3 hours ago, Katie Meadow said:Orange Julius was something I took for granted growing up in NY. Wow, it certainly hijacked this thread. As soon as I polish off the strawberry milk I made yesterday I'm going to add frozen o.j. to the shopping list. My husband already thinks I am insane. He's really getting sick of strawberry milk and, as a native California boy I suspect he hasn't a clue about what's coming next.
This pandemic is one wild ride, neh? I started quarantine with a burst of cooking and now, well, I'm just making the same ten things over and over again. Until I find a new thing, and it goes into the bizarre rotation.
Depends on his age. Roadside Orange Julius stands in the '40s-50s in California were shaped and colored like huge oranges. Giant oranges were a fad, some selling orange juice, some Orange Julius and some Orange Julips. Orange Julius were something that always sounded good on a long hot drive before car AC, but actually they were VERY sweet and left you with a cloying still=thirsty mouth feel. Until you fell for them the next time. I seem to remember a revival later in the century and that they sold a mix to add to orange juice...that was still very sweet. It seems that Dairy Queen bought the name/rights to make them.
