Post #558265 by atomictonytiki on Thu, Oct 7, 2010 4:27 AM

On 2010-10-06 12:26, CincyTikiCraig wrote:
I noticed something about the Mai Kai's drinks, they all tend to have a wonderful viscosity. That is, they have a particularly thick and silky mouth feel, an unctuousness if you will.

That reminds me of a tale about my friend Jamie, who was invited to a Hawaiian themed garden party. So he turns up with his own tiki mug to add add a touch of proper luau authenticity to the affair. The host serves an acceptable rum punch, he drinks two mugs of punch but the third one has a syrupy texture.
He continues to drink the punch but the drink is now quite viscous and on the second to last drink the punch is now distinctly slimy.
My friend Jamie is amazed how anyone could make a drink that starts of liquid but changes its texture while you drink it. So he tips back the last swig and as he does it a dead snail clunks against his teeth. "Its amazing how much slime a snail in its death throws will produce" he said to me after.