Editing Hastings, Nebraska (section)

===Kool-Aid===
[[Kool-Aid]] was invented by [[Edwin Perkins (inventor)|Edwin Perkins]] in Hastings. All of his experiments took place in his mother's kitchen. Its predecessor was a liquid concentrate called Fruit Smack. To reduce shipping costs, in 1927, Perkins discovered a way to remove the liquid from Fruit Smack, leaving only a powder; this powder was named Kool-Aid. Perkins moved his production to [[Chicago]] in 1931 and Kool-Aid was sold to [[General Foods]] in 1953.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hastingsmuseum.org/koolaid/kahistory.htm|title=History of Kool-Aid|publisher=Hastings Museum of Culture and History|access-date=May 16, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080615160059/http://www.hastingsmuseum.org/koolaid/kahistory.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 15, 2008 }}</ref> Hastings still celebrates a yearly summer festival called Kool-Aid Days on the second weekend in August in honor of their city's claim to fame. Kool-Aid is known as [[Nebraska]]'s official [[soft drink]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.deseretnews.com/article/631464/Nebraska-takes-sweet-turn-names-Kool-Aid-state-drink.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120114000829/http://www.deseretnews.com/article/631464/Nebraska-takes-sweet-turn-names-Kool-Aid-state-drink.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 14, 2012|work=Deseret News|title=Nebraska takes sweet turn, names Kool-Aid state drink|date=May 22, 1998}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news | url=http://www.thefencepost.com/article/20110809/NEWS/110809900/1032&ParentProfile=1001 | work=The Fence Post | title=Nebraska's official soft drink celebrated at the 14th Annual Kool-Aid Days on Aug. 12-14 | first=Angela | last=Gustafson | date=August 9, 2011 | access-date=February 19, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130526175356/http://www.thefencepost.com/article/20110809/NEWS/110809900/1032%26ParentProfile%3D1001 | archive-date=May 26, 2013 | url-status=dead }}</ref>