Bismuth subsalicylate: for those hot summer days
July 26, 2006 5:01 PM Subscribe
"Years ago, when I worked for outlandishly hirsute rockers The Cure, the band wouldn't tour without stocking up first. I'd be at my desk, and the call would come in. 'Fraser? We're in Rio, and we've run out of Pepto. Can you Fedex us a crate?' And so I would." How to make Pepto-Bismol ice cream.
An ice-cream that can turn one's stomach, and then instantly relieve its own discomfort... genius.
posted by Robot Johnny at 5:25 PM on July 26, 2006
posted by Robot Johnny at 5:25 PM on July 26, 2006
To riff on Robot Johnny: the perfect desert for the lactose intolerant.
posted by stonedcoldsober at 5:30 PM on July 26, 2006 [1 favorite]
posted by stonedcoldsober at 5:30 PM on July 26, 2006 [1 favorite]
The irony is that taking Pepto-Bismol usually results in shit the consistency of ice cream.
posted by mr_crash_davis at 5:32 PM on July 26, 2006
posted by mr_crash_davis at 5:32 PM on July 26, 2006
my first reaction was disgust, after reading his account, i felt reassured, and then promptly disgusted again.
posted by nola at 5:36 PM on July 26, 2006
posted by nola at 5:36 PM on July 26, 2006
Nausea, heartburn, indigestion, upset stomach, Robert Smith, diharrea.
We didn't start the fire! It was always burning, since....
Ahem. Excuse me.
posted by Zozo at 5:39 PM on July 26, 2006 [1 favorite]
We didn't start the fire! It was always burning, since....
Ahem. Excuse me.
posted by Zozo at 5:39 PM on July 26, 2006 [1 favorite]
Monday I can't keep food down
Tuesday, Wednesday: stomach frown
Thursday puke all over town
It's Friday pepto glub
posted by cortex at 6:03 PM on July 26, 2006 [5 favorites]
Tuesday, Wednesday: stomach frown
Thursday puke all over town
It's Friday pepto glub
posted by cortex at 6:03 PM on July 26, 2006 [5 favorites]
hey, i think i've seen this guy's blog linked a few times before from various places. it's always quality.
posted by jimmy at 6:05 PM on July 26, 2006
posted by jimmy at 6:05 PM on July 26, 2006
However far away I will always Pepto.
However long I stay I will always Pepto.
Whatever words I say I will always Pepto.
I will always Pepto.
posted by chasing at 6:28 PM on July 26, 2006 [1 favorite]
However long I stay I will always Pepto.
Whatever words I say I will always Pepto.
I will always Pepto.
posted by chasing at 6:28 PM on July 26, 2006 [1 favorite]
Like, omigoth...
posted by ZenMasterThis at 7:21 PM on July 26, 2006 [1 favorite]
posted by ZenMasterThis at 7:21 PM on July 26, 2006 [1 favorite]
I'm trying to reconcile the assertion that Pepto is a "strictly
controlled medicine". Especially when you consider that its right on the shelf to buy no restrictions, and everyone and their brother make a store brand. Id like to know who is controlling it.
posted by MrLint at 7:36 PM on July 26, 2006
controlled medicine". Especially when you consider that its right on the shelf to buy no restrictions, and everyone and their brother make a store brand. Id like to know who is controlling it.
posted by MrLint at 7:36 PM on July 26, 2006
So that's what he was on about with that Fire in Cairo nonsense.
posted by shoepal at 7:51 PM on July 26, 2006
posted by shoepal at 7:51 PM on July 26, 2006
MrLint, don't diss the nanny state.
posted by rolypolyman at 8:00 PM on July 26, 2006
posted by rolypolyman at 8:00 PM on July 26, 2006
It's great how he goes to the trouble and expense of using fresh vanilla, then dumps the pepto in.
It looks pretty when it's done, though.
posted by meringue at 8:07 PM on July 26, 2006
It looks pretty when it's done, though.
posted by meringue at 8:07 PM on July 26, 2006
Long-term regular users of Pepto Bismol should know about Pepto Bismol poisoning.
posted by cybercoitus interruptus at 8:12 PM on July 26, 2006
posted by cybercoitus interruptus at 8:12 PM on July 26, 2006
Why not Pepto-Exlax swirl? You get the yin, and the yang.
Mmm... choco-bismuth-y.
posted by turducken at 8:18 PM on July 26, 2006
Mmm... choco-bismuth-y.
posted by turducken at 8:18 PM on July 26, 2006
I believe the drink "The Self Solving Problem" is made with Jagermeister and Pepto.
posted by josher71 at 8:56 PM on July 26, 2006
posted by josher71 at 8:56 PM on July 26, 2006
The version I remember was Pepto Bismol and vodka -- "The Pink Flamingo."
posted by escabeche at 9:21 PM on July 26, 2006
posted by escabeche at 9:21 PM on July 26, 2006
The creation of the recipe suggests that "bismuth encephalopathy" may already be present.
posted by missbossy at 10:41 PM on July 26, 2006
posted by missbossy at 10:41 PM on July 26, 2006
I may just try this for myself, but I think I'll be far more lazy and just blend it with vanilla ice cream to make milkshakes. Mmmm...
posted by kindle at 1:29 AM on July 27, 2006
posted by kindle at 1:29 AM on July 27, 2006
But it makes your poop turn black. Why would anyone want that?
posted by crunchland at 5:25 AM on July 27, 2006
posted by crunchland at 5:25 AM on July 27, 2006
How Goth do you want to be, crunchland?
posted by Navek Rednam at 6:17 AM on July 27, 2006
posted by Navek Rednam at 6:17 AM on July 27, 2006
Don't let your impressionable teens read this...
In my book, food without danger is like sex with a condom: it goes in the same entrance, but the experience is altogether less thrilling, less memorable, indeed less satisfying.
posted by jckll at 9:09 AM on July 27, 2006
In my book, food without danger is like sex with a condom: it goes in the same entrance, but the experience is altogether less thrilling, less memorable, indeed less satisfying.
posted by jckll at 9:09 AM on July 27, 2006
Once upon a time, Voodoo Doughnut here in Portland made a Pepto doughnut -- or, technically, as you can see from their menu, a "Nyquil Glazed and pepto-bismol" doughnut. It's now listed as "currently on hold" because the got in trouble for making food from medicine.
posted by theonetruebix at 9:19 AM on July 28, 2006
posted by theonetruebix at 9:19 AM on July 28, 2006
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