The Holidays Are Here

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Dec 4, 2022 16:07:48 GMT merh said:

Dec 4, 2022 14:22:13 GMT abbey1227 said:

Because Nazis are good guys?

it's a GIVEN that Nazis are bad guys

JUST as it should be that Commies are bad guys, too   

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Little Italy tree

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Snow, sand, ocean
Japan

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Morning Joe was talking about Lindsey Lohan teaming up with Pepsi to pitch milk pepsi.
Pilk
Apparently it was on Laverne & Shirley so it's nostalgia?

Inside the Clandestine, Milk-Fueled Ranch Parties of Southern California
A pastime of rural Mexico, a new generation of Mexican Americans is embracing pajaretes and starting the day with boozy, caffeinated, and sweetened fresh milk

by Bill Esparza Nov 29, 2022, 11:02am PST

Through the predawn fog, a barely visible gate opens into a field of soft earth, where the scents of hay and manure give way to a distant banter. It’s 5:30 a.m., but it sounds like the party has already begun in Avocado Heights, a community less than 20 miles east of Downtown LA next to the City of Industry. Men dressed in cowboy hats, puffy vests called chalecos, Pendleton jackets, and hoodies take swigs from jarros de barro, large clay mugs loaded with a beverage called pajaretes. Tinted with cocoa powder and coffee, plus a splash of 96 percent sugar cane alcohol, the cup is passed to a milker who pulls thick streams of raw milk, called leche bronca, from a cow or goat, unleashing white plumes of steam in the morning air and mixing the ingredients into a warm, frothy drink.

Pajaretes, the name of the spiked hot chocolate as well as the gathering itself, is a morning ritual for countless farm workers, ranchers, construction workers, and laborers across Southern California. The gatherings originated in the states of Jalisco, Colima, Nayarit, and Michoacán, but they’re now a common scene that takes place all week long in ranching or semirural areas like Chino, Muscoy, Victorville, Palmdale, and even in the city of Compton. For Angelenos, the drinks are a warm cupful of nostalgia reaching the next generation of Mexican Americans who are hungry for a taste of the quieter rancho life that their parents and grandparents might have lived. They’re also a complete breakfast loaded with vitamins, probiotics, and good cholesterol, a pick-me-up before a long day working under the hot sun.

“Pajaretes are a mystical drink, because it’s a beverage that transforms you, mentally, and physiologically at dawn.”
Customers pay for a Styrofoam cup (usually around $10), or bring their own large jarro de barro (about $20), and help themselves to a self-service table spread with jars of sugar, cocoa powder, or shaved chocolate, instant coffee, and bottles of the potent sugar cane alcohol, as well as tequila — for those who aren’t ready for the 192-proof spirit. In Jalisco and other states, flavorings also might include vanilla or ground mazapan

“From my point of view, pajaretes are a mystical drink, because it’s a beverage that transforms you, mentally, and physiologically at dawn,” says Nico Mejia, a chef and author from Manzanillo, Colima. Pajaretes, pajaretas, pájaros, palomazos, or cherecas all refer to the same basic drink, evoking an image of a bird set free — for many, free from their mind as the drink takes effect. “The trip usually lasts three to four hours,” says Mejia, describing the mild high from all the gut activity induced by mood-enhancing chocolate, beneficial bacteria, caffeine, sugar, and high-proof alcohol.

By 8:30 a.m., entire families gather here to drink pajaretes (the kids just drink chocolate milk). Meanwhile, banda, or norteño music groups, set up to play regional Mexican songs, and corridos (folk songs) for the crowd, turning the gatherings into impromptu daytime parties. Never ones to rest on laurels, creative imbibers from Jalisco have made pajaretes flameados, or flaming pajaretes, into the latest trend. Just before the milk is drawn in, someone ignites the drink with a lighter and hands the vessel to the milker, whereupon hot milk spews flames from the cup. (No animals or humans are harmed in the process.) The result, a cocktail of caramelized sugar and chocolate with warm milk, is delicious.

As for the sugar cane alcohol, Michoacano and Alcohol Tapatío (Alcohol Puro de Caña) are respected brands of ethanol alcohol at pajaretes vendors. These bottles come with lots of warnings, including no debe beberse (don’t drink this), but the high proof also helps kill any pathogens in the raw milk, similar to pasteurization, and is considered safe to drink when blended with ample milk. Most of the time a small splash is enough. In some rural parts of Mexico, adulterated sugar cane alcohol, tainted with cheaply made liquor, has produced methanol, which is poisonous, resulting in some deaths.

Laverne & Shirley - Milk & Pepsi
October 16, 2018


The Green family grew up on Laverne & Shirley so we just had to try Laverne's famous milk and pepsi funky family combo. A little research shows that Penny Marshall's mom would grab Penny's milk glass whenever Penny wanted some Pepsi and would just put the Pepsi in the glass, even if there was milk still in it. And so milk and pepsi was born. Here's what we thought:

Jennifer: We grew up watching Laverne & Shirley and I married Lenny. Seriously Travis looks like Lenny. So this was a lot of fun to try and I love the story behind it. It seemed to me just to taste like flat Pepsi. Now I'm not a Pepsi fan, I'm a Coke girl, always have been. Pepsi's just too sweet for me. I know I know I'm the sugar addict but I'm not a Pepsi fan. I do love Laverne & Shirley so I'm a fan of this.

Tammy: I have ALWAYS wanted to try this. I must say its not the tastiest drink but Laverne was my fav so I thoroughly enjoyed trying this. BTW Travis does look like Lenny!!

Rachel: I have always loved Laverne & Shirley but have never tried Pepsi and milk. The back story is cool and this funky combo will always be famous and doesn't taste as bad as it sounds.

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Dec 6, 2022 16:41:59 GMT merh said:

Morning Joe was talking about Lindsey Lohan teaming up with Pepsi to pitch milk pepsi.
Pick
Apparently it was on Laverne & Shirley so it's nostalgia?

Inside the Clandestine, Milk-Fueled Ranch Parties of Southern California

Laverne & Shirley - Milk & Pepsi

I've poured cola, both Pepsi and Cherry Coke, into a glass right after finishing the milk. It makes a ton of foamy bubbles. 

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Violent Night took a bit longer to get going than I thought it would, but once it did, it was good.