#8: Cool Whip Straight from the Tub
Eating Cool Whip straight from the tub was a rite of passage in childhood, up there with drinking out of the garden hose on scorching summer afternoons. This didn’t mean our parents approved; a non-dairy topping that suspiciously never melted, Cool Whip was routinely left off the grocery list. It was a shame, really, as this cream-adjacent concoction had all sorts of nutrients….as long as you paired it with strawberries, blueberries, pineapple, or other fruit (and left off the Cool Whip).
