Category: Beverage
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Tummy Trouble from Tuca and Bertie
Tuca and Bertie is a (comedy?) show about friendships, career development (or not), discovering what you want in a relationship and coming to terms with your past and your mistakes. It’s enough to give you tummy trouble. Of course, it’s also a show that features beak watering baking in every episode. Listen, I’m a writer…
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Why Hasn’t My Twinkie Turned Into Liquor Yet?
Well, it’s been almost five years and…still no liquor. I’m beginning to think that The Simpsons might have been lying to me about Twinkie liquor. Buuuut, you are supposed to age the Twinkie for TEN years so perhaps I just need to stop being so impatient? At the same time, I was really hoping to…
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Slim Jim Fizz from The Venture Bros
New Year’s Eve is a time to enjoy effervescent drinks as you celebrate the past year and bring on the next one. The classic is to drink champagne (or a sparkling wine because really who can tell the difference?) at midnight. But to celebrate a truly terrible year, it seems appropriate to toast with a…
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A Single Plum Floating in Perfume Served in a Man’s Hat from The Simpsons
I can think of at least two things wrong with a single plum floating in perfume, served in a man’s hat. Actually, that’s not true, I can think of MANY things wrong with this cocktail / drink / whatever you want to call it. I know that Barney’s girlfriend, Kako, who is an obvious parody…
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Peppermint Patty from Archer
I realize the Peppermint Patty isn’t a particularly unique drink to make in this crazy, weird realm of “making stuff from popular culture”. I’ve seen quite a few others recreate this drink, however in those instances things like whipped cream and shaved chocolate were added. Don’t get me wrong, whipped cream and chocolate are delicious,…
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Red Mocho Kooler from The Venture Bros
Oh Dr. Venture! So many of your inventions sound amazing on paper, but sometimes the execution of those inventions are…less successful. According to the extremely helpful Venture Bros. Blog, here is how you make a Red Mocho Cooler: “You get Kahlúa and you put in Hershey’s syrup and it’s thick, almost undrinkable. And then you…