Bug Juice

[RedAngie]

Does anyone remember that drink that was served at camp? People called it Bug Juice.

IIRC, it was pretty nasty.

I miss Hi-C Ekto Cooler and other flavors in cans, even though they did have a slight metallic taste.

 

[EACarlson]

Does anyone remember that drink that was served at camp? People called it Bug Juice.

IIRC, it was pretty nasty.

Still readily available around me at Kroger for $0.79/gallon

 

[Buzz Rules]

Didn’t kool aid replace bug juice? Every time I hear bug juice I think of this:

 

[bcla]

Oh. Kind of a confusing title since there are other products with the "Bug Juice" name - mostly some sort of insecticide or repellent product.

 

[design_mom]

We had "bug juice" at camp. I thought it was watered down Kool-aid.

 

[tvguy]

Never heard of THAT bug juice. Bug Juice is what my dad called Soy Sauce, and thus, that is what I call it even today. My dad like to fix his style Chinese food once a month for dinner.

 

[amcnj]

Yes, we called the juice at summer camp bug juice. The explanation I remember was that bugs were attracted to the pitchers full of the juice and inevitably some ended up in the drink! But now I don’t remember if someone actually told me that or I imagined that was the reason.

 

[pigletliz]

I definitely remember it from camp. In retrospect, I have no idea what it really was. I think we were just so thirsty from running around that we just guzzled it down

 

[Boopuff]

I remember calling Koolaid bug juice

 

[Dan Murphy]

Yes, bug juice at Boy Scout camp.

 

[Kitty 34]

Yes, yes, yes. I was a camp counselor so I always had to order some from the kitchen for overnights and day trips. That still was one of the best summers of my life!

 

[china mom]

Yes, we called the juice at summer camp bug juice. The explanation I remember was that bugs were attracted to the pitchers full of the juice and inevitably some ended up in the drink! But now I don’t remember if someone actually told me that or I imagined that was the reason.

Take it from someone who worked in food services. This is 100% true. We had the machine that kept it mixed in the top and had a dispenser and bugs would collect on the top rim, just under the lid - hence the name "bug juice"

 

[sarahann77]

I loved it as a kid. I thought it was just the name they used for Kool Aid or other branded fruit drink. I didn't know it was a brand itself.

 

[Bianca and Bernard]

We had "bug juice" at camp. I thought it was watered down Kool-aid.

It was.

 

[Buzz Rules]

Yes, we called the juice at summer camp bug juice. The explanation I remember was that bugs were attracted to the pitchers full of the juice and inevitably some ended up in the drink! But now I don’t remember if someone actually told me that or I imagined that was the reason.

My parents told me something similar as a kid.

 

[LuvOrlando]

In the 80's there were little bottles of icky sugar water that came in colors we called bug juice AKA Quarter Waters or Hugs or Fruit Barrels. These tasted a whole lot like that sugary whatever liquid that came in those wax straws/ sticks that passed for candy.

 

[billlaurie]

I definitely remember bug juice but don't know if it was a watered down version of Koolaid, Hawaiian Punch, or HiC. It was always red so it wasn't the other drink from my youth: Tang.

 

[Mysterian]

Never heard of this, but then I never went to summer camp. I do remember outdoor events where those little "Hug" barrels of sugar water were handed out. That stuff is up there with Shasta and "the purple stuff".

 

[Tinkerbell58]

My grandmother called her beer "bug juice."

 

[NotUrsula]

If you order "Bug Juice" flavor at a snowcone stand, what you'll get is strawberry/banana.