Had to drop off my coworker at ORD early there by screwing up a possible Chicago mini caucus between jobu and myself. Asked to get on the earlier flight which wasn't full, and the polite AA gate agent informed me that because I'm not an elite member I would need to give them 75$ to change flights. It's not a full flight. I am a miles member. It's not a full flight. I'm kind of dumbfounded. Oh, because money.
On the bright side, while in Iowa at a crazy hippie pizza joint the leader of the local caucus handed me a Bernie yard sign. That my be a collectors item some day.
Hot chocolate with cayenne pepper. I just made it a thing. Mmm. Might even help with my lingering head cold (I am over the secondary sinus infection, but not the frickin' cold).
I believe the Mayans beat you to that recipe by a few hundred years.
Doesn'the change the fact that I discovered it (again).
Actually, I had something reminiscent of the ancient meso-American drink a few years ago at a place in Santa Fe. Their shtick was pseudo-authenticity. The drink was ... not sweet.
While I don't doubt that the traditional mix wasn't sweet, we had a line cook from Ecuador who use to take powdered hot chocolate mix and add cayenne pepper, cinnamon and a dash of vanilla. She'd make a big batch for the whole crew on really cold days. Hot damn if it wasn't yummy. (In fact, I might make one right now to combat these stupidly low temps. I've got all the ingredients.)
DO IT!
I thought it was the Aztecs.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGlBs4qX4f8
According to a website called The Art of Manliness:
Cacao was cultivated and consumed by the Olmecs and Mayans, but is most famously associated with the Aztec civilization.
I don't even know what to say about that website name
1. Yeah, I totally check out that site all the time.
2. I mean, if that's not a website name that makes you think, "highly accurate information about Mesoamerican beverage history" I don't know what is.
3. Okay, fine, it was the second highest search result. I'm not too lazy to do a little research, but I am too lazy to do more than a little research.
4. The article does actually list two sources at the end, so that makes me think there's at least a chance this info is accurate.
Had to drop off my coworker at ORD early there by screwing up a possible Chicago mini caucus between jobu and myself. Asked to get on the earlier flight which wasn't full, and the polite AA gate agent informed me that because I'm not an elite member I would need to give them 75$ to change flights. It's not a full flight. I am a miles member. It's not a full flight. I'm kind of dumbfounded. Oh, because money.
On the bright side, while in Iowa at a crazy hippie pizza joint the leader of the local caucus handed me a Bernie yard sign. That my be a collectors item some day.
Hot chocolate with cayenne pepper. I just made it a thing. Mmm. Might even help with my lingering head cold (I am over the secondary sinus infection, but not the frickin' cold).
I believe the Mayans beat you to that recipe by a few hundred years.
Doesn'the change the fact that I discovered it (again).
Actually, I had something reminiscent of the ancient meso-American drink a few years ago at a place in Santa Fe. Their shtick was pseudo-authenticity. The drink was ... not sweet.
While I don't doubt that the traditional mix wasn't sweet, we had a line cook from Ecuador who use to take powdered hot chocolate mix and add cayenne pepper, cinnamon and a dash of vanilla. She'd make a big batch for the whole crew on really cold days. Hot damn if it wasn't yummy. (In fact, I might make one right now to combat these stupidly low temps. I've got all the ingredients.)
DO IT!
I thought it was the Aztecs.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGlBs4qX4f8
According to a website called The Art of Manliness: