I have heard from a trusted friend that there are Pulque vendors on the Hwy to Rosarito before some glorieta.
Can anyone corroborate this or has seen homemade pulque anywhere between TJ and Ensenada?capt. mike - 11-14-2008 at 06:49 AM
if you find some let us know if it makes you hallucinate.
well that's what i heard and it is described in James A. Michenor's book Mexico.Oso - 11-14-2008 at 07:55 AM
Michener's book is fiction. If you hallucinate on beer, then pulque will do the same for you but it has no known psychedelic properties. I would
love to have some again. It's been years. But if there is any this far north, it would be trucked in from quite a distance, not "homemade". The
right variety of maguey just doesn't grow here.capt. mike - 11-14-2008 at 09:48 AM
thx Oso. i'll just stick with window pane.toneart - 11-14-2008 at 03:08 PM
Pulque doesn't taste very good.
When I lived in San Miguel de Allende, in the early '80s, there was a cantina that had a secret beverage; Absenthe. You had to know about it and then
ask the bartender for some as though you were entitled.Of course, it is illegal. It will rot your brain pretty quickly if you drink it often.
He kept it in a Mayonnaise jar, in a brown paper bag. It was served with anisette liqueur because the licorice taste would mask the taste of the
Absenthe, which was horrible. I drank a couple of shots on a few occasions. It was definitely hallucinogenic. The effect wouldn't last though. You
would get an instant flash of color and bright white light. Everything in your immediate environment looked a little weird...wavy, distorted.Your
spine tingled and your stomach rose into your throat, like you were going up in an elevator. You went up and you came down right then and there.
Absinthe?
Dave - 11-14-2008 at 03:26 PM
I doubt it was absinthe, per how you described the high. Wouldn't mind trying some, though.
As long as I could be convinced it wasn't paint thinner.
pulque
sylens - 11-14-2008 at 04:52 PM
at el taco de huitzilopotchli (do a search)
the owner will serve pulque if asked politely and if he takes a liking to you. homemade. i could not bring myself to taste it, but steve did. later
that night his tummy was upset.
as for "absinthe" the stores and bars in ensenada on calle primera (lopez mateos) all have signs to the effect that they have it. have no idea
whether it's ferreal.Oso - 11-15-2008 at 02:43 PM
Some of you may have gotten some old pulque past its prime. I love the taste of fresh pulque within a few days of beginning fermentation, but it does
sour when it ages.
sylens - what flavors does he offer? Can you tell me anymore about the restaurant?Iflyfish - 11-17-2008 at 03:39 AM
Absinthe, the Green Fairy, has a long and interesting history. I have found it in Baja and it now is produced in Oregon and New York. It was the most
popular drink in France for many years before Prohibition. After Prohibition it was demonized by the wine industry that saw it as a rival to its
product. The mythology of Absinth was fueled by the wine industry and the fear of it still persists to this day. The problems with it were most likely
from alcoholism not the drink itself. Absinthe is distilled with high alcohol content and is best consumed diluted and sometimes drizzled thru a sugar
cube. Salud!
Iflyfishsylens - 11-17-2008 at 05:45 PM
Quote:
Originally posted by Alex
sylens - what flavors does he offer? Can you tell me anymore about the restaurant?
to the best of my knowledge, no "flavors," just natural pulque.
it's a great "genuine" aztec restaurant for a great experience.
try this link, or do your own search. El Taco de Huitzilopochtli
Huitzilopochtli, whose name means "Blue Hummingbird on the Left," was the Aztec god of the Sun and the war. He was shown as a blue man fully armed
with hummingbird feathers on his head. His mother Coatlicue became pregnant with Huitzilopochtli when a ball of feathers fell from the heaven and
touched her. Huitzilopochtli's siblings thought that their mother Coatlicue had dishonored them with her mysterious pregnancy.
One sister of Huitzilopochtli, Coyolxauhqui, encouraged her star sisters and brothers to kill their mother Coatlicue. However, Huitzilopochtli sprang
out of his mother and saved her. Coatlicue regretted such violence. Thus, Huitzilopochtli cut off Coyolxauhqui's head and threw it in the sky to
become the Moon.
Aztecs used to offer human sacrifices to Huitzilopochtli. The victims were usually prisoners captured in the frequent wars that Aztecs were fighting
against their neighbors. The sacrifices were intended to secure rain, harvests and success in war.The most common form of sacrifice practiced by
Aztecs was to tear out the heart of a living body and offer it to the Sun.
