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I mean Gatorade you can make at home with 3 ingredients so definitely not a monopoly.

codetrotter 2y ago
Or you can buy a bottle of Gatorade and mix salt and vinegar and lemon juice into it and then have your son give that to the bully that’s been stealing his Gatorade. https://abcnews.go.com/amp/US/mother-arrested-after-concocting-drink-son-give-school/story?id=107876249 https://abcnews.go.com/amp/US/mother-arrested-after-concocti...
culi 2y ago
saving others a google search: > water, sucrose (table sugar), dextrose, citric acid, natural flavor, sodium chloride (table salt), sodium citrate, monopotassium phosphate, and flavoring/coloring ingredients. > Some Gatorade flavor variations used to contain brominated vegetable oil as a stabilizer
TeMPOraL 2y ago
Can you really? Or is it like making your own ketchup, or crisps, or KFC strips, which invariably means making a thing that is nothing like original (and probably tastes like crap, if it's the "healthy version of ~" recipe)? Can't compete with industrial production on quality and consistency - consumer kitchens aren't equipped for it.
- righthand 2y ago
  Electrolyte water is 1L water, 1/2 tsp salt, 2T sugar. How you substitute and make it taste like whatever sports drink is up to you at that point. Blue gatorade is the above with blue flavor powder, maybe 1/2 lemon for flavor…and sub 1T sugar for honey to get potassium and magnesium. But really there is no “secret formula”, society is just lazy consumer whores.
- CoastalCoder 2y ago
  I don't know about KFC strips, but at home you can get pretty close to their regular chicken. Brining the chicken in buttermilk makes a huge difference.
- toast0 2y ago
  Yeah, actually it's just two ingredients. Water and Gatorade powder; which they are also happy to sell you. :p (Otoh, the premixed gatorade usually won't precipitate out, but maybe that's just mixing technique)
- JohnFen 2y ago
  I make my own crisps at home, and they are equal to or better than anything I've purchased. Except for salt-and-vinegar ones. I still haven't nailed that. The downsides, though, are that it took me a great deal of experimentation to get the technique right, and making them properly is a bit of a pain in the ass. Also they're absolutely not healthier. They're junk food, same as any other.

Or you can buy a bottle of Gatorade and mix salt and vinegar and lemon juice into it and then have your son give that to the bully that’s been stealing his Gatorade. https://abcnews.go.com/amp/US/mother-arrested-after-concocting-drink-son-give-school/story?id=107876249 https://abcnews.go.com/amp/US/mother-arrested-after-concocti...

culi 2y ago

saving others a google search: > water, sucrose (table sugar), dextrose, citric acid, natural flavor, sodium chloride (table salt), sodium citrate, monopotassium phosphate, and flavoring/coloring ingredients. > Some Gatorade flavor variations used to contain brominated vegetable oil as a stabilizer

TeMPOraL 2y ago

Can you really? Or is it like making your own ketchup, or crisps, or KFC strips, which invariably means making a thing that is nothing like original (and probably tastes like crap, if it's the "healthy version of ~" recipe)? Can't compete with industrial production on quality and consistency - consumer kitchens aren't equipped for it.

righthand 2y ago
Electrolyte water is 1L water, 1/2 tsp salt, 2T sugar. How you substitute and make it taste like whatever sports drink is up to you at that point. Blue gatorade is the above with blue flavor powder, maybe 1/2 lemon for flavor…and sub 1T sugar for honey to get potassium and magnesium. But really there is no “secret formula”, society is just lazy consumer whores.
CoastalCoder 2y ago
I don't know about KFC strips, but at home you can get pretty close to their regular chicken. Brining the chicken in buttermilk makes a huge difference.
toast0 2y ago
Yeah, actually it's just two ingredients. Water and Gatorade powder; which they are also happy to sell you. :p (Otoh, the premixed gatorade usually won't precipitate out, but maybe that's just mixing technique)
JohnFen 2y ago
I make my own crisps at home, and they are equal to or better than anything I've purchased. Except for salt-and-vinegar ones. I still haven't nailed that. The downsides, though, are that it took me a great deal of experimentation to get the technique right, and making them properly is a bit of a pain in the ass. Also they're absolutely not healthier. They're junk food, same as any other.