Blastmeaway t1_jabfhn2 wrote on February 28, 2023 at 5:27 AM Reply to comment by SimonArgent in TIL that the Slurpee was invented by accident when a Dairy Queen owner would provide frozen soda, from a cooler, to customers when his soda fountain would break down. The owner, Omar Knedlik, improvised the Icee machine out of car parts, which was eventually licensed by 7-11, to become the Slurpee. by jdward01 I out 3/4 coke slurpee and pop over to the soda fountain to top the rest off with some regular coke, keeps the slurpee good the full was through. Permalink Parent 1
Blastmeaway t1_jabfhn2 wrote
Reply to comment by SimonArgent in TIL that the Slurpee was invented by accident when a Dairy Queen owner would provide frozen soda, from a cooler, to customers when his soda fountain would break down. The owner, Omar Knedlik, improvised the Icee machine out of car parts, which was eventually licensed by 7-11, to become the Slurpee. by jdward01
I out 3/4 coke slurpee and pop over to the soda fountain to top the rest off with some regular coke, keeps the slurpee good the full was through.