Homemade Gatorade

Ugly Dougly · Post by **Ugly Dougly** » Thu Jul 24, 2008 9:49 am

Get you some water, I hear some folks drink that shit from time to time.
Add some salt. That's most of your "electrolyte" requirement right there.
If you have saltpetre sitting around, add a juidicious amount, for potassium. Or some kind of salt substitute, usually Potassium chloride.
Throw in some sugar for taste and a little energy boost.
Squeeze in as much lemon juice or other citrus as you can.
There's your home-made Gatorade.

Lots of recipes on the internet, but this is the gist of it.

ygmir · Post by **ygmir** » Thu Jul 24, 2008 10:23 am

you do know what else "saltpeter" is used for, don't you?
I might "deflate" some folks plans for the Playa.........
grin.........

Ygmir

TomServo · Post by **TomServo** » Thu Jul 24, 2008 10:27 am

hard to find saltpetre on the shelves these days. guess they figured out what it's used for also.

Cassidy · Post by **Cassidy** » Thu Jul 24, 2008 3:27 pm

Makes for a good story, but it's just not true:
http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a3_221.html

You could also make Switchel, or Ginger-water, which won't replace your salts, but probably tastes pretty good:

In The Long Winter Laura Ingalls Wilder describes the beverage that her mother sent for Laura and her father to drink while haying: "Ma had sent them ginger-water. She had sweetened the cool well-water with sugar, flavored it with vinegar, and put in plenty of ginger to warm their stomachs so they could drink till they were not thirsty. Ginger-water would not make them sick, as plain cold water would when they were so hot."

...or just eat a banana every day.

I know, I know... leaving things wide open with that one...

and that one...

for god's sake girl, just stop!!

Ugly Dougly · Post by **Ugly Dougly** » Thu Jul 24, 2008 3:47 pm

I love to eat ginger whenever I have a chance, despite the fact that I prefer May Ann.

OK, that dispensed with, ginger can cut through the dust and crud in the human esophageal organ. It tastes good too. Put some powdered ginger in your coffee.

ygmir · Post by **ygmir** » Thu Jul 24, 2008 4:08 pm

well......
they use it on horses and such, for the anaphrodisiac effect.
so, it might work on some of us........hahahaha
I'm safe........

robotland · Post by **robotland** » Thu Jul 24, 2008 8:09 pm

Well.........yuck. I'd rather dry up, thank you. "Homemade GatorAde" being a step UP from Store Bought is like...like....dude, I don't even KNOW what it's like.

And GINGER is ill, too. Blech!!!! I get FURIOUS when that little stinkpile of it touches the lovely little wasabi wad in my Shoreline Combo. If it ain't followed by the prefix "snaps", it's headin' for the compost heap! Damn stuff tastes like Those Little Soaps At Grandma's House.

gyre · Post by **gyre** » Fri Jul 25, 2008 12:15 am

TomServo wrote:hard to find saltpetre on the shelves these days. guess they figured out what it's used for also.

Not hard to find.
Quality varies a lot.
Chinese groceries.

robotland · Post by **robotland** » Fri Jul 25, 2008 5:34 am

gyre wrote:
TomServo wrote:hard to find saltpetre on the shelves these days. guess they figured out what it's used for also.
Not hard to find.
Quality varies a lot.
Chinese groceries.

I wish I'd known that when I had that Gorn chasing me. Do they sell big bamboo tubes and egg-shaped diamonds too?

ygmir · Post by **ygmir** » Fri Jul 25, 2008 5:56 am

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I wish I'd known that when I had that Gorn chasing me. Do they sell big bamboo tubes and egg-shaped diamonds too?[/quote]

No, but, I bet "Tralaine" the "Squire of Gothos" could materialize them for you to try to break his mirror with........

gyre · Post by **gyre** » Fri Jul 25, 2008 6:44 am

Actually that's what I use it for.
Not all of it is pure enough.
We powered the 4th of July with that.

Digital-Dragonfly · Post by **Digital-Dragonfly** » Fri Jul 25, 2008 9:04 pm

robotland wrote: Damn stuff tastes like Those Little Soaps At Grandma's House.

??? why did you sample "those little soaps at Grandma's House...????

robotland · Post by **robotland** » Sun Jul 27, 2008 6:58 pm

They LOOKED yummy....

Cassidy · Post by **Cassidy** » Tue Jul 29, 2008 4:20 pm

robotland wrote:If it ain't followed by the prefix "snaps", it's headin' for the compost heap!

Wouldn't "snaps" qualify as just another word? unless, of course, you made it one word (eg. gingersnaps) and in that case it would definitely be a suffix and not a prefix. Maybe this much editing is too much editing?

But back on topic, I'm just bringing little powder packs of Propel (made by Gatorade...). They're easy to pack/carry and allows me to add them to my chosen amount of water or mix flavors to get what I like.

Ugly Dougly · Post by **Ugly Dougly** » Tue Jul 29, 2008 4:36 pm

Chelada and it's cousin Michelada.
Supply your electrolytes and get a buzz on at the same time.
Anyone know what I am on about?

serendipity · Post by **serendipity** » Wed Jul 30, 2008 2:28 pm

i'm a doula and soon to be midwife. we get the ladies to drink this when they are in labour to stay hydrated and replace electrolytes. it's way better for you than the chemicals, dyes, and ridiculous amounts of sodium and sugar in gatorade. and it tastes good:

Labour-Ade

put into a juice pitcher:
1/3 cup lemon juice
1/3 cup honey
1/4 tsp salt
2 calcium-magnesium tablets, very well-crushed
water to make 1 litre/quart

mix well. adjust honey or lemon to taste.

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