Shake-shake-a.......

[zyzyly]

When I was in the 5th or 6th grade, there was a product called Shake-a-Pudding. It was powder in a cup, and you added milk to it and shook it for about 5 minutes. When you were done shaking, it was supposed to have turned to pudding. In actuality you ended up with a cup of thick milk with clumps of powder on the bottom. It disappeared soon thereafter from my lunch, and my life.

Since then, I have yet to meet another human being who has ever even heard of it, much less tasted it. I can remember it so clearly--even the lttle jingle from the commercial. Could this be something that my mind made up to distract me from the reality of my childhood?

Comments

[thirdreel.livejournal.com]

That would be quite bizarre if your mind not only made up a fantasy product, but also a fantasy advertising campaign and the ultimate shortcomings of that product. You'd think if it only existed in your fantasy, it would shake up into a perfectly creamy chocolate mousse.

I'm not sure what that says about you. :-)

[myasma.livejournal.com]

I guess you could say I'm on shaky ground.....

[weaktwos.livejournal.com]

Hopefully the reality wasn't that you were treated like Shake-a-shake-a pudding...

[bigpancakes.livejournal.com]

This is interesting, because this is essentially the way I was taught to make Jell-o pudding. My mom showed me how you can just pour the powder in an old peanut butter jar with 2 cups of milk and shake it (but for only 2 minutes), then refrigerate it.

Man, do I love that pistachio Jell-o pudding.

[drood.livejournal.com]

I LOVED THAT STUFF.

Yes, I remember. I was especially fond of the clumps, the little sugary bits that crunched like sand but tasted sooooo good.

[myasma.livejournal.com]

So it was real! I wonder if all that other stuff I remember was true too?