Blinky the Shark wrote:

> Kathleen wrote:
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>>koko wrote:
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>>>I was in Lake Havasu City AZ to spend Christmas with daughter and
>>>family. LHC has a new Mexican grocery store that we spent way too much
>>>money and time in.
>>>My Son In Law is a hot chocolate fan so I was thrilled when I saw this
>>>hot chocolate pot, it even came with a molinillo (moh-lee-NEE-oh) it
>>>makes the hot chocolate nice and frothy.
>>>We had some great hot chocolate, especially later in the evening with
>>>some Tequila Rose added to it.
>>>
>>>http://i2.tinypic.com/89rb6g9.jpg
>>>
>>>http://i12.tinypic.com/80ws09z.jpg
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>>I love Abuelita. My daughter's Spanish class was having a party and her
>>contribution was Mexican hot chocolate. I asked my daughter if her
>>classmates had enjoyed it and she said she thought so, given that most
>>of them tore their cups in half to lick the dregs after they'd drained
>>the contents.
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> "Abeulita" sounds like a diminutive of "grandmother". "Little
> grandmother", if you will. If that's a name for hot chocolate, I wonder
> if it got its name by being somehow associated with grandmothers -- as
> in being something that grandma always made for you when you visited her.
>
>
It means "Little Grandma". There's even a little old lady on the label.
I can tell you, though, that my grandam never made hot chocolate so good.

Add a shot of Gran Marnier and you've got something worthy of confession
on Sunday morning.