First Attempt

[Old_Geezer]

Ok, arguably a Chatterbank thread as it's just tipsy chat, but ...

Made my first Pina Colada today (well the stifling hot weather has been screaming for it for days now). Searched the Web, stopped on the BBC offering.

Having bought the ingredients (finally) I then discovered one is supposed to BLEND them together. Got loads of disapproving noises from someone who didn't want to dig their blender out from the back of the cupboard and clean it, so I said it'd probably be ok stirred.

Well ingredients bought, off we go. Apparently 1/4 of the final concoction is the rum, so that goes in the glass first. Then 1/4 is the coconut cream, which I assumed must be of the pouring cream variety (after all, this is a drink we're making). Opened the carton; it isn't ! More the clotted variety of cream. Stirred it into the rum, it seemed ok at that point.

Next the remaining 1/2 is pineapple juice. Poured that in. The cream immediately floated to the top as small lumps, as if it was gone off ! Now I know why it has to be blended :-( Stirred vigorously again for little (aka no) result.

Never mind, added some ice (uncrushed unfortunately) and voila ! Something you'd hope never to be served with at a bar.

It tasted okish but far too big a percentage of the rum. Now feeling a little squiffy after one smallish glass. Still, practice makes perfect, doesn't it. And we can't let the rest of the coconut cream go off.

[dustypuss]

'fruit-based drinks are - one of your 5 a day

[pastafreak]

Douglas...I'm in the South West and reasonably human and tolerant. Or so I've been told.

[douglas9401]

Good to hear, pastafreak, you're not in Paignton though by any chance?

[pastafreak]

No...and if I was, I'd move.

[douglas9401]

:-)

[Old_Geezer]

Yeah, using a blender, no comparison. Dropped the rum quantity to about half yesterday's attempt; probably could do with a shade more, but let's not quibble.

[davebro]

My fave cocktail (before I gave up drinking!) was a Tequila Sunrise.

[choux]

...but let's not quibble... or dribble!

Old_Geezer, I thoroughly enjoyed your thread and I don't say that very often on AB. Do please keep on with the verbiage and if you ever get onto herbiage I will take that as your botanicals for home-made gin ;)