Bob Terwilliger wrote:
> At 7:38 AM Honduras time, SD wrote:
>
> > the woman who owns the grocery store also has a place that she rents out
> > for private functions. She sent a whole bunch of her staff through
> > bartender school so things like the Blue Hawaiian, MaiTai, Tequila
> > Sunrise, and Tom Collins are now available. The local pizza place is
> > selling margaritas and pina coladas now. You can have a standard margarita
> > or one with fresh fruit blended into it. I tried the canteloupe margarita
> > the other day. Let me tell you, you can suck those down all day and it
> > will be one tequila, two tequila, three tequila, FLOOR!
>
> At 7:42 AM, she wrote:
>
> > No, it's not a milk shake. It is extremely similar to what is known
> > as a licuado in Central America. A fruit or juice based blended drink
> > that can be made with or without diary products.
>
> Been imbibing a few of those margaritas already? It's not even 8 AM! :-)

I wish! Bleary eyed from typing final exams for 8 different classes at
5 different reading levels. Thank God the school year is just about
over. I've got to do this stuff early in the morning before everyone
starts using electricity and the power goes out. It's the rainy season,
it's hot, and it often out for hours at a time.

>
> It sounds like your licuado is a bit different from the Mexican version. The
> Mexican ones are mostly water, flavored with a LITTLE fruit. I've posted
> about them here before, though I spelled the word "liquado" (since that's
> the way the vendors spell it). I've seen and made them with various
> berries, citrus, melons, or mangos. For dairy I've seen light cream or milk
> powder added, though I suppose you *could* use heavy cream, milk, yogurt, or
> buttermilk.
>
> Bob

Fruit, ice cubes, milk or fruit juice (for those intolerant of milk).
Throw it all in a blender, pour into a glass and spinkle cinnamon on
top. The ones you describe sound more like agua fresca - fruit, water,
sugar. Use about 3 cups of fruit to 8 cups of water plus some sugar and
lime juice.

SD