Kathleen wrote:
> 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
>>>
>>>
>>> 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.
>>
>>
>>
>> "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.
>
Or a shot of cremed de cocoa or Godiva chocolate liquor. But i agree the
Abulita is the best commercial chocolate drink i have found. Even
with Nestle taking it over a few years back.
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JL