I've always had a drinking problem. When I finally put down the baby bottle, I reached for the glass and my mixed drink of cold milk and Nestle's Quik..."C-h-o-c-l-a-t-e!" I looked forward to popping the metal top off the can with spoon and never bothered to follow the directions on the side, just put in two heaping tablespoons for good measure. Sometimes, I'd have to fall back on the old Ovaltine or Carnation Malted Milk mix to get my fix. Of course you used plain milk on your multiple bowls of Sugar Pops and Alpha-Bits cereal.
As a kid, I had to get some sugar, and between cookies, bubble gum, and dextrose-laced candy bars, I craved Kool-Aid. The strawberry, cherry, and grape-favored packets always made 2-quarts, just add sugar...let's see, 2 cups ought to do it, right? Cold syrupy relief on those summer days when you'd run in to the refrigerator! Why, I'd even pour some into mom's metal ice trays and make us up a bunch of cubed Popsicles that made our mouths and shirtless chests the same color as we sucked the sugared water out of them!
I remember,too, strolling down to the corner store for 16-oz. Dr Peppers in a bottle. I would drink some until I could safely shake it up good with my thumb as a stopper and it not spew out on my fellow friends. This stirs up the already Pure Cane Sugar molecules, making them sweeter to the taste to me! In my child hood, it was definitely a life time flowing with milk and sugar.

