The Sloppy Boys - 43. Yellow Bird

Episode Date: August 13, 2021

The guys sample an unsung tiki drink named after a hit Haitian tune.YELLOW BIRD RECIPE1oz/30ml White Rum.5oz/15ml Galliano.5oz/15ml Triple Sec.5oz/15ml Lime JuicePour all ingredients into a shaker filled with ice. Shake and strain into a chilled cocktail glass.Recipes via the International Bartenders Association (https://www.iba-world.com/) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hey folks, welcome to the Sloppy Boys where we take a deep dive into the drinks that you love. I'm Jeff Dutton along with Michael Hanford. Fuck that Big Mac truck! And Timothy Galpakis. What is up? Oh, Tim, I set you right up for that one this guy will not play ball with you no he does not

I do my own thing much like Cardi B herself no but she was Cardi B did a song with Meg the Stallion yeah just makes me think like either A you don't want to play ball which is fine or b you don't

know the hottest tunes coming off the radio last summer no that couldn't be if you if you really want to dissect what was going on in the cerebral cortex oh boy i i i was ready to say what is up and then i said mike might throw some at me. And then I heard it. I got the reference. Couldn't think of the next line. And then I said, I'll come in real fast with what is up. Like I,

I always meant to steamroll. Damn. Okay. This is a fun thing we do now. It would be a right in this little garage. That's what it is. That's right. Oof.

That's so funny. I got to give it another listen. Is that, is that, is there a little honk noise that goes? Yeah, it's the best. It's like, it's not even a song is so funny. I got to give it another listen. Is there a little honk noise that goes? Yeah, it's the best. It's like, it's not even a little honk noise. It's like an 18-wheeler honk. What's the line about, like, the uvula line?

It's like that little hangy ball in the back of my throat. Yeah. It's all funny. It's called a uvula, by the way. I guess I didn't notice that honk, Jeff, because every time I'm watching that video, I'm trying to learn the dance moves. Yeah, I know, I know.

Also, the version that you listen to, you've loaded it up with a lot of edits anyway, too. Lots of honks, additional honks. Yeah. Huh? The honk mix. Well, folks at home, this is the first time we have recorded together in a while. Yeah.

I was doing a little traveling, so we had to put a few episodes in the hopper. And, Jeffy, you've got a little thing going on, don't you? Yeah, baby. I don't know if you can tell from the sound of my voice, but Jeffy got the Rona. No! No, no, no, no. Yes. No, Jeffy got the Rona. The 19er. What happened? What happened? You got the Delta variant

or do you have... I don't know if it's Delta or original recipe. They don't tell you. But it's a breakthrough. You're vaxxed. Oh, it's a breakthrough. This is axxed. Oh, it's a breakthrough. This is a breakthrough for us. This is crazy. This is breaking.

This is also scary stuff. Yes, and also, this is true. I feel like a lot of times we say, you know, I bumped into the weekend on the Sunset Strip. Yes, yes. Yeah, those two things are true. Jeff has Corona, Delta, maybe, and you bumped into the weekend. And, you know, the seasoned Sloppy Boys listener knows that a lot of those goofs are deep in segment two. Yeah, and they're

built up to a wonderful thing, a wonderful surprise. They're thinking pre- Booze News chit-chat, this is true! Yeah, this is the truth spot, the truth zone. I was going to shoot some videos that I was pumped about because I was getting

doing some directing again. And of course, I mean, this is probably happening to everyone. Cause they're like, as we're reentering the world, then, then you're more likely to get it.

But it's like, of course there've been so many months where we're in cooped up, not doing shit. And then of course, when you have like a cool thing, you're excited to do that. That's going to happen. And in order

to location scout because they're very careful production there it's it's like it's a pain in the ass i mean it's it's good now that i i respect it but it is a pain in the ass the hoops that you have to go through and so in order to location scout we had to get tests and I got mine on Thursday morning. And then I took like a late shower on Thursday and my phone was ringing when I got out of the shower at like 1130 PM. And I was like, that's weird. And it's because like, I was just like worn out. I had been worn out for like a day or two and I've just thought it was because I was working a lot. Oh, only a day or two. And did you, and did you have like the scratchy throat? Yes, but only for about like 10 minutes in the morning, the same

way that, you know, every, every year I get some weird like allergy throat thing in the morning. And then as soon as I drink coffee and take a shower and get, get going with my day, it's fine. And right now there's so many colds going around because we all, nobody got sick for a year and a half because we were inside and we had masks on. And then now I heard about like people were talking about having the gay cold, you know, like after Pride Month. That's like a thing that goes around. And then everyone just in general, there's like a bunch of little colds. So, yeah, you would just think there's nothing. I would always get in L.A LA, I always get a weird allergy thing

due to just the heat and smog in the summertime. And pollen. Pollen! Whenever the seasons change. Sure, it's a mysterious little variant. And so the producer was just like, hey, did you check your email? And I was like, no, but I kind of knew because I missed the initial ring and I saw that I had missed a call and a text saying like, Hey man, you up. And I was like, Oh,

this is something important. And I bet you, it was already forming in my head. It sounds like a booty call. Yeah, I know. I would have gotten completely aroused. And then when he said it, I was like, Oh shit. It was just very quickly like, okay, you're quarantining for 10 days and people are going to be calling you and asking you a bunch of questions. And I feel like when I got the,

the, what is it? Diagnosis, the results. That's when my body was just like, and I kind of like let it impact me. And I was just, I was just sleeping like fucking crazy for the weekend crazy like intense i would take like a long nap in the middle of the day and then like fully sleep at night damn and uh and then the taste and smell went and that sucks it was the day after i got back no and is that good you're not gonna be able to figure out the tasting podcast well i'm gonna try what if this one oh boy i have a feeling this is not gonna be an order again i i had an onion Is that good for a cocktail tasting podcast? Well, I'm going to try. What if this one pushes all the way through? Oh, boy, I have a feeling this is not going to be in order again. I had an onion, and I could almost taste it.

Wow, weird. How many days into quarantining are you? Let's see. I'm a lot. Seven? I'm like seven or eight. Are you losing your mind? Are you going for walks at least?

No, man. I'm building Legos, playing video games, working or eight. Are you losing your mind? Are you going for walks at least? No, man. I'm building Legos, playing video games, working on music. That's fun. That's good. The day before I lost taste, I had Silver Lake Ramen for the first time. You had? Oh, love it. Yeah.

Yeah, I've had. You know what's funny? Something you want to taste. Yeah, I had a great taste. And then I woke up in the morning and I was like, wait a minute. I don't smell fucking anything. And I was running around smelling deodorants and candles and liquors. Oh,

that sucks. I like that you went out on a high note. Cause silver, like ramen is so salty and pungent and porky and seedy and all of it. Maybe Jeff, this would be a good time to like reboot your, uh, like body with like just eating vegetables and like the good food for you that you can't taste anyway.

Not me, Sour Patch Kids. Oh, by the way, I'm kidding. I've been eating carrots and bananas and good stuff. But I did do your trick of putting Sour Patch Kids in the freezer. Awesome. Why not?

Why not say you're sorry? I don't know. Well, I wasn't mean about it the first time. I'm sorry. I think you were a little harsh. We'll go back to the tapes. Oh, right. I compared them to jujubes. That's right.

Jeff, I got to ask, where'd you get it? I don't know. You're like, you know who does that is Mitch. Like when he gets sick, he's like, who got me sick? He always turns into a little Sherlock. Yeah, that's right. Cause he, he, he would be, yeah. Like a normal cold.

Be like, Tim, was it you? Well, does he expect someone to be like, yes, it was me. I know that definitively. You must've been, was, was it a, a stolen smooch? Was it a crowded bar? Was it a crowded bar? Was it a live show? Because I'll tell you, I I've been like walking into rooms full of strangers

and letting them breathe on me. I know. I was sharing a hot dog the other day with a stranger in Central Park. I didn't know. He said this is too big for me. And I said, well, I haven't eaten. I ate half a lunch. I'll start on the other end. We'll meet in the middle.

Yeah. Then we're there. We'll do three quick pecs and we're done. I mean, I've been on record as saying I've been enjoying myself with things opening up. I've been vaxxed. Yeah. I've been getting out there. I've been so happy that bars and restaurants are open.

And, you know, yeah, you get a little lax. You find yourself like, well, i'm at a bar and everybody's here seems to be vaccinated so it's tough i'm not gonna put my mask on all the time i just sort of like as i'm coming and going and talking to the staff maybe right you jeff i don't like this i don't like being away from you when you're sick i want to take care of you i want you i want you to sleep like i want you to marry me and I want to grow old with you. Tim, I want you there too. I want you to take care of the two of us.

Yeah, I'll be on the kiss detail. No, we can't do that because he's sick. Oh, yeah. Well, that kind of does it for me. That's my uh situation damn and you're soldiering through you know unlike simone biles who i don't know but jeff you're getting that yeah okay you know what we won't get into it we won't get into it i know the audience wants to hear your take on simoneiles. Just DM me if you want to hear my take, everybody.

By the way, I'm in my DMs all day answering about this particular situation. You know what? The other day, somebody slid into my DMs, sued me. That's how crazy it's getting over there. Slipped and fell in my DMs, sued me. I don't know. We live in a litigious society. No, that's a stupid joke.

I withdraw it from the record, speaking of litigiousness. It's gone. Good. Good. Well, Jeffy, we hope that you live to see next week, quite frankly. Hey, next millennium, that's what I say. We hope you live a thousand years. No, I'm sorry. I hope

to see you live to the next Millennium Falcon Lego release. Hey, alright. That seems to be more interesting to you than living for a thousand years. Yes. In the meantime, have a little bit bit. It's time to hear it. Let's

wine and beer it. We'll lay down that funk while we're getting drunk. It's time for Booze. Oh, wow. Harmony. It's Booze News, you stupid fuck. Ooh. That was a good one.

That was good. Yeah, it was great. Beach Blanket Booze News sent in by longtime slobhead Madeline Cook. Nice. Nice, Madeline. Good work. Was that a take on a song that's happened before? Have you heard?

I think that's a ridge. I'm afraid to weigh in because, you know, one time it was a David Bowie sound and vision and I didn't get the reference because I didn't give Lowe a close enough listen. I was right to cross the goals. I bet you've listened

very closely that week. It is a great song and it's a great album. And if you've got a booze news theme, email it to the sloppyboyspodcast at gmail.com. and if you've got a Booze News theme email it to the sloppyboyspodcast at gmail.com or if you've got a Booze News theme that just isn't that good

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Miller High Life Light has been discontinued. Wrap it up. Whoa. Oh, I don't like that. So from the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Molson Coors, the huge conglomerate that does Miller and Molson and Coors. Isn't that weird? Isn't that a sign of the times? Yeah.

They are doing great with their core brands and their premium brews and their hard seltzers. But there's been stagnating sales with what they call economy brands. The cheapy budget offshoots of every type of their beer. So they're cutting 11 products. Wow. And listen to them milwaukee's best premium i will me too henry weinhardt's private reserve okay i never even heard of two i haven't heard of so that one can go yeah keystone ice oh that was Ice. Yeah, yeah. That's another good woods beer. That's a woods beer. Ham's Special Light.

Wow. Okay. Key Lightful. A Keystone Ice, like a fruity Keystone Ice. Key Lightful. Like D-Lightful. Oh, they're trying to be like a Natter Days or something? Ice House Edge.

Ooh. Ice House. Magnum. Not the condomsoms i still buy those every day mickey's ice not mickey's but mickey's ice mickey's okay steel reserve triple export okay that's a funny can i i think i've never drank steel Steel Reserve. It's like a steel can that's real tough. Yeah. Old English HG 800. Wow. And then finally, the only one that I even really knew about was High Life Light. We're High Life fans, but High Life Light has the blue label.

Yeah, that's a good. And it is a very watery beer. You don't see it much. I like that label. Yeah. You know, I see that label. I say can it be red? Yeah.

I see a blue label and I want it that way. Sorry. I am on a instinct kick. I can't get no satisfaction. Come on now. Is that a backstreet song I was trying to sing? Yeah.

This has nothing to do with what we're talking about. I know that it is because I've been watching This Is Pop. Oh, good for you. I watched the Boys to Men one. It was great. That's not booze news. Yes, everybody watch This Is Pop. It's fantastic. Well, just lamenting, folks, it's your last few moments to

get your Miller High Life lights and enjoy those that, I mean, it basically tastes like a beer-flavored seltzer. High Life is a light beer, and High Life Light never really needed to exist. But it's kind of sad. It's a beautiful bottle.

The ices are going away. The ices are not so nices. Not anymore. And with that, wrap it up. Well, well, well, it looks like it's on me to save the day here. We're talking about

a drink. A little drinky poo today. Now, you guys are familiar with Cardinals, right? Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. Sure. You're probably familiar with them. Wait them wait wait are you talking about the um the position in the catholic church no no i'm talking about the uh flying beast ah yes the flappy animal the flappy pecker you're probably very familiar with the blue jay

yep yep yeah i'm sure you've heard of the blue-footed booby. Of course. Today we are talking about Yellowbird, the cocktail. Oh my God. You really had me guessing. You thought, hey, are we talking aviation flying beasts? Well, yes, we are talking aviation flying beasts, but it's also cool that you ease this thin to it because i feel like if you had just said yellow bird i'd be like oh hold on dude like the hell are we talking about hey before before we even dig into the drink the yellow bird um

you guys know the discord available to our patreon subscribers yep yeah there was like a lot of people pushing for a bird watching channel bird watching you know when you started discord you start all these little chat rooms and i was like okay like beer and wine uh cocktails booze lists books and movies like all this sort of stuff and some of them get no love whatsoever my my anime channel is just devolved into uh bitmojis do you post you You got to post. It's not up to me. This is for the people.

Okay. But tons of bird watchers in our audience. Do they call themselves birders? I feel like that's the new thing. They take photos and they say, like, look at this beautiful budgie I saw the other day. This is surprising to me, but also i had felt it brewing because there's a cool app that has made birding easier and our friend ben sometimes i'll be hanging out with him in a park and he sees a bird he takes a picture and then this bird app identifies the bird

brings you to their page shows you what it is and then also like logs it for you so you have a collection of birds you've seen. Damn. I think that there's a little resurgence in birding. It's like Pokemon Go. I have one. I have that app. I have one left and I just, if I could get myself down to Sesame Street, I'd be all good. Mike.

I don't think the guy will fit in the fucking frame. I personally I only have one bird left and I don't know if I'm going to find it because it's the prehistoric dodo. Yeah, there's two birds I'm using right now and I'm flipping them off right to two of you.

Put those down. Can we please get back to what I was talking about? Yes, yes. Yellow bird. So for all those bird watchers in the discord, here's one bird you don't want to miss. The yellow bird. It is a drink. It is a Caribbean drink.

I'm thinking this thing is going to be a little bit of a, on the tiki side of things. That'd be nice. Now, Mike, why do you say that? Yellow bird, who knows what it's all about? The yellow bird is a drink that sort of originates in the Caribbean. The name is, okay, let me lay it on the line here for let me just level with us please this is one of those fucking drinks that's got a cool story oh and this even doesn't have that cool of a long story or anything a cool story and then uh but it could be something else and no one knows where it came from sure sure one of those stupid fucking things. So here on Wikipedia, the first, the origins of the Yellowbird name is unclear.

So there was this Haitian tune called Yellowbird back in, I think just kind of a traditional song. And then 1957, there were recordings of it. There was one by a guy named, let me find it here. Arthur Lyman. That's right. Arthur Lyman. Oh, I know this guy. Remember when I, when we were in Hawaii, I was flapping my little trap about Martin Denny is there's a whole genre of tiki music called exotica. And it's really cool because it's chill music, but also has like bird squawks in the mix.

So you feel like you're in a jungle. Um, I, I, I download Jeff with erotica, the fiction you read. Oh, okay.

You can confuse them if you want. That's more of a, in the background, it's like a piano playing and then, um, anyway, Martin Denny's like the main guy. Arthur Lyman is another one of the big names from this like 50s, 60s instrumental music genre. And I do know the song Yellowbird

because it is his big hit. And it's so weird that back in the day, you could have like a billboard hit instrumental track. Jeff, go for it. Why don't you play that tune there? This is Yellow Bird by Arthur Lyman's group. Oh, yeah. Sounds like iron and wine.

Yeah. I'm laying on a hammock. A yellow bird is squawking at my ass. Pecking at my foot. Yeah. Have you heard this song from someone? I don't know where it's from, but I feel like I've heard it from someone. This comes up on my Spotify a lot because I listen to This Is Exotica on Spotify.

I like the vibraphone marimba type thing they got going. That's what's funny about this Exotica music is like they'll use grand piano and stuff it's not like they're using ancient instruments but then they just keep it chill those are like a xylophone like the vibes is that what that is

yeah like the mallet I love it so this song came out, and people say that the Shell Bar in Hawaii, Hawaii Village, is a possible birthplace of the cocktail. Fucking Hilton, man. Blue Hawaii.

Wait, wait, wait. Where's the Shell Bar? I think the Shell Bar is long gone, but when we went to Tropics and we had the Blue Hawaiiaii yeah yeah um it was there and i'm not gonna mention conrad hilton's offspring whatsoever no good uh yeah so this this was a drink that like they were playing that song a lot i guess at the shell bar and then um they said hey let's name this drink after it okay they said uh now let me see here you probably want to know what's in this thing okay uh let's see uh here we are one drop white rum one drop galliano one drop

triple sec one drop oh my god i'm i'm reading this sorry i'm reading the yellow bird recipe if you're going to make it for a yellow bird, bird proportions, right? You have the human proportion. Yes, of course they do on IBA. They always do or proportions first and then take a second and do the

conversion. Yeah. It was great with a seed. Yeah. Serve in half of peanut shell. All right. Ingredients. Enough goofing off.

Yeah. 30 milliliters white rum. 15 milliliters Galeano. I, in this case, am using... Sambuca? Sambuca, that's right. You got Galeano. Yes, but I have Sambuca instead.

Oh, yes. Yes, but no. 15 milliliters triple sec. 15 milliliters fresh lime juice method. Pour all ingredients in the cocktail shaker. Shake well with ice. Strain into chilled cocktail glass. Now, we are then going to garnish with nothing. Oh, yes.

Mustn't forget. So this is served up. This is served up this is served up no ice i bet you could probably throw a little bit of a lime garnish on there i'm not gonna have to if you're gonna garnish with nothing oh me too i'll tell you i like this iba recipe is cool because it's like it looks it's kind of like a little uh like a daiquiri or a sour kind of a thing that's then got got uh galeano in the mix and and which is yellow and that's probably why it's got this name when i i looked around like youtube to see what other see if i could get a visual for this drink and the the recipes are

all over the place like most bartenders make this with 99 bananas. That stuff? That's the thing I saw, too. And pineapple juice and apricot brandy and all kinds of crazy shit. I've never seen recipes vary more than this drink. But this IBA recipe is nice and stiff and straightforward. And the math is easy. It's like two parts rum and then one part everything else. And then also I get to use the Galliano that's been gathering dust for six months. Ever since we bought our Galliano bottles, I've noticed it's this Italian liqueur that tastes a little bit licoricey, a little vanilla-y.

But what it's really known for is being the funny bottle that is sitting and being not used at every bar. is being the funny bottle that is sitting and being not used at every bar. And every bar that I've been to this summer, I've looked and there is like a half empty, huge prong of yellow Galeano just sitting there. So it's nice. That's probably the main purpose other than feeling like you're on a little Caribbean getaway. The reason to have a yellow bird is to get through that bottle.

If you bought one for the Harvey Wallbanger. Yeah, that's the last, that's the only thing you're going a little Caribbean getaway. The reason to have a yellow bird is to get through that bottle if you bought one for the Harvey Wallbanger. That's the only thing you're going to do. Oh, and I saw on other sites to serve it in a coupe glass. This is a very... I feel like it's going to taste kind of tiki-ish, but it

does not have a tiki look. We can get into that after we make it. Great. Love it. Folks, we'll be back. Peace. You know what to do. And we're back with yellowbirds. Hey.

We've got them in hand. Looking good. A bird in hand, eh? Yes, yes. I already like this, the idea that a Caribbean vacation drink is like up in a coupe glass. It's nice. You like it? I kind of wish it had a little more going on.

But I like that it's like a fancy, like I would drink this in a tuxedo. Oh, I see. And also, I have to, in this scenario, rent a tuxedo from Friar Tux. You guys have Galeano, or Galeano? Yeah, yeah. Yeah, my Galeano is

Sambuca. You know, I just cannot get that word. I always want to say Sakura, but... You can. But. I always want to say Sakura. You can. You can if you want. But I don't want to because it's not what I'm talking about. Sambuca.

I'm looking right at it. And it's clear. Is that at all similar to Galeano or did you just pick it? Oh, Jeff, we've gone over this time and time again. I couldn't find Galeano all those months ago. So I looked online and Sambuca is close. Gotcha, gotcha. Yeah, they kind of offer you...

And why would I pick Sambuca as the pick? Well, if it's correct. It is, but I wouldn't guess it. Anyway, my point was that I am sick of doing this podcast with you if you won't listen to what I buy. I am sick of doing this podcast with you if you won't listen to what I buy. My point is the Sambuca is clear, so this has more of a white wine look to it.

Yeah, more of a white bird. And it's in a white wine glass, so that really helps. And Tim, you got a nice coupe. Yeah, well, Jeff, I bought a set of fancy coupe glasses with a gift card given to you you know give it to me by you for my fucking wedding dude oh yes yes yes I remember that that place rules barkeeper gift card to own it's the best if folks if you want nice coupe glasses all you got to do is find a life partner and settle down and Jeff will give you a nice big fat gift card. You can buy all the shit you want. Man, I had so much fun.

I bought like a bunch of bottles of stuff and a bunch of bitters and all the, and my Hawthorne strainer. They got it all. Oh, was this, was this before, like this was soon after your wedding? You got this? No, this was like, I took for, I took like years to get around to going through my wedding gifts. And back then we had no idea that we would have a cocktail podcast. Yeah, can you believe it? Maybe it was the thing that planted the seed.

Maybe it was all of our just social heavy drinking. You know what I'll say about those coop classes? What if we did a reboot of, the three of us did a reboot of Hanging with Mr. Cooper And it was about us drinking Fancy drinks Learning basketball from a glass How about we do a reboot of My foot in your ass if we don't drink this thing

Hey that didn't go over the first time Sips Let's do it Smells like licorice Hey Okay Let's do it. Smells like licorice. Hey, okay. Yes. The tongue is doing something here.

It's a little bit like, eh. Okay. Here's what you're doing. It's like you're getting like your daiquiri or like your gimlet, you know, or your like margarita, one of those sours. But the Galeano is given a just little pings how, make it a little fancy. That's right. It's like the way that in that Hemingway daiquiri, the maraschino Luxardo makes you go. That's interesting.

Yeah. It does taste like a Mike and Ike, doesn't it? Yeah. Which one is which Mike and Ike? God damn it. I've done this before. A good and plenty. That's what. Yeah. It does taste like a Mike and Ike, doesn't it? Yeah. Which one is which, Mike and Ike? God damn it, I've done this before. A Good and Plenty, that's what I meant. Similar shape, capsule. Actually, this, if you put... Pellet.

If you took a packet of each, Mike and Ike's and Good and Plenty's, and you chomped them at the same time, you'd get this, because it is citrusy. Oh, yeah. Hey. I remember having Mike and Ike's, damn it, Good and Plenty's as a kid and saying, what's in there? And I sucked off all the candy part and I was shocked and disappointed to find a little a little black licorice shaft. Oh, in the Good and Plenty. Yeah. Yeah. That is disappointing.

That's what's inside. Yeah, they're good and there's plenty of them. You know when you go into a little British store and you pick out the candies and you say, I remember these. Oh, I do, mate. Yeah. You know the place in Santa Monica where we went one time? It's like the King's Head or something like that.

Yeah, yeah. Is it King's Head? Yeah. We had a funny job where we had to dress as british beef eater royal guards buckingham palace guard yeah guards and like the big hats the free hats and the red suits we were doing an airline promotion so we were dressed in those suits as our sketch group the birthday boys we were wearing those suits and then we had flip-flops on and we were like you can can fly down to Nunda.

I think it was Australian airline. New Zealand Air maybe? It was New Zealand Air. Going to England. It was an advertisement for cheap rates to England. Yes. Bit of a walk, yeah. Funny little job for us to have just yelling at passersby.

But then that day we went into that British pub and I went back there the other day and it's so fun to go through all the British candies and say, Oh, a crunchy bar. Oh, another crunchy bar. But I was thinking again, a lot of that shit is like licorice. Much like how a lot of liquor is licorice. And me and Jessica bought some of these. Do you know these candies? They're like, they almost look like a little shrunken cake.

They're like layered and they're multicolor pastel. Okay. And they look really fun. And then you bite into it and it's a fucking good and plenty. Every, every, every, can't get away from it. There's too many things that taste like that. Is licorice and liquor, is there a, something there that we didn't put together? I mean, I think we learned it all backwards. We grew up as kids thinking black licorice is a weird flavor. And then as adults here, we are tasting

every liqueur in the world and saying it tastes like black licorice. I think the reverse is the truth where there were a bunch of weird liqueurs in the world. And then candy companies said, what if we make something called licorice? What if we get kids hooked on it? It's liquor. It's liquor. Like it's liquor ish. But let's not spell it that way.

No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.

Licorice. Licorice is licorice. Well, I'll tell you guys what. I'm going to take a big old sip. Doesn't taste like anything. Oh, yeah, right. You can't taste anything.

Oh. I get a little irritation in the back of the top of the roof of my mouth that just lets me know it's not water. Other than that, it just tastes cold. Weird. Wait. So, so like for real, there's so much taste in here because we're talking lime,

we're talking licorice. It's all over the place for us. Tim, it's lost on me. So you're just getting cold. I can tell that it's not water. So let me ask you this. You can tell it's not water. When we taste,

when we say the tastes are like bebopping and scatting all over our mouths, very common phrase, but without taste, are you not getting any like, because I'm like, ooh, that lime is sour up front. Oh, the Galeano is bitter in the back. You're not feeling any of that? It's funny because it's not all or nothing. I keep going to these um spicy almonds that i

have my thai chili lime oh yeah i love blue diamond almonds that i love so much yeah and i can't taste them and it breaks my heart that's the most taste-packed thing because and then but i i had a raw i had a red onion and i could kind of taste that because that's like really strong. But, um, no, it's like, they've all sort of like, I think they come and go at different times. Like they say citrus comes back first, for example. Um, but yeah, it's like different parts of your tongue wake up at different times. I don't know. Could you like lick a turd and not taste it? I could. Have you been all week? Did you? There's a pile of licked turds behind you.

Did you, Jeff? Earlier today, I went and I was standing outside your bathroom window and I heard... Nothing. Nothing, damn it. Damn it. Oh, I wish I wish. Oh, if I could just taste turd. If I could just

once taste turd. I heard somebody saying that you know those rolled up Oh, if I could just taste turd. If I could just once taste turd. I heard somebody saying that, you know, those rolled up little rolly Mexican chips called like Takis. They're very similar to Flamin' Hot Doritos. Like it's kind of what they got some flavor. Yeah. I heard someone saying that that was how they knew they had COVID. They were eating a bag of those and they were getting no flavor. Cause that's probably the most like flavor packed bite of food you could

possibly have. Oh yeah. What about flavor blasted goldfish? There you go. Well, they're not as blasted as Takis. Oh, I can't taste shit.

I'll update you going forward. That sucks, man. I'm so curious to hear your final thoughts on this drink. Yeah. It's wet. Well, I mean, the last one was pina colada, which I had to sort of put a pin in that one.

Oh, hey. Oh. Is it possible you were in the early stages? No. No. It tastes like metal to you, right? Because I later made a good pina colada with that stuff. You had the real cocoa.

Yes. Looks like cum. We have since then learned that it's like the most common everybody knows about a certain common tiki confusion um is it it's a common tiki confusion what was that the first time that came up a common tiki confusion was it was it blue hawaiian and yes blue hawaii yes the blue hawai Hawaii versus the Blue Hawaiian. Well, another common confusion is trying to make a pina colada and using, you confuse the creme de coconut with the coconut creme or whatever. And one of them doesn't have sugar. And you made yourself a big glass of food instead of a sweet treat. I'll tell you what I did, though. I later made myself, I got the rest of that can.

I made chicken tikka masala in a slow cooker. Nice. Very nice, Jefferson. Oh, sorry. Curry, not tikka masala. We'll allow it. Yeah, you're allowed. I learned that tikka masala was invented in London

because there had been tandoori chicken in India. But then the Indian immigrants, you know, during the British Empire, the Indians that ended up in London knew that British guys love gravy. So they're like, let's put a creamy sauce on the Tandoori chicken. I've heard that. Yeah, the Indian food we know in America is much different than the Indian food in India. Like it's all it's probably that that same idea you're talking about. It's like been made in American eyes. That's a tale as old as time, I feel like. Sure.

You know, you go to China, they don't have rice. I don't know. They don't have rice. They don't use rice. They don't have Panda Express over there. You know what I'm saying? That's right. Well, they don't have any of our, they don't have chop suey.

They don't have Kung Pao. They don't have orange chicken. They don't have egg rolls. They don't have any of it. So there's that. Damn. I'm impressed, Jeff, that you did some homework on that pina colada.

You know, my didn't come out great. Next one. I'll get next one. Well, because a pina is like the most, I was looking forward to that. Ah, yes. I mean, that's a classic. How could I fuck that up?

That was the worst fuck up I've had on the pod. In general, it's a funny thing with this podcast where I'm sure you, the listener, click on what sounds like a fun episode. Oh, pina colada. That'll be a party. And then you hear a bunch of guys in their late 30s going, I don't know. This is no good.

Do you think we would have done better on that episode if we had titled it Pizza A Lotta? Yeah. Yeah. If you like pizza a lotta and and pepperoni and a pepperoni. Now, sorry, I got the phrasing. No, it's fine. I did. Why do I need to correct you on that?

It's fine. It's all wrong, too. And doing it in such a like shitty way. Just redoing it. No, Jim. Let me take that back. Yeah. I don't know what to,

oh, what I was going to say about this little drink, when I heard of it and saw the picture, I thought to myself, this is going to be like a little like pinky in the air dessert drink or something that you have at a more of a royal event. Yeah. Yeah.

Upper crust. But it's bridging the gap. It's got a nice fruity tropical taste but i i am i really shook the shit out of mine and i really used a lot of ice and i'm really happy with how it mellowed out i uh i'm such a fan of rum and lime now because really really cuba libres i'm those are part of my repertoire now oh yeah and so this is uh i'm jealous of all the things you guys are tasting ping-ponging around those taste buds of all the drinks we've had on this pod what what has made it into your repertoire cuba

libre is the perfect one to learn and you got the stuff around, rum, Coke, lime. The lime really kicks it up a notch. I've made a lot of tequila sunrises because I'm kind of at a loss for – Oh, that's a good one. I like a nice happy hour drink, and there's not too many drinks. You know, you can't have a martini when it's hot and light outside, so a tequila sunrise is pretty nice. I'll tell you what. I don't make mixed drinks at the house. I just don't do it.

Mike, you say that on the air? You say that to us? I say that to you. But what I will do now is when I go out to a bar with a professional at the wheel, I say, yes, give me the Cosmo. Yes, give me the Tom Collins. Yes, yes, yes. So when you're at home, you're watching a movie and you're having 11 cans of Miller High Life.

That's right. You don't even do like old fashions? I feel like old fashions are so many. No, I don't do old fashions. I don't do anything. Damn. I live in New York City now, Jeff. I go out. I don't catch COVID Delta and stay inside for two weeks. I'm on the move.

Well, yeah, I know. I haven't been... Sorry to bring you down. No, yeah, I know. It's tough. It's funny because when they told me I had to quarantine, I was just like, yeah, quarantine, no problem. I've been practicing that all year. And then you... It's like, no, no, no. This is for real.

You can't fucking leave. Or, you know, I walk around the neighborhood outside with a mask and avoid people. Trust me, you know, I walk around the neighborhood outside with a mask and avoid people. Trust me, you're doing them a favor. When it's the real deal, it's different. Here's what we're going to do, Jeff. You come out to your front stoop.

I'll be social distanced. I'll come out and I'll kind of entertain you for a whole day sometime. You put on a show across the street. I'll do some of my old sketches for the birthday boys show. Hey, folks, let's talk about the contemporary family. across the street. I'll do some of my old sketches for the birthday boys show. I could, you know, hey folks, let's talk about the contemporary family.

That's a family. Jeff loves it like he's never heard it before. Hey Jeff, do I even have to say it? I'm laughing. I'm just spewing the fucking. Hey Jeff, guess who's a boo guy?

Keeping the beat. Yes, yes. Yes, my boy. Speaking of drinking those beers, I don't even keep beer in the house anymore i don't drink anymore yeah okay that's good that's healthy that's good you're doing great for me well i do but i drink a lot when i go out yeah that's a problem yeah yeah buying cigars you forget about sure sure what am i drinking in the house i don't have beers here i have seltzers here and then i i have a lot of just like vodka on the rocks but lately i've been trying to get through our stuff so i i have all of our like amaros and

amarettos and i've been doing those on the rocks and it's kind of fun hey if you want me to uh throw another bombshell at you, I think this yellow bird is loosening me up. I don't even like seltzers. I hate that shit. I don't drink that shit. I hate those. Okay, Mike, you're cut off.

Mike, you're easy there. On Viv's Topo Chico. Mike, put the drink down. I don't drink them because I don't like them. Okay. Oh, no. Do you like normal? Folks, he's kidding. Yeah, folks.

He doesn't know what he's saying right now. Way up in the yellow bird tree. Look at me. Oh, look at me. It's only yellow birds for him. Man, have you guys ever got a third of a yellow bird in Hereford? What? That guy gets fucking crazy.

Michael. I'm going to, I'm next time I'm going to have yellow birds. I'm like, hey guys, I'll see you later. I'm going up the yellow bird tree. Just by yourself? Yeah. Hanging out with the cuckoo birds. What about a normal Topo Chico in a glass bottle?

You drink that. I don't drink that shit either. Mike! Mike, come on. You fuck. Now you're being a shock jock. You fucking. I've never had one.

T-Man, when we got the pineapple juice for Pina Colada. Oh, the match has started. That was my travel toothbrush on my coupe glass to announce that I had finished. Put that back in your dob kit. Put that down. When I got that pineapple juice, because I got like a big old jug of nice organic stuff. Word. And I was like, well, I'm not not gonna make a million pina coladas but what i did was uh poor man singapore slings

oh you know like i found out that like gin and pineapple juice is so good and it's just like really anything else you throw in that is gonna work and that's what we thought about that that um singapore sling is like it's really just gin and pineapple and then they had like benedictine or maybe some grenadine or something like grenadine or whatever you got some extra like any sort of juice any sort of spice works and uh that's smart how you get rid of all that extra pineapple baby because that's i feel like throwing out pineapple juice is like more of a sin than like, yeah. Some normal ass stuff.

Yeah. Every time I pour it out, I say a little prayer to Bob Dole. This is the politician. He's, he's probably the same Dole, right? Yeah.

Yeah. Politician and pineapple. Don't overthink it. I, I, uh, one time was in Oahu and I went to the dole plantation and rode around on a little train. And it's so fun. And you see these pineapple farms and you buy dole stuff.

But then you realize like, oh, it's like not even a functional farm. It's just for that. Like they're growing. They're growing pineapples like acres and acres of pineapples so that I, a tourist, I'm like, look at that, honey. Can you believe it? But that's not actually where they export the pineapples from anymore. I went on vacation with my parents to Eleuthera in the Bahamas in part of our driving around. I forget what the name of the town was, but as you're entering this one town, I'm going to make it up. It'll be like,

welcome to Franklin, home of pineapple on the sign. Home of pineapple? I took a picture of the sign because I thought it was so charming. And then like all the gift shops are like pineapple themed. It was very charming.

Well, pineapple is not indigenous to Hawaii in the same way that palm trees are not indigenous to LA. You know, it's like they brought them in and they brought them in big time. I wonder where the pineapple started. And they say that the pine tree, uh, the palm trees are all going to like die because they can't reproduce. And they only have like 110 year life. I may be making up, I'm making up the year, but like, it'll be funny when when that when the due date comes and just all the palm trees die in l.a jeff remember on our street when we lived together there was

the that big palm tree where the like huge palms were i guess like dying and falling off the front they would one fell through somebody's car windshield they will kill you they're heavy palm fronds are sharp and heavy and they will like they could like cut yeah that freaked me out so much when i first got to la i'd see those laying in the street i'm like what the fuck is that because before they fall they change color so you'll just see like this huge like like brown giant orange animal laying in the street and you're like what the hell is that but yeah they'll smash cars and it's it's nuts duds we were down at usc recently and i pointed out to you the original

la palm it's still there what really the first one the first one from the first generation of palm trees imported to la is planted at exposition park by the fountain and all the, all the palm trees around here are descendants of like this first. Is it huge? Also, he's sort of like the Genghis Khan of palm trees. Yeah. He's kind of like the, like the,

the bull that has impregnated thousands of cows. Um, no, it's one of those really tall, skinny, skinny ones that flaps in the breeze. Um, but I don't like, I like ones, you go out to Pasadena, you see a nice stubby fat palm. That's the one for me.

Dang. Well, let's make a, are you guys doing second rounds of this? Sure. I'm slow drinking on this. It's a slow sipper for me. I'm going to do a second round because I don't want to tip my hand on the final thoughts, but I fucking love this drink. Whoa, I think we know what the final thought is okay okay

folks we'll be back we'll BRB segment three folks we're back Segment three. Folks, we're back. Hotly anticipated. And Dutton's shirt has come off. I'm hot. I can't turn on my AC when we're recording.

So it's not a COVID thing, it's an AC thing. Yeah. Yeah. Well, should we talk turkey, as they say? Yeah, you got turkey to talk? Yeah. I like this drink. My final thoughts?

It is an order again. Probably not two in a row. This is a slow sip for me. Oh, yeah. And I do like the smell. You're a little swayed by the smell as you drink, because you smell the liquor. Mike, you just make me jealous and enraged.

Yeah, because you've got no smell to sway. No smell to be swayed. We should do a parody of Soul to Squeeze. I got a smell to sway. Be honest. Do you think we're going to do that? Do you think we are going to do it? No, but I think maybe one of the Patrons might, and we'll

play it on the show if you do. We've said it before. Soul to Squeeze by the Red Hot Chili Peppers is the best song on the Coneheads soundtrack. Oh, yeah. It's funny, like, Soul to Squeeze didn't make it on, what was it, Blood Sugar Sex Magic? We should ask little Mookie B. He knows all this shit.

Blood Sugar Sex Magic had so many bangers. They were like, no, we can lose Soul to Squeeze. Wasn't that album like 22 songs, too? Yeah, which is The Curse of the Chili Peppers. They're all like 16. Yeah. Yeah. They fucked up anyway soul to squeeze is great hey here are my final thoughts man this thing is good it's cold folks it's cold at least at least he's confident this thing is cold and i'm like halfway through it. I am feeling it.

Oh yeah. Well, that's, yeah, that's a funny thing to just like, Oh, not taste liquor. But all of a sudden you're like,

Whoa, I'm drunk. You, you can buy all the cheapest liquor while you have this sickness and you can drink pop off dog. Oh, you get a crystal palace vodka. I'll say this.

Uh, it just, I learning about myself. I didn't even make a second round because I made a double the first time. But when I like the taste, I drink, drink, drink it down. Right. And when it doesn't taste like

anything, I'm content to just take a sip and put it down for minutes at a time. Who needs final thoughts? Tim? Sleeper hit for me. I don't know what i was expecting but i love it another round yes two rounds in one night order again no appointment i'm drinking this thing left and right because it's it's this is what i want where it reminds me of the hemingway daiquiri where you you have a classic sour in a little stem

glass but it's got one fancy thing going on and I'm going to make these you know what I'm going to go I'm going to vow right now I'm going to make these every night for the rest of my life you don't got to put on a show for us morning noon and night there you go

well there you go hey let's wrap it up, huh? No, let's do a quiz. Wait, who's got a quiz? Oh, are you ready for the bird quiz? No, are you serious? Squawk, squawk. Jeff, you must read your email.

Your text. I texted you, Jeff, that I had a quiz I worked on. Oh, you must read your email. Chirp as two. I texted you, Jeff, that I had a quiz I worked on. Oh, boy. You're too busy licking everything in sight to see if your damn flavor's back. I got turds to lick, man. Yeah, turds to lick.

Okay, but yeah, you want a quiz. Who doesn't want a quiz? Quizzes are fun as fuck. Yeah, no, I love a quiz. Shit. Okay, so we had a drink quiz shit okay so we we had a drink if you recall we had a drink called the yellow bird and now it's time for the bird quiz where you two are going at head to head with a bunch of bird questions from me yeah and you nice blurt out the answer you don't buzz in you don't have to say your name oh it's a blurt fest great it's a blurt all blurt would you call this a bird a lanch

we haven't done a lanch in a while yeah that's good it's just the one java it's a feather lanch bird kano no see tim this i mean i know. I haven't, we haven't even heard question number one from the quiz yet, but the aforementioned bird watching chat on the discord is going to be loving this shit. Ooh, that'd be cool. Wait till you hear my question. Okay, okay, forget it. Forget it, forget it, forget it.

I'll probably whiff entirely on that front. But here we go. You guys ready? Do you have your wits about you? Yes. Yes. Sound mind. Well, number one, this guy is a bona fide.

What? Larry Bird. Yes. What the? Oh, okay. Hey, that's a blurt that's a good boy are you good very good blurt I was gonna say he's a

bona fide Boston dribbler but you didn't even need oh yeah that's I well okay okay here we go we'll keep it moving despite its name this pelican movie is actually quite brief yeah that's good that's good that's good okay this lady is a famous radio lady but she was also an actor robin quivers yeah fuck i was gonna say that god she was also an actor. Robin Quivers. Yes. Oh, shit. Fuck. I was going to say that. God damn it. She was also what? Now, Jeff, you were going to say it.

I could give you a side point. Oh, I'll take it. What was the end of the question, though? She was also an actor in the film Private Parts. Good. No, you don't get a side point. Mike, you're winning 2-1. God damn it. Damn. Next time I'm going to say it, I'll just say it side point. Mike, you're winning 2-1. Here we go. God damn it. Damn.

Next time I'm going to say it, I'll just say it. He really just shut you down. Here we go. This guy, well, you might say, is the foremost indie rock whistler. He's an indie rock. Andrew Bird. Yes. Andrew Bird. Larry's cousin.

I've got two fun facts about Andrew Bird. One. Can they wait? No. Mike, they are urgent pressing matters. First one is that he did the whistle in the the that muppet movie that came out a few years ago that there was a big whistle at the end and they needed a fancy whistle and they got andrew bird another fun fact about andrew bird you wouldn't expect

this he's a favorite of our friend Mike Mitchell. Okay. Who is less into indie rock than Mitch? And Mitch likes Andrew Bird. Isn't that interesting? I don't really know what Andrew Bird sounds like. I mean, he's like an indie rocky whistly guy. Anyway, I guess you guys didn't really like my fun facts, but moving on. You know who they should have got is Bjorn. Yes, but what about Peter and John?

They can stay out of it. They can whistle up. They can whistle up. Okay. All this bird-named lady wants to do is have some fun. Sheryl Crow. Yep. Ah.

Yeah. Bagels. Ha-ha. I'm thinking Cindy Lauper. Still got it. What's a Lauper bird? Well, I'm going to lose this point. a Lauper bird well I'm gonna lose this point

don't take it as a given but this lady's last name is Givens Robin Givens yes who is Robin Givens are you you're phrasing it as a Jeopardy answer she's a

lady whose last name is Givens, but her first name is more bird-like, you might say. Moving on. You must admit that this guy is the guy who did Iron Giant. Brad Bird. Bird, Red Bird. Yep, Red Bird. Jeffy got it, but Mike, congrats for being right there and agreeing.

Thank you. George H.W. Bush's VP? Dick Cheney? George H.W. Bush's. Fuck. God. Damn it. Dan Quayle.

There you go. Michael is back on the spell potato. Huh? And he's ruling my country. I remember reading that in Mad Magazine, and I was like, Mom, he can't spell potato. And your mom's like, can you? I gotta go. Can you, you little shit?

I can't spell anything. I'm just a boy. I'm just a boy. I'm just a boy. I'm just your little son. This woman went to college with us. Lady Bird? No. This woman went to college with us

and her last name is the type of bird that is a carrier. Laura Pigeon. Laura Pigeon. Fuck. Laura Pigeon, yes. Yep. Laura Pigeon, hope you're listening. Great.

It was great going to college with you. She's not. Okay. A finch may be a bird. Yes, that is true. But as far as a verb for an action commonly performed by finches, look no further than this late actor's name. And he's the actor who played Atticus Finch.

What the fuck? Gregory Peck. Yes. Damn. Yes, yes. Damn. Oh my God. Damn. Honestly, all those words just piled into my head and were like rolling around.

And that's what came out. I hope you caught every single one of them. There was no causal relation between any of the words. No, it was actually really tightly written. There's no other way of economically wording that. Okay. When I was a kid, I had a pet bird that I named

after this Garden State rocker who doesn't have a bird name. Bruce Springsteen. There you go. Bruce Springsteen. And finally, this Major League Baseball team and finally this major league baseball team when i was a kid i was under the impression they were called the oreos oreos there you go that's a tie but it's going to mike that was not a tie uh who wins the final thing? The winner of the bird quiz, squawk, squawk, chirp,

is Jefferson Dutton. Congratulations. Yeah, I knew it. With how many? I could feel it. He won by one. It was something like- No bonus, no sides?

No bonus? Six, five. Not necessary. I did have one question that I cut from the list because, Mike, you made a joke, but I was going to say this PBS character is, shall we say, not small. Oscar the Grouch. Here's a fun fact that might put me in the winner's circle. And I've told you guys already before.

Wait, we can get in the winner's circle with fun facts? Yeah, if you have a fun fact about the quiz. Okay, let's hear this fact. I'm listening close, Mike. Good luck. The mascot for Twitter, the bird, is named Larry because one of the CEOs is a big Celtics fan. Michael, that is an interesting and funny fact,

but it has been shared on the pod before, so you remain outside of the winners. All right. Well, here's another fun fact about birds. The reason, the goddamn reason that flamingos are pink is because they eat shrimp. Wait, really? Yes.

And where do they get those? From a fucking Cinnamon Toast Crunch box? Wow, that's, hey, that is topical. That's 2021's dish. Eat shit, Jensen Karp. And by the way, fuck off. Wow. It's time to wrap this up.

Yeah. Wrap it. Wrap it and clap it. Hey, if we were doing the fish quiz, we could probably add Jensen Karp to that one. We're not doing the fish quiz. We're doing the squawk, squ chirp chirp tim i really thought you were gonna have a ladybird question in there i should have and i think i made this whole quiz i couldn't really decide how many times the answer

was gonna be bird or a type of a bird thunder your car tim no notes on the quiz fantastic i had a great time yeah that was fun you won jeff so yeah you're happy you're pleased as punch notes on the quiz. Fantastic. I had a great time. Yeah, that was fun. You won, Jeff, so yeah, you're happy. You're pleased as punch. Mike, on the other hand, he's in a living hell right now. No, I'm still having fun. I still got some yellow bird to drink. Squawk, squawk. Hey, I'll see you guys high atop the yellow bird tree.

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