A Note on Koozies

Some of you may have noticed the beer cans in the picture from the crawfish boil, wrapped in colorful foam and looking oh-so-festive.  These pieces of foam are called koozies (and not cozies, as I learned when I got several blank stares when referring to one).  Now, I don't know about you, but I've always considered koozies to be something of an out-dated item, used only by rednecks.  My family does not own any.  My friends do not use them.  However, in Texas, everyone uses them.  My host family has a drawer full of them, and if you're going to a party, you bring your own koozie even if you don't bring your own beer.  In fact, at the crawfish boil yesterday, even though most people brought their own koozies, there was a huge bag of brand-new koozies, just in case.

Let me say this: even though I feel like a hick drinking a Bud Lite wrapped in a piece of foam advertising "In-Step Dance Lessons," it does keep your beer cooler for longer.  However, under no circumstances should koozies ever be customized and used as wedding party favors.