The Buddies squeeze some Buddha’s Hand into S’mike’s take on The New Black cocktail and then explore the inspirations and hidden, disturbing implications of the much-lauded Black Mirror episode “USS Callister.”
Then it’s on to a late-night blind chocolate taste test, which goes… not so great.
Also: Old Man Yells at Cloud meets the new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles cartoon! Cat Wars! Hilarity!
Buddha’s New Black Hand Cocktail:
Ingredients
1/4 ounce absinthe
2 ounces rye whiskey
1/2 ounce Averna Amaro
Dash orange or Angostura bitters
2 fingers of a Buddha’s Hand fruit
Directions
Place absinthe in a chilled old-fashioned glass and swirl to coat glass
Combine rye, Averna, bitters, and 1/2 cup ice in a mixing glass or a cocktail shaker
Stir until outside of shaker is frosty, about 1 minute
Strain into prepared glass
Squeeze Buddha’s Hand over drink to release oils and add to glass
The Buddies stay on the health train by chugging kombucha grapefruit margaritas while exploring the batshit insane history of Marvel’s least favorite son, Captain Marvel.
Mike also recounts the horrors of throwing his son two separate 4th birthday parties in one weekend, from which he is still recovering as you read this.
Black Mirror and Electric Dreams then get compared and contrasted. Mostly contrasted.
Also: Shitty playdates! The joys of Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (the TV show)! And the hidden costs of cutting the cord!
Grapefruit Kombucha Margarita
Ingredients:
1/4 cup Tequila
1/8 cup fresh-squeezed lime juice
1/8 cup fresh-squeezed grapefruit juice
2 tablespoons simple syrup
1/4 cup ginger kombucha (or whatever flavor works in a margarita!)
Collins glass with salted rim (or add 1 teaspoon black lava sea salt)
Instructions:
Add tequila, lime juice, grapefruit juice and simple syrup to a shaker, add ice and shake for 30 seconds
Pour into salted glass (if desired, or pour and top with salt after)
