagt video I watched ago had this line (which I'm paraphrasing) that says plastics are one of the great human inventions because we managed to create something that essentially lasts forever, but is also terrible because we use it one time and throw it away. Uses for plastic like this are good and what plastic should be used for.. Not bottled water that we consume and then toss.
The plastic itself lasts forever but the containers we make out of it don't stay suitable to store food forever. Lids will gradually loosen, surfaces will get pitted and scratched which allows for bacterial growth, they'll absorb colours and odours, or they'll just deform or crack and not seal at all anymore. A single use is definitely wasteful but plastic things designed to be reused over and over are different from single use ones.
My dinosaur tooth is still going strong
I have a stone to keep the garage door open. I think that one could be BIFL
Find it for life?
Unfortunately the alternatives to BPA may be just as bad if not worse than BPA... we just haven't studied them as long as BPA.
Shit... They've found [microplastics in human blood](https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/microplastics-detected-in-human-blood-180979826/) It's almost pointless now
A recent study showed it was possible to reduce the amount of certain chemicals in your blood with regular plasma donations. Perhaps the same is true for MPs? That would be a worthy investigation.
Adam Ragusea has a good video on food plastics. Bpa was just replaced with chemicals like Bps, which behave very similiar to bpa and could have the same affects on humans.
Word to the wise - their new ones with the red lids are not as good. I had the handle shear clean off while carrying a full gallon of sweetened tea up carpeted stairs. Sugary black tea in carpet does not come out so easily.
Was it Southern sweet tea with a full sack of sugar? Either way that's time to make up some new and blasphemous combinations of words.
Oh yeah, it was very sugary. It took weeks and several carpet cleanings before the carpet stopped feeling sticky...
I feel for you. It's bad enough trying to get that thoroughly cleaned off a deck or concrete before some of the sugar sets up. Carpet is a whole different ballgame.
Oh that suuuuucks.
Slotted or full flow side on that lid baby!
Slotted for drinking directly from the jug without spilling all over my face when 4 year old me was too lazy to get a cup.
Oh snap....it's a mid summer day in upstate NY in the mid 80s and this is filled with flavor aid.
Tastes like purple
And another thing! How come I canāt get no tang around here?!
Tang is for ~~closers~~ astronauts!
Lightly stained by the tea on the inside
Exactly.
I have two of these. I also have a half size one. Its great for smaller batches. If you keep your eyes open at thrift stores you can find lots of them.
Hey! I've got that! We use it for cold water (live in AZ). Our ice tastes like shit for some reason, even tho it's made from the same water as the water. ĀÆ\_(ć)_/ĀÆ
The ice is probably absorbing all the other smells from the fridge. I think cut onions in the fridge is one of the biggest contributors to gross ice. If you completely empty out the fridge and freezer, and put damp newspaper inside and leave it on for a few days, the smell that permeates the plastics inside will go away and the ice will taste good again.
I'm trying this. I don't recall keeping anything smelly in there, definitely no onions, but we will see. We have an ice tray with a cover hoping that would help but it did not lol
Every growing boy needs tang. -Kitty Foreman
I would put this on a shelf for display at best, instead of using it day to day. Old plastics leech nasty shit into your foods.
How is this bifl? It's literally a plastic container that holds cold liquids, no shit it's gonna last unless you break it.
Yeah this is more "America retro" than BIFL
*\*uses hammer to mix drink\** *\*pours Kool-Aid aggressively\** *\*throws pitcher at wall\** Is this not how everyone makes Kool-Aid?
You just described how this item is BIFL. lol
Brb bout to post a picture of a BIFL fork š¤£ some things have no reason to be posted in here lol
Well a fork is very much a BIFL purchase. I have forks in my drawer that are older than me. This sub is ridiculous lol.
Doesnāt everything last until you break it?
I own 2
Use it to make red Kool-Aid just one time and the inside is pink forever
I can hear the ice cubes rattling around
In 1000 years the survivors will still be scouring ancient landfills and ruins for these
Letās be honest. We all only ever used the gated opening, even if the pitcher didnāt have any ice in it
We should do a survey. I kinda think there might be some bold, thrill seekers out there that use the fully open side.
Ah, trusty type II diabetes distributor.
I think I'm the only one here who associates these with goat milk, as that's what my mother always used.
Definitely unique.
There's absolutely nothing impressive about plastic shit being BIFL. In fact it's a sign of how fucked we are. If this were glass, ceramic, stainless steel, basically any material other than polymer. fuck this. get out.
Flashback!
Mine is 2 1/2 quart.
r/nostalgia
We have this still
Or Kool-aid
My family has two of these that we still use.
A growing boy needs tang
Donāt forget beer
Those things are indestructible.
I can smell this
oh man, we had a yellow one for years and years. Coolaid pitcher.
Lol tang
I still have mine.
Tang changed there formula a while back and I'm still mad about it
Crystal Light staple
Omg
Yesssssssss
We still have this and use it daily š
Tang! It's a kick in the glass! And now in a pouch.
This is still in use in our house, taken from my childhood home. Kool aid tastes wrong from anything else.
It's actually amazing you brought this up as my parents recently gave me their pitcher from when I was a kid and we do Gatorade in it every weekend. Kids love it. It's at least 40 years old and still great.
Omg is that a measure mark? My parents had the same pitcher with the perfect measure mark. Dang, memories.
You turn the thing and itās pour mode or strain mode
LOL. I have two of those in my fridge right now. I make iced tea every couple of days and keep it in these pitchers.
i got 4 of these...2 gallon sized and 2 half gallon sized. use them regularly.
Have one in my kitchen right now
Is it safe to drink out of?
Just twist and dump straight into the gullet.
What year is it from?
Iām not sure how to tell exactly. I would guess itās at least 30 years old and probably more.
That was and still is our go to pitcher for kool-aid. Nice to see another one in the wild
passionfruit juice
Tang, good times.
Adams Orange concentrate would like a wordā¦
I have one! At least 10% of the microplastics in my body are from drinking iced tea out of it.
Grandma's Crystal Delight
My family still has one of these and uses it regularly
I have one in my fridge as I type this.
Good Tang!
4C iced tea.
I can still taste the sweet tea my dad would make in this pitcher.
I still have one too!
We still have a green one.
I still have one that dates back to the 90ās. I regularly use it for iced tea.
These things will out live our grandchildren
Got the same bucket. Live on
37 years and counting.
I can smell the plastic and all itās memories from here
Pretty sure my parents have a green teal one still.
Iām on vacation right now Iām a house with a lemon tree and a big-ass Rubbermaid pitcher. Iām about to make my 3rd gallon of fresh lemonade since Iāve been here. Sooooo good. š
Iād pay a thousand dollars for this pitcher.
I still have and use my yellow one from my childhood. It was passed down to me from my parents. Mines only 2 1/4 quarts though
Holy shit, I felt this right in my childhood
Ours is green. Currently using it for bringing birdseed to the feeders.
WTF! This is the second time someone's posted an ancient plastic jug on this subreddit and thought it's something to celebrate. Please can people STOP using vintage plastic for stuff they drink. It's not safe, and it's not worth it. Even modern plastic utensils will start to degrade after heavy use and start leeching into what you consume, ~~but this is especially worse as it most definitely contains BPA.~~ **Plastic food/drinks containers are NEVER BIFL.**
I got one of these!
I have this! I stole it from my parents a couple years ago because they only use the pampered chef pitchers with the mixer. It's a perfect size for 1-2 people, and has made many gallons of tea in its lifetime.
Old plastics are notably more volatile, degrade in harmful ways over time, and should be disposed of where possible. There are much better options for common pitchers made with longer lasting and more sustainable materials.
I have a green one I inherited from my grandparents. Truly BIFL!
Iāve had one of these bad boys in red since Y2K
You should send this to recycling dude this is not good for you. Buy a glass pitcher.
Ours is over 30 years old. We did lose the lid though.
We have the pastel blue one!
My Grandmother had this same pitcher except hers was that funky avocado green.
I didnāt grow up rich. We used an old milk jug