Drink mix

They went door to door selling cleaning supplies, home remedies, cosmetics, stuff like that.

Also in their lineup was a powdered drink mix called, and I'm not joking here, Cool Maid.

Now, they were a few years late.

Cool Aid had been developed in 1927, which had John Fishsmith and his business partner swimming in their grape-flavored wake.

It was tough going.

The business didn't do well, and eventually John and his friend decided to part ways.

The only part of the business John took was the drink mix.

It was one of the things they had been making themselves in a big commercial mixer.