If you like makin' love at midnight If you have half a brain I’m not sure these are necessary criteria for liking this drink but they can’t hurt. If there is one drink that defines a tropical holiday then it has to be the piña colada. It’s a drink with a very long claimed history but which really only came into its own with the invention of another product, cream of coconut. This should not be mistaken for coconut cream, which is exactly what I did the first time I made it and, well, let’s just say the result was not good. In the 1940s in Puerto Rico an agriculture professor, Don Ramón López-Irizarry saw the value of the white ‘meat’ of the mature coconut but recognised that it was a slow inefficient process to extract it. He developed a mechanical efficient process for the extraction of the meat and also developed a product that blended the coconut with sugar, xanthan gum and citric acid to form a very sweet coconut cream which was called cream of coconut. This has since been sold worldwide under the brand name Coco Lopez. Referring to my earlier comment and especially for those in Asia, this is not the same as coconut cream or coconut milk which are unsweetened. However you can make your own cream of coconut if Coco Lopez is unavailable as follows. Good for maybe 8 piña coladas 200ml full fat coconut milk 190g white sugar Heat the coconut milk and sugar gently in a saucepan stirring until the sugar has dissolved and then gently simmer for 2-3 minutes before leaving to cool and then keep refrigerated and it’s good for maybe 1-2 weeks. I guess you could freeze it too. Now for the drink itself, piña colada translated literally means strained pineapple and claims for the invention of a drink of that name date back to the early 1800’s but the origin of the blended ice drink we all know and love really seem to be between two men with similar names working very close to each other in Puerto Rico, however the weight of opinion seems to favour Ramon Monchito who concocted the drink while working as a bartender at the Caribe Hilton Hotel in 1954. Many bartenders believe that the original piña colada is a flawed drink, too sweet, often too much ice, and lacking acidity to balance the Coco Lopez but I’ll leave the improvements to a future post. Finally back to the title of the post. For many people the drink was made famous in the song Escape by Rupert Holmes. Long before Ashley Madison made having an affair trendy, Holmes sings about a married guy who seeks out a relationship through the personal ads, finding one that starts “if you like piña coladas” only to eventually find the writer of the letter was his wife at which point he sings “I never knew" "That you like piña coladas” And it all ends happily ever after. Have a listen and maybe it will bring back memories of the late 1970s for you.https://lnkd.in/gnVYUtey Now for the recipe and more history head over to my Substack https://lnkd.in/gprNkYNB
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Here's a holiday weekend #fridayfive: 1. Jeremy Renner is not normal. From crushed to running in 15 months...how is it even possible? With this in mind, consider the genius of BrooksRunning.com being a small part of his recovery then leveraging his amazing story in a commercial that is more inspiration than it is a sales pitch. Hoka who? Nike what? https://lnkd.in/evt3uhxB 2. I'm sure I was not the only one who was not surprised that Nestlé was first to market with products targeting consumers taking #ozempic and similar drugs. I wish, however, the industry would take a breathe on this issue. About 5% are on these drugs now, that's projected to grow to 7-9% within the next ten years. That's about the same as the share of consumers on gluten free diets, Keto, Paleo, and other similar diets. There's money to be made, but it's not the death knell the industry is afraid it will be. https://lnkd.in/eUUCTNwj 3. Walking trade shows like National Restaurant Association Show is fantastic for really immersing yourself in where the industry is and what innovation may be pushing us forward. Part of that experience is having the opportunity to talk about that very issue with a wide range of colleagues to get a broader perspective beyond your own. The overwhelming opinion is that food & beverage innovation is still very safe and very close in. Lots of iterative innovation and little groundbreaking, boundary pushing innovation. There are a lot of challenges we're facing, but real innovation is the only thing that will keep our industry compelling and relevant to consumers at a time when they are increasingly turning to retail where innovation is thriving. 4. Heading into the Memorial Day weekend, many of us will heartily enjoy (gorge just seems too indelicate) berries. Ever wonder where those berry and fruit names came from? Even if your answer was no, this article from Mental Floss will provide you with some fascinating holiday reading, giving you plenty of potentially random conversation starters at neighborhood picnics. https://lnkd.in/eWd8KRgF 5. The new Saluhall in San Francisco may, finally, be the thing that helps usher Scandinavian food into the mainstream. It's been bubbling under the survey for a while but hasn't quite broken through. As Mike Kostyo and I track the quiet movement, which is expanding beyond cafes and bars to hotels per the United Airlines Hemispheres Magazine (https://lnkd.in/eQ2szR35), it seems this type of food and culture would compliment these experiences. Frankly, I can't wait to explore the next time I'm in San Francisco! Have a great Memorial Day weekend everyone! #trends2024 #running #innovation #consumerinsights #reading #quiet #menumattersllc #restaurants #foodandbeverageindustry #foodservice #hospitality
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4moI first realized reaching an "age milestone" when some of the audience I was speaking to were so young that they had never heard of "Y2K". Fortunately, Pinocolados are smooth and timeless. Rupert Holmes maybe not so much. However, those RH eyeglasses are back in vogue in China.