GMMore 1826: What’s The Best Margarita Rim? Taste Test

(rooster crows) (creature roars) (wheel clicking) ♪ Welcome to “Good Mythical More” ♪ – I love the songs that go like that. ♪ We’re here from our set ♪ ♪ But right now ♪ ♪ I’m in Humboldt County ♪ ♪ And I’m about to taste some different salts ♪ ♪ On the rims of these drinks ♪ ♪ It’s not alcoholic so don’t flag us ♪ (chuckles) ♪ It’s non-alcoholic margarita ♪ ♪ Yeah ♪ – Don’t freak out, but your search history was leaked. Hey, don’t freak out. Listen, everybody’s done what you did. I mean, it just makes you human. – You’re curious. – Yeah, sometimes you need to confirm that that’s the way that the human body works. I mean, it’s okay. I mean, it’s just part of life, right? – Some things are better left to mystery though. (laughs) – Hey, listen, you Googled that because you were like, “Is anybody else thinking… Googling this right now?” Yeah, a lot of people are. It’s okay, don’t freak out. Unless you’re running for office. You know what? Actually, don’t worry about that either. (laughs) – Yeah. – That’s not a problem anymore. – Turns out it’s not. – Not a problem. – All right, so we’ve got some shot glasses, we’ve got some virgin margarita mix, and we’re gonna rimify… How do you do this? – You take the lime, and you rim it around there. – Wet? – And then you dip. – Okay. Let’s start with the… And then you pour the drink inside of it, without hitting the rim, I guess. – [Stevie] Well, ’cause you can’t do it the other way. – Can you do it? – You can’t do it the other way. – Can you do it? – ‘Cause you’ve gotta be able to do that. And I’m not playing dumb, I just never… I’m just dumb. – [Stevie] Oh. (laughs) – I’m not playing dumb, I just am dumb. Put that on a T-shirt. – [Stevie] What episode number is this that you’re clarifying that? – Listen, I’m not playing dumb. – Hey, no, Stevie, you’re supposed to say the opposite, come on. – It’s not an act. (laughing) That was funny, man. – I’m not playing dumb, I hate… I don’t drink margaritas. – [Stevie] Oh, I love a good margarita. – There’s other things that have salt rims, though. The whole reason we’re doing this– – [Stevie] Well… – Is that people serve pumpkin beer with salt and sugar rims. – Is that right? – Yeah, and you can also do… – Sugar (indistinct). – They make like a bourbon-y, a pecan-sugar, that you can… Oh gosh! – He’s not playing dumb, y’all. (laughs) – That you can put on a bourbon glass rim. – See what I mean? It’s hard to… – I don’t understand. – The weight distribution, it was fuller than I thought. – Oh, could you imagine Link as a bartender? (laughs) He’d the most frustrating bartender in the history of the world. – [Stevie] What was that, grapefruit? – This is a grapefruit salt. – Good gosh, woo. – [Stevie] Have you had this before? I haven’t had this. – Is it the tequila that’s tangy, or the- – [Stevie] There’s no tequila. There’s no tequila, everyone. It’s fake. – That is so good. – The mix, is the mix tangy? – That is grapefruit salt is a revelation. – Well, yeah, ’cause what is it– – And there’s only one of… Oh, we gotta be… I was gonna say apple lanterns. We gotta be jack-o-lanterns, man. – All right, so we’re gonna do normal salt after, we jack-o-lantern ourselves. What is it? Okay, so this makes us into a pumpkin. – Never jack-o-lantern yourself alone. Always have a buddy. Oh, I think what you’re doing makes a lot… – How did you do that? – That’s better. – You kind of push it forward. And then we’ve got these things, that then they’ll light up. Oh, gotta take these off. I’m having a hard time today. Put this on. – And then, Rhett food. Rhett food in the house. – And then… So we’ve got these. We have to light the fire inside of us. – Yeah. – Which… (Link chuckles) – And make these like fangs. – Oh, goodness! – I just wanna like… (Rhett growls) – Okay, put them off. – Put the lights off. (Rhett growls) (Link groans) (Link growls) (fake fangs clatters) (Link mumbles indistinctly) Kinda freaky. – Kinda freaky. – All right, turn the lights back on. – Kinda freaky. – This is kinda strange at this point. – I like these glasses. – Yeah, I’ma keep these glasses on, ’cause they’re not prescription. All right. So, next up we’ve got kosher salt. I’ll use the same lime. (Link smacking lips) – Doubling up on your limes, huh? – What makes salt… kosher salt kosher, Stevie? – [Stevie] It’s… Like the grains of it are bigger and it’s stronger. – Yeah, but what makes it kosher? It doesn’t have blood in it? I don’t understand. – [Stevie] Well, this is something that one who went to Hebrew school for their entire childhood should know. (Rhett laughs) – I don’t know what makes regular… I know there’s a lot of different things. – It’s just saltier. – They can make… – It’s just saltier. – Things kosher, but I thought there’s something in the process. – That one doesn’t. That one didn’t have any magic. Strawberry lime. – [Stevie] Yeah, I know it. I know the kosher process for meat. – Try that. – [Stevie] But I don’t know for salt. – Do you know that the rabbis are doing… So basically kosher factories or whatever… where they’re making kosher stuff, they have to be inspected regularly by rabbis. And they’re doing all this via video chat. I read an article where these rabbis are like they’re taking them on a virtual tour of these factories from the safety of their own home. – Okay. – To determine if things are kosher or not. – I wanna do that. I wanna get one- – So… – I wanna get little tours of plants from my own home. – The answer is this is… Kosher salt is the salt that they use when koshering meat. So kosher salt is usually kosher, but it’s called kosher salt because it’s the salt that they use. – And it’s coarser and stronger. I don’t like the strawberry lime. It’s too sweet. – It’s like a… it’s very candied. – So far, kosher’s too strong. – Grapefruit. – Grapefruit is just perfect. – So, we’re gonna move these out, ’cause we do not like these. We do not like ’em. Are we gonna discover something with… We’ll leave that there as the candidate. – I think chili lime’s gonna be good. – Chili lime. – That’d be good. – Well, we have just lime and chili lime. Let’s do lime first, then do chili lime. – We also have just have citrus. Random, regular citrus. – Oh gosh, we’ll go back to that citrus too. – This is fun! Drinks in my place! (Link groans) – So Stevie, back when you used to have people over to your home. – [Stevie] Yeah. – Would you like say like, “Margaritas for everybody!” in that voice and then start making them? – Yeah. – Whoo! – Now, do you make the drinks for everybody? Are you that person? – Good God! – [Stevie] Yeah, yeah, pretty much. Because I like scratch margaritas, so only lime, tequila, agave, and then I usually use tajin for the topper. – Oh, we’ve got that coming. – But I also will like- – Oh, you mean this stuff? – [Stevie] Yeah. – Tajin? – [Stevie] Tajin. – We got tajin. – I also… – We got tajin. – [Stevie] Really like spicy margaritas specifically, so sometimes I’ll muddle jalapeno, but then we also have this habanero extract made specifically for cocktails that comes in this little dropper. – Yeah, you do. – Ooh, so good. – Well, I was kind of expecting a “yes” or “no.” (Rhett laughs) – Yeah, right. – Just kidding. So, Cassie doesn’t make the drinks, you– – [Stevie] No, Cassie will sometimes make the drinks. She more often than not, will make like a mezcal sour, and I’ll usually make the margaritas. – Ooh, yes. I love a mezcal sour. – [Stevie] But yeah. Same scratch with mezcal sour, it’s just mezcal, lemon, and agave. – Everybody needs a friend. – Did you try the lime? – The lime’s too strong. – Lime is too strong. – Everybody needs a friend who like… I’ve got a friend who just knows how to make drinks. – Yeah. – And I feel sorry for him, because it’s like, if he’s at the party, he just kinda gets turned into the bartender. You feel bad, but then– – No, he likes it. – Yeah, he likes it, but… ♪ Chili lime time, ♪ ♪ Chili lime time ♪ ♪ Chili, chili, chili lime time ♪ ♪ Time, time ♪ – You asked for more Crystal Wash products, so, heads up, we’re releasing a new Crystal Wash mask. Protect yourself, protect other people with Crystal Wash. Grab one at mythical.com. Check it. – Ooh, I like that. Ooh, that’s contending with the grapefruit for me. I love the chili. – It’s a juxtaposition. – It’s hot. Hot and sweet! – Tangy and hot and sweet. – [Stevie] Cassie’s also the martini-maker specifically. – That takes a delicate hand. – Yeah, but that chili lime is good. Get rid of that lime. – Get rid of it. – Chili lime. These are the two that we like-y. – Where is… Well, this is citrus, where is tajin? – [Stevie] Let’s see. – And is it related to tahini? – [Stevie] No, it’s tajin specifically. – Tajin. – All words that sound similar are related. – It’s a unique blend of mild chili peppers, lime, and sea salt. – Okay. – Oh, you might like that better. – Yeah, I might. – Let’s try that one, right? Against the last one to see which one we like better. – It might have a little bit more of like a more complex, balanced flavor. That’s what we’re all about here. – All right, we’re gonna experience some tajin for the first time together. I mean, putting a little rim up there, that does make it fun. – It does make it pretty, doesn’t it? – Makes it fun. – Oh, oh, yeah. That’s better than chili lime, ’cause it doesn’t feel overpowered by the chili. – Yeah, it’s… I don’t know, but that chi… It’s strong– – It’s got a back into the spice. The spice got a little back into it. – Yeah, that’s… That’s interesting. Yeah, that one– – You just get that at the grocery store, huh? – [Stevie] Yeah. Yeah, but surprisingly, – You top the chili lime with that. – [Stevie] I’ve had it go bad somehow before so I always have to check my tajin. – Oh what does that tastes like? – [Stevie] But during this quarantine period of time, I haven’t had to check my tajin, it’s been flowing. – And how would it go bad? What does it taste like when it goes bad? – [Stevie] Pretty much the same. It’s just looks like… it looks wrong. It looks like something happened. – All right. So lastly, we’re going with citrus. – Are you making yourself more drinks this year than normal? – Oh, this is getting real Stevie, be careful. – [Stevie] Yes, for sure. But I don’t… I’m a weeknight wine person. I have a glass of wine. – I’m a weeknight wine woman. – Are you? – I’m acting like Stevie. – All right, so our final one’s citrus. Let’s down it, let’s dink it. – Let dink it. – And let’s sink it. Too much. – Tastes like fund it man. – It tastes like, oh my God! – It’s out of control. – It tastes… – All right, so– – It tastes like you’ve bitten like a grapefruit. – If you wanna have a party at your place… – Tajin. – Gets some tajin. – Get your tajina queued up. (laughing) – Or maybe some grapefruit. – Oh, yeah. – They’re both good. – Yeah. – Enjoy. – Drinks at Stevie’s house. – Ooh. – [Stevie] Bring your tajinas. (Rhett laughs) – [Narrator] Add your Mythical Crystal Wash collection with the Mythical Crystal Wash mask, available now at mythical.com.

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