A dimly lit tiki bar that lives in your head. Each and every podcast we bring you a new exotic cocktail followed by plenty of tiki talk, exotica tunes and whatever else your loyal hosts Sunshine, Pumpkin and Starshine care to dispense. Politics, religion and current events are all free game. This podcast is not for the kiddies, so remember to get a sitter before tuning in. Mahalo.
This episode is a re post from Halloween 2009. Its like a spooky time warp for your ears. Either this show was recorded before Halloween, or you hosts have had one too many cocktails. Regardless, it's a good time in the Zen Tiki Lounge. Kalani and Sunshine are sharing stories of Halloween past. What are you afraid of? A little eerie music, some fog, a touch of candle light.
Read MoreSunshine and Starshine are getting ready for the spookiest Halloween yet. The giant punch bowl will be filled with "The Witches Minge" punch. Sure to get all your creeps and ghouls in the mood for a frightful evening in your tiki bar or any other room of the house. Just as scary is the launch of Windows 7 and the awesome videos on youtube. Have you seen the Windows 7 Launch Party? If not, you must. Quite possily one of the most horrible marketing campaigns ever thought up. But we can all sit back and poke fun at the retardedness. We give you plenty of other reasons to listen this week so tune in to hear them all. And, don't forget to tell at least one friend about the podcast so you can spread us like VD. Try "The Witches Minge"
1.5 oz passion fruit juice (you can substitute a passion fruit punch, usually in frozen section)
1 oz pineapple juice (not from concentrate, Dole)
1 oz orange juice (fresh squeezed)
1 oz passion fruit vodka
1 oz amber rum (Mt. Gay works well)
Squeeze of lemon juice
Toss everything in your shaker with ice. Pour into tiki mug filled with crushed ice. Garnish with pineapple spear. You can also make a large batch and serve in a punch bowl, float an ice ring in the punch bowl. For punch bowl, multiply recipe by 10, 20, 30 or more.
There is such a thing as a very Tiki Halloween. Sunshine and Pumpkin give some tips and thoughts on how to add a very special exotic touch to your Halloween festivities. And lets not forget our tirade on those stupid parents of Balloon Boy. The Heene family is one f'd up bunch of people. Those poor kids.
Read MoreAloha and welcome to the only tiki bar that lives in your head. On this weeks podcast we discuss the sometimes frowned upon delicacy known as SPAM. Not really into processed pig? Thats OK. Try our cocktail of the week first, the Mayan Mai Tai. Then try the SPAM. Pumpkin also takes us on another walk through the wonderful world of natural healing and shares some awesome new Halloween trends. Do you need dead babies for your yard? We got you covered. Sunshine introduces listeners to a new online radio station, similar to Pandora but this one has lots of exotica. Check out Slacker radio online or on your mobile phone. Slacker has over 3,000,000 songs, and some of them are even real exotica. Since we took a week off we made sure to answer plenty of listener mail and give some advice for those of you who asked. Mahalo and enjoy the show.
Mr. Prez sure has been up to a lot the last week. Speaking on almost every topic but the one most near and dear our hearts. Where is the political policy on tikinomics? What about the economy of a cocktail based culture. Surely Obama must have time to work out these important issues? Well, if he doesn't WE DO! So lets start with a super stomach satisfying ginger based drink. A little mint, some passion fruit and get ready to have your socks knocked off. Now that your toasted its time for Pumpkins latest installment of healing remedies. This week is parsley. Not just for your plate, but also great in juice and wine. Yep, WINE! Sunshine and Pumpkin also discuss how each of us can save our local tiki bar, fight stupidity, teach children that they can fail and learn from it, and much more. Make a Mingie Gingie for yourself:
1.5 oz Canton Ginger Liqueur
.5 oz Appleton white rum
1 oz fresh lemon juice
1/3 oz passion fruit syrup
1 large mint leaf torn into 8-10 pieces
Toss everything in a shaker with crushed or cracked ice. Shake very well until the shaker is too cold to hold. Strain into a rocks glass filled with crushed ice. Garnish with mint and a long piece of curly lemon zest.
What a special show we have for your this week. Sunshine and Pumpkin are giddy with excitement over our new favorite drink. If you are looking for that perfect cocktail to impress your friends and family this holiday season....It's the Pineapple Upside Down Cocktail. Sure, it takes a little fuss to mix one up but you won't be sorry. Pumpkin gives us her second installment of home cures with a zen twist. Now you know that olive oil is for your butt and honey is for the mouth and nipples. Sunshine takes us back to childhood with a tiki version of Mad Libs, that wacky fill in the blanks game we used to play as kids. Other rants include stupid people that shop at Wal-Mart, Snuggies hit the New York fashion scene and a very special phone in conversation with Ronnie, our man on the street. Ronnie calls in to give us a quick run down of Ohana Luau at the Lake in New York. Make a Pineapple Upside Down Cocktail:
Make the syrup first and set aside: 3/4 cup brown sugar 4 tablespoon butter 3 tablespoon water Put everything in a small sauce pot, melt down sugar and butter stirring constantly. As the mixture starts to heat it will bubble/boil. Continue to stir while it bubbles for at least 5 minutes so that all the sugar dissolves. Pour into a glass measuring cup for later. Syrup can be warmed again in the microwave if it gets to thick. Pineapple Upside Down Cocktail: 3oz pineapple juice 1 tablespoon of brown sugar syrup 1oz Cruzan Vanilla Rum 1oz Cruzan Pineapple Rum 1/2oz Tuaca (Italian Liquer) 1/4oz Cherry Pucker Schnapps After the sugar syrup cools, use 1 tablespoon to drizzle the inside of an irish coffee mug or any other clear glass. In a sauce pan, heat up pineapple juice, rums, and tuaca. Do not let it boil, should not be any hotter than a cup of coffee. Pour into mug. Carefully pour cherry pucker into the center of the drink, it will go straight to the bottom. The warm mixture will start to dislove the drizzled syrup quickly so serve immediately. It is easy to make 4, 5 or 6 of these at a time. Drizzle all the glasses ahead, and multiply the recipe so you can warm it all up at the same time.
Garnish with a cherry and a pineapple cube Enjoy!!!
What a discomboobulated show we have for you this week. Sunshine, Pumpkin and Starshine are all here to prove that too many hosts only leads to YELLING! We introduce a new segment to the show, Tiki News. A quick look at some of the tiki events and funny stories from around the globe and your own backyard. Pumpkin brings us a long forgotten segment, Crazy Christian Cousin. Pumpkins cousin is sending those nutty text messages about Jesus again. Starshine is perturbed with the A-hole senator that called Obama a liar at his Healthcare address. And, for good reason. Representative Joe "Im a duche" Wilson calls the President a liar regarding healthcare. Maybe Joe Wilson forgot that ALL of his campaign funding came from health care interests. Wow, we all need a drink. To keep it tiki Sunshine gives some shouts to fellow podcasters who keep us entertained with exotica and and the best sounds in lounge and space age pop. Check out Cocktail Nation with Koop Kooper and The Quiet Village with Digitiki. Great listening, interviews and advice on where to find that not so easy to procure exotica. Now thats a show. Listen, drink, enjoy!
The Zen Tiki Lounge podcast is hosted by a group of friends from our home tiki bar. The show focuses on Exotica Music, Cocktail Culture, Mid Century Modern, Kitsch and the "Island Lifestyle." Join us for a slightly inebriated trip into our dimly lit paradise.
