New Food Monday: In Praise of Bubu Lubu and 50 Cent Booze
Exhibit A: I'd like to introduce you to Bubu Lubu, quite possibly the greatest candy ever produced in the history of the entire world. Exaggeration? Hyperbole? Heavens no. Picture, if you will, twelve individually wrapped fun-sized bars. Each, a magical fusion of strawberry jelly candy, resting comfortably on a pillow of fluffy marshmallow, and then lovingly cloaked in delicious milk chocolate. Hammocks, honey, and Panama hats are good exports, but Mexico is blowing it by not shipping these candy bars to the rest of the free world. Here is how they fit into my day:
12:00 PM: Working.
1:00 PM: Bubu Lubu time!
1:01 PM: Bubu Lubu time!
1:02 PM: Resume work.
This takes me right up to around 8:00 or 9:00 PM, which is when we switch to another marvelous Mexican food item...
Exhibit B: The label reads "Maguey-Azo," but it is unclear whether this is a brand name, a hint about the potential ingredients, or just good advice, but this bottle of booze is a special animal. Costing about 50 cents USD per pint, this potent potable is a weak-tea brown, and features a hunk of fermented cactus at the bottom of the plastic, hand-bottled container. About 70 proof and surprisingly quaffable, Jillian found this little Mexican gem being sold out of the back of someone's house, which may or may not have also been a convenience store. While we were concerned about its drinkability vis-a-vis "seeing magical dragon hallucinations," we are brave, intrepid warriors who will try anything once. Turned out all we got was drunk. But what a value! I want a 55 gallon rusty drum of it in my kitchen!
Be sure to tune in next week for the next exciting installment of "New Food Monday" (assuming anyone likes this idea...it might need a catchier name). As you can see, it's not all roadside tacos and 27 different varieties of prepackaged mole sauce in these parts. And it's not intestinal cramp central, either. Don't be afraid! Try everything. Live well!
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cool man. i want some fermented cacti crap.
Posted by: shane | September 11, 2006 09:00 PM
I imagine that you could mix that with soda in a highball glass with some ice and call it sparkling cactus tea or some such and charge gringos $8/glass.
Posted by: Matt | September 12, 2006 03:06 AM
sure that Bubu Lubu doesn't contain lead jelly?
Posted by: yr sister sam | September 12, 2006 08:31 PM
by any other name...tequila!
Posted by: mom | September 13, 2006 05:22 PM
Bubu Lubu is a favorite of mine. They are good frozen too!
Posted by: Lizard | April 26, 2007 05:03 PM
I just picked up Bubu Lubu on a whim at my Wal-Mart in exotic Sacramento. $1.78 for 8 full-size bars.
They also had Duvalin!
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Posted by: mexican pharmacies best online | February 3, 2008 07:14 AM
My girl-friend just brought me back a 1 ltr sealed glass bottle of this Maguey Azo from Cancun and its clear. Probaby a poor man's tequila/mezcal. It's headed for a margarita slushy mix :)
Posted by: Keith | August 11, 2008 06:46 PM