Some 20-ish years ago, my husband was on holiday with his family in Blackpool. As a special treat, he and his brothers were taken to a restaurant that did ice cream floats. The over-enthusiastic waiter told them all that they could have any combination they liked - absolutely any ice cream and absolutely any fizzy drink. Sensible choices were made by the rest of Paul's family, such as vanilla ice cream and American cream soda, vanilla and cola, vanilla and lemonade.
And then Paul made his choice. This was going to be easy. He was going to have his most favourite flavour of ice cream and his most favourite flavour of fizzy drink. What could possibly go wrong?
"So young man, what flavour ice cream would you like?"
"Mint choc chip."
"Okay, and what flavour drink?"
"Lilt."
"..."
I'm not sure Lilt exists over in the USA, but it's pineapple flavoured. This should give you some idea of what was about to go down. Despite suggestions from his parents that this might not be the tasty yummy treat he was expecting, he was adamant - mint choc chip and Lilt.
The nervous waiter duly brought the float and Paul took a big gulp... And started crying like the big baby he was. Why do I tell you this? Because over the past few days I've seen a lot of adverts for this, and I can't help thinking that this might be a similar experience:
I like beer, I really do. The more I drink of it the more I like it. I really like tequila - in fact I love it. In theory it's a win-win situation, taking two foodstuffs I love and combining them (having had steak in a dark chocolate sauce I can vouch for the fact that sometimes it works), but in practice, I fear Desperados beer is just mint choc chip and Lilt.
And then Paul made his choice. This was going to be easy. He was going to have his most favourite flavour of ice cream and his most favourite flavour of fizzy drink. What could possibly go wrong?
"So young man, what flavour ice cream would you like?"
"Mint choc chip."
"Okay, and what flavour drink?"
"Lilt."
"..."
I'm not sure Lilt exists over in the USA, but it's pineapple flavoured. This should give you some idea of what was about to go down. Despite suggestions from his parents that this might not be the tasty yummy treat he was expecting, he was adamant - mint choc chip and Lilt.
The nervous waiter duly brought the float and Paul took a big gulp... And started crying like the big baby he was. Why do I tell you this? Because over the past few days I've seen a lot of adverts for this, and I can't help thinking that this might be a similar experience:
I like beer, I really do. The more I drink of it the more I like it. I really like tequila - in fact I love it. In theory it's a win-win situation, taking two foodstuffs I love and combining them (having had steak in a dark chocolate sauce I can vouch for the fact that sometimes it works), but in practice, I fear Desperados beer is just mint choc chip and Lilt.
Oh boy, mint, my favourite!
ReplyDeleteOh boy, fizzy pineapple, my favourite!
What could possibly have gone wrong?
Great story :)
ReplyDeleteThanks for the smile
Mmm... beer. Mmmm... tequila. And that's as far as that goes! (No mixing, plz.)
ReplyDeleteThe Eagles!!! AHH!!!
ReplyDeleteAnyway... I always find it interesting when marketing companies combine foodstuffs, with the end result tasting somewhere in between dog hair and stale library books. Of course, my experience with bad tasting, mixed, foods has come mostly from my own curiosity.
I remember about 8 years ago when I was still young that I mixed grape leaves (a Lebanese dish with lamb and rice) and whipped cream. Let's just say the result was so unpleasant, I was afraid of whipped cream for the longest time.
And then there's mixing orange juice with milk and iced tea. I won't even hint as to how I survived that ordeal.
I've had this a beer festival at christmas!
ReplyDeleteI could taste absolutely no tequila at all, just the vaguest hint that a lime may have been squeezed in the factory where it was made once in 1999.
I'm a tequila drinker and a beer drinker, had I been drunk enough ever to try and save the shot glass cleaning by mixing chaser with the main course.
You'd have been able to taste my shot of tequila in the beer!
Gimmick!
BWWWHHAAAA HHAAAA HAAAA...
ReplyDeleteDon't really drink beer...but add tequila and wierdly i love it! yum :)
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