# What's the pink . . . **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [November 24, 1999, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-pink/4998 "1999-11-24T17:08:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Diane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/2acd7d/32.png) [@Diane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diane)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 1999, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-pink/4998/1 "1999-11-24T17:08:00Z")
. . . in pink lemonade? * * * \>^,^\< KITTEN Please tell your pants it’s not polite to point. ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 1999, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-pink/4998/2 "1999-11-24T17:16:00Z")
Cherry juice, properly. Red Dye #42 most likely. ---
**Author:** ![Strainger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/strainger/32/244_2.png) [@Strainger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Strainger)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 1999, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-pink/4998/3 "1999-11-24T17:19:00Z")
[This](http://www.lingsoft.fi/~simon/mampf/lemonade.html) site says cranberry juice. ---
**Author:** ![neuro-trash\_grrrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3ab097/32.png) [@neuro-trash\_grrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neuro-trash_grrrl)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 1999, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-pink/4998/4 "1999-11-24T20:27:00Z")
I believe that the traditional ingredient is grape juice. * * * “That’s entertainment!” —Vlad the Impaler ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 1999, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-pink/4998/5 "1999-11-24T20:55:00Z")
I haven’t a clue, but just to keep the spirit of the thread alive, I’ll say stawberry. Or watermelon. * * * The overwhelming majority of people have more than the average (mean) number of legs. – E. Grebenik ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 1999, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-pink/4998/6 "1999-11-24T20:58:00Z")
I’ll bite. Pomegranate. * * * **Dopeler effect:** The tendency of stupid ideas to seem smarter when they come at you rapidly. ---
**Author:** ![metroshane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/aeb1de/32.png) [@metroshane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/metroshane)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 1999, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-pink/4998/7 "1999-11-24T21:27:00Z")
I was for sure you were gonna say umbrella. * * * We live in an age that reads to much to be wise, and thinks too much to be beautiful–Oscar Wilde ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 1999, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-pink/4998/8 "1999-11-24T21:43:00Z")
I think it originally was the juice from maraschino cherries. * * * TT “Believe those who seek the truth. Doubt those who find it.” --Andre Gide ---
**Author:** ![Strainger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/strainger/32/244_2.png) [@Strainger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Strainger)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 1999, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-pink/4998/9 "1999-11-24T21:51:00Z")
Lemme change mine - **human blood** ---
**Author:** ![mr\_john](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8baadc/32.png) [@mr\_john](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mr_john)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 1999, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-pink/4998/10 "1999-11-24T21:53:00Z")
Thufferin, You got my vote, it’s merethceno cherrieth.Sonic serves lemonade with a cherry in it.And I can remember back when i was lad seeing the huge glass urns (? those things got a name, I can remember way back but not that) with cherries floating in them. BUT. Whats the red in Marascino cherries? * * * “Pardon me while I have a strange interlude.”-Marx ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 1999, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-pink/4998/11 "1999-11-24T21:53:00Z")
The _supposed_ origin of pink lemonade was when a circus concession stand operator ran out of regular lemonade on a hot day and quickly grabbed a nearby pail of water to make a new batch. He added the lemons and sugar before realizing a performer had been using the pail of water to soak a pair of red tights. The resulting lemonade was pink from the dye. Rather than throw it out, he simply began selling it as “cherry” lemonade. So if anyone offers you a class of “original recipe” pink lemonade, you may want to decline. ---
**Author:** ![Drain\_Bead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 1999, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-pink/4998/12 "1999-11-25T00:37:00Z")
I’ve seen it made from grenadine and regular lemonade. ---
**Author:** ![Louie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c68b51/32.png) [@Louie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Louie)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 1999, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-pink/4998/13 "1999-11-25T04:28:00Z")
Cherry skin ---
**Author:** ![KCB615](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ea666f/32.png) [@KCB615](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KCB615)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 1999, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-pink/4998/14 "1999-11-25T15:44:00Z")
## Its people! Marachino Cherries are made from people! Sorry, couldn’t resist. Jeremy… Anyone who says they don’t like children obviously isn’t cooking them properly. ---
**Author:** ![Satan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Satan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Satan)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 1999, 10:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-pink/4998/15 "1999-11-26T10:24:00Z")
Marachino Cherries for the people… * * * Yer pal, Satan ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 1999, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-pink/4998/16 "1999-11-27T05:53:00Z")
My Country Time Pink Lemonade lists the below items as its last three ingredients. > [@](#): > > TITANIUM DIOXIDE (FOR COLOR), RED 40, RED 40 LAKE * * * Your Official Cat Goddess since 10/20/99. “I get along well with everybody.” --I.M.F. ---
**Author:** ![NanoByte](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecc23a/32.png) [@NanoByte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NanoByte)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 1999, 7:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-pink/4998/17 "1999-11-27T07:14:00Z")
You sure it isn’t girl babies? Ray ---
**Author:** ![John\_W.Kennedy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_w.kennedy/32/1031_2.png) [@John\_W.Kennedy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_W.Kennedy)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 1999, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-pink/4998/18 "1999-11-28T16:55:00Z")
Someone (Snapple?) uses red cabbage. * * * John W. Kennedy “Compact is becoming contract; man only earns and pays.” – Charles Williams ---
**Author:** ![Salieri2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c67d28/32.png) [@Salieri2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Salieri2)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 1999, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-pink/4998/19 "1999-11-29T01:25:00Z")
Heard a rumor once that the red dye in Maraschino [sp?] cherries is extracted from some sort of beetle. Anyone have the Straight Dope on that? ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 1999, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-pink/4998/20 "1999-11-29T02:31:00Z")
I bet this is what you’re referring to: [Is some candy coated with beetle juice?](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a3_118.html) your humble TubaDiva [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-pink/4998.md?page=2)