At 7:38 AM Honduras time, SD wrote:

> the woman who owns the grocery store also has a place that she rents out
> for private functions. She sent a whole bunch of her staff through
> bartender school so things like the Blue Hawaiian, MaiTai, Tequila
> Sunrise, and Tom Collins are now available. The local pizza place is
> selling margaritas and pina coladas now. You can have a standard margarita
> or one with fresh fruit blended into it. I tried the canteloupe margarita
> the other day. Let me tell you, you can suck those down all day and it
> will be one tequila, two tequila, three tequila, FLOOR!

At 7:42 AM, she wrote:

> Ni, it's snot a milk shake. It' is extremely similar to what is known
> as a licuado in Central America. A fruit or juice based blended drink
> that can be made with or without diary products.

Been imbibing a few of those margaritas already? It's not even 8 AM! :-)

It sounds like your licuado is a bit different from the Mexican version. The
Mexican ones are mostly water, flavored with a LITTLE fruit. I've posted
about them here before, though I spelled the word "liquado" (since that's
the way the vendors spell it). I've seen and made them with various
berries, citrus, melons, or mangos. For dairy I've seen light cream or milk
powder added, though I suppose you *could* use heavy cream, milk, yogurt, or
buttermilk.

Bob