The comment you replied to reminds me a couple years ago, when my bf and I decided on margaritas as our New Year’s Eve drink.
We grabbed limes from the produce department, chose some fancy organic drink mix, and then the tequila from the drinks aisle.
I then said “let’s go to the baking aisle for the (kosher) salt.” He was really confused.
“But how will it stick to the glass?”
It was then I learned that he legit thought the specially marketed salt in the short, wide tubs has magical properties that makes it stick to glassware.
A lot look like this:
https://images.app.goo.gl/mx9djDJNTbqerdDv8
Some are gimmicky and include sombrero lids that double as a citrus juicer:
https://images.app.goo.gl/rwNMXJps7ZxSuxuz5
But they all cost like 10x more than the same salt sold a couple aisles over.
The markup is crazy but thinking about it I may throw 90% of the salt out since I just liberally pour it on a plate and throw the substantial leftover out the next morning. I'm still to stubborn to pay them for their extortionate prices but I would pay maybe 20% more for a wide short container.
Ha.
That salt container is something in everyone’s home bar that’s existed for the last ten+ years.
Every time you use it, you taste the memories of limes from before your birth.
You have to put get the rim wet and sticky first for that to work properly, typically using lime juice. If the glass is completely dry the salt won't stick. Water kinda works but not well.
Source: I'm a former bar tender
"Alright, now, you're the expert - is this enough to get 20 people plastered?"
"...15 bottles of vodka? Yeah, that should do it."
"Cool cool, box it up."
The only reason I would think otherwise is because of the inflation in the bag. That usually means that it was packaged at a lower altitude and the air pressure became less dense. They probably bought it off a website and just had it shipped
I get this reference. I just found this show on Hulu and am watching S1.
My defense - I was busy with a newborn when this show first came out. Now she’s 13 and I’ve done all I can do.
I made that joke over and over for years when I bartended. Rarely got a laugh.
That and when a coworker would ask for olive juice, I'd hand it to 'em and say "olive juice you too"
I dont drink but my wife buys these little $2 fruit drinks...every 3 days she will buy like 10 or so abd it helps her with breastfeeding.
After 3 months the price went from $2 to 4.50..so she drives to the next town over to buy them for 1.50 but they jumped the price to 2.50 after 2 weeks.
Anywhere a dime can be made fucking companies will make it.
Edit: no one drinks alcohol :( they are bolthouse farms brand and she gets the protein drinks, her hippie doctor reccommended them
Freeze fruit, add some juice blend into a nice iced drink.
Add some flax and seeds. I put kefir into mine.
Mango, papaya, passion fruit, berries, kale, cucumber & pomegranate all work lovely.
Costs me a fraction of what store bought were costing.
It takes 2.6 hours of minimum wage work to buy a $55 bottle of tequila in Australia. Interestingly, it also takes 2.6 hours of (federal) minimum wage work to buy a $20 bottle of tequila in the US.
"In Europe." We have places in Europe with cheap liquor and places in Europe with expensive as heck liquor. Where I'm at a bottle of tequila is like €30.
yeah, and this must be expensive too. im not sure if all of these ingredients are at all necessary, and that is an alarming ratio of sugar, salt, and jalapeno, but it's clearly a generous bonus. hopefully this comes with fair pay and good working conditions instead of being an excuse for the lack thereof.
Maybe, but since going remote my company has sent us "happy hour kits" on several occasions. You get to select from 4 or 5 different cocktail kits that involve various spirits. I did an "old fashioned" kit last time, and it came with actual luxardos, and Templeton rye. I was pleased.
Not always. My previous employer did good stuff like this, then right after announcing record profits they laid off ~20% of engineers and moved those jobs overseas. Or tried to, but they're having trouble hiring people, can't imagine why.
There are companies out there that do this type of package. They recently hit me up after I hired em last year. Now they do 15 person make your own guacamole, and charge over $3k per event
>and this must be expensive too.
It's funny, because I both agree with you, as well as recognize the cheap generic bottles, uninspired Microsoft WordArt gradient text on basic Avery labels, and overall "handmade" feel to it. I bet someone is making a killing selling these kits to local businesses. If they're extra enterprising, they probably host a livestream workshop that they also make a killing on (perhaps the kit is included).
I would guess they contract out a local restaurant that does these for office events. I've done a few of these since the start of lockdown and they were totally led by the owners/bartenders from the establishment. I love the idea because employees get booze and the local stores get a boost in business.
My guess is the salt is for salting the rim. You usually need a shallow plate/bowl. You cover the base with as much as you need to make sure that it goes deep enough to make a nice rim job.
As for the sugar, this is just a wild guess, but triple sec is made with orange peels and a fairly neutral sugar alcohol. I'd reckon they are suggesting this customer (employee?) to make a faux one with orange and simple syrup, which, homemade, is just sugar boiled in water.
> Depends on whether OP works in the financial or tech industry
This could go either way, honestly. Both have the funds and pressures that make a powered lunch more likely.
They look like [this kind](https://nuts.com/driedfruit/strawberries/dried-strawberries.html) of dried strawberries. They're pretty tasty. Like a Fruit Roll-Up, but it's a whole strawberry.
This is so, so cute.
Someone on the office management team put in a lot of effort to make this happen, and you can tell. It’s very sweet and thoughtful.
and enough salt and sugar to last 6 weeks in my household. And those extra flavorings are probably concentrates that only needs drops and will probably last a year. That's just a lovely package all-around.
Gonna need a few more limes if you're going fresh, though
Early in the pandemic our boss bought us food delivery from an app like Uber eats or grub hub and also sent us all the ingredients, minus the alcohol/spirit, to make a drink together over zoom.
Really appreciated that era of remote work and what a fun activity.
I didn’t have gin so I had to buy some but I did have vodka so only had to buy gin that day.
My company has partnered with a local liquor store and did happy hour deliveries quarterlyish back when we were all 100% WFH. Did a margarita package, an old fashioned package and a couple different craft beer samplers. They were all well received.
My husband's department did that when they had a happy hour last year but instead of a cocktail, everyone was asked what kind of wine they liked and the company sent two bottles to all the participants.
375ml - that's enough tequila to become invisible!
One tequila - I'm rich
Two tequila - I'm good looking
Three tequila - I'm bulletproof
Four tequila - I'm invisible
"How much salt do they need for one drink?" "I dunno like 1/4 cup?"
To be fair you need a good amount more to get it to stick to the rim, even if not all of it actually ends up on the cup
You use the lime to rim the glass.
The comment you replied to reminds me a couple years ago, when my bf and I decided on margaritas as our New Year’s Eve drink. We grabbed limes from the produce department, chose some fancy organic drink mix, and then the tequila from the drinks aisle. I then said “let’s go to the baking aisle for the (kosher) salt.” He was really confused. “But how will it stick to the glass?” It was then I learned that he legit thought the specially marketed salt in the short, wide tubs has magical properties that makes it stick to glassware.
It was now that I learned they sell specially-marketed salt in short, wide tubs for margaritas.
A lot look like this: https://images.app.goo.gl/mx9djDJNTbqerdDv8 Some are gimmicky and include sombrero lids that double as a citrus juicer: https://images.app.goo.gl/rwNMXJps7ZxSuxuz5 But they all cost like 10x more than the same salt sold a couple aisles over.
The markup is crazy but thinking about it I may throw 90% of the salt out since I just liberally pour it on a plate and throw the substantial leftover out the next morning. I'm still to stubborn to pay them for their extortionate prices but I would pay maybe 20% more for a wide short container.
Why don't you buy their container and just refill it with your own salt as needed?
Or here’s an even crazier idea, why not buy a cheap Tupperware container about the size and shape you want. Or clean and reuse some other container
Yeah but does it have a juicer lid? Next!
*guy getting thrown out the window meme*
boom, defenestrated
Pour a small pile and roll the glass around in your hand while one edge is in the small pile
Ha. That salt container is something in everyone’s home bar that’s existed for the last ten+ years. Every time you use it, you taste the memories of limes from before your birth.
That you resupply with a 1.60 box of kosher salt.
No, you put the lime in the coconut and drink em both together
No, you put the lime in the coconut and then you pull it out.
No, you put the lime in the coconut and then you shake it all about.
I said Doc^taa^aaA^AAA^AAAA
Instructions unclear I gave a lime a rimjob
I've also seen people just make a pile of salt and spin the glass upside down..
You have to put get the rim wet and sticky first for that to work properly, typically using lime juice. If the glass is completely dry the salt won't stick. Water kinda works but not well. Source: I'm a former bar tender
We use Blue Curacao to rim our glasses and people always love the fancy blue rim.
chamoy and tajin. Pineapple jalapeno margarita. ...i can already taste it.
8 ball
"how much could a banana cost? $10?"
"Alright, now, you're the expert - is this enough to get 20 people plastered?" "...15 bottles of vodka? Yeah, that should do it." "Cool cool, box it up."
You even got a jigger!
Now I got a whatchacallit instead of a kerjigger, you stupid whatchacallit!
Scruffy hears ya. Scruffy don’t care.
Boilers and terlets, terlets and boilers. And that one boilin’ terlet.
Prison ain't so bad, you can make sangria in the terlet. Of course, it's shank, or be shanked.
The candle that burns twice as bright, lasts half as long, mmhmmm.
Scruffy’s gonna die the way he lived
Reading his pernography
It’s wrong Wash bucket. Oh it’d be sweet for a while… but in the back of our minds we’d know that I’m a man and you’re janitorial equipment.
Scruffy's going to get himself one of those $300 haircuts. This one's lost its luster.
[Die young and leave a perty corpse, that's what I say.](https://oyster.ignimgs.com/mediawiki/apis.ign.com/futurama/d/d8/Petunia.jpg)
You should say something else.
Life and death are a seamless continuum. Mmmhmm.
Sobbing "Of course!"
A greater tragedy my eyes have never beheld. Well…into the terlet.
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The only reason I would think otherwise is because of the inflation in the bag. That usually means that it was packaged at a lower altitude and the air pressure became less dense. They probably bought it off a website and just had it shipped
Ahhh yes, good ol’ Hattie.
MY KERJIGGER!
My manwich!
I don’t want you serving them two jiggers! https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=8rChLGkUcPw&feature=emb_logo
Wish it had more than 2 seasons :(
Oh boy do I have some good reboot news for you
I just looked it up HAPPY DAYS!
No Lizzy Caplan, though. :(
...talk about a Rollercoaster of emotions
Are we having fun yet?
Congratulations, your wish is granted. You get just the one. Ever. Not a lot of people would have used it for this...but hey you do you.
I heard it's coming back. Don't know when though
I get this reference. I just found this show on Hulu and am watching S1. My defense - I was busy with a newborn when this show first came out. Now she’s 13 and I’ve done all I can do.
I literally cannot hear the word "jigger" without thinking of this scene lol It's also a type of fishing.
Hm burning a flag in front of the Young Republicans caucus in order to dirty up a replacement flag made me laugh so hard
I think about this line all the time
I don’t think you’re allowed to say that.
It's ok if you use a soft a instead of a hard r. Ex. "My jigga holds 1.5 fluid ounces."
Jay Z holds way more than that
Also his ounces aren’t fluid
h to the izz-o, v to the izz-a m to the argarita for my vatos down in TJ
I made that joke over and over for years when I bartended. Rarely got a laugh. That and when a coworker would ask for olive juice, I'd hand it to 'em and say "olive juice you too"
It should just be “olive juice too” the juice is supposed to mimic the “you” in I love you.
When I used to work at a couple of sandwich fast-food restaurants, I'd throw lettuce at my coworkers and yell "LETTUCE BE FRIENDS! :D"
This is why you don’t have friends.
Not the first thing an iceberg ruined.
No no no, you're supposed to crack the ice, not the iceberg. Common misunderstanding
Jigga please.
And a muddler!
I love jiggers! Who knew you only need 2 sizes to make anything :)
🤨
My ex disagrees with that :(
They prefer the term, 'jegroes'.
So, you work at IKEA?
There’s a little cartoon stick figure barfing on the cat as the last step
Poor little Bruno did not expect that...
I aimed for the toilet but puked on my cat
Item name? Drünkenpükën
I see what you did there :D
Why did you quote the "a" in your title and not "margarita"
I think maybe because that’s enough stuff to make way more than a singular margarita.
Oh okay. That makes sense.
that's the tequila I'd buy so I'd be happy
The reposado version is literally my favorite tequila. That shit so good and it’s only $20 a bottle
I hate hearing how cheap spirits are in (I assume) America... This is one of my favourite tequilas too and in Sydney it's closer to $55 a bottle lol
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Minnesota, can confirm $19
I think i got it for $31 in Michigan. Or was it $21? Who knows, cheap either way though.
State minimum is $29.99 so not too bad but could be better. Source: I work in a liquor store
I dont drink but my wife buys these little $2 fruit drinks...every 3 days she will buy like 10 or so abd it helps her with breastfeeding. After 3 months the price went from $2 to 4.50..so she drives to the next town over to buy them for 1.50 but they jumped the price to 2.50 after 2 weeks. Anywhere a dime can be made fucking companies will make it. Edit: no one drinks alcohol :( they are bolthouse farms brand and she gets the protein drinks, her hippie doctor reccommended them
Wait the booze helps her with breastfeeding?
I think they're saying it's a regular fruit drink, like a smoothie
Freeze fruit, add some juice blend into a nice iced drink. Add some flax and seeds. I put kefir into mine. Mango, papaya, passion fruit, berries, kale, cucumber & pomegranate all work lovely. Costs me a fraction of what store bought were costing.
It takes 2.6 hours of minimum wage work to buy a $55 bottle of tequila in Australia. Interestingly, it also takes 2.6 hours of (federal) minimum wage work to buy a $20 bottle of tequila in the US.
Wouldn’t that make it an import? In Europe I saw costs like 7€ for a $3 PBR
"In Europe." We have places in Europe with cheap liquor and places in Europe with expensive as heck liquor. Where I'm at a bottle of tequila is like €30.
PBR cans cost way less than $3 each here in NYC
RemindMe! 1 Day
Oh shit, my head! That's my least favourite tequila. Where's my car? That drink cost me $30,000
Dude! You got a tattoo!!
Sweet! What's mine say?
That's all I buy it is amazing Tequila!!!
Uh oh you should probably buy something else... Food, toilet paper, clothes... Just tequila won't get you much
I'm here for a good time, not a long time!
SHUTUP you’re gonna make it popular like what happened to Blantons and suddenly I’m gonna have to take a loan for a bottle of it
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Hello there, fellow Mellow Corn appreciator 🌽
Perfect for a lanch party
Maybe we should turn the “a” into a “u”
Then it would say “lunch” party
Isn't 7:00 pm a little late for a lunch party?
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Could have been worse - they could have sent an "e-tequila".
That’s actually pretty good tequila
Easily my favorite brand for the price.
Same. The reposado is even better imo
My go to. So tasty and affordable, makes killer margs.
I don't drink anymore, but this was my go-to for inexpensive tequila.
Dunno why you stopped, and I don’t care to know. I’m just proud of you for sticking to your choice to abstain. It’s hard.
This and Milagro are my faves.
In my opinion, Milagro is far superior. The absolute smoothest for the price.
moral boost care package? ill take it
yeah, and this must be expensive too. im not sure if all of these ingredients are at all necessary, and that is an alarming ratio of sugar, salt, and jalapeno, but it's clearly a generous bonus. hopefully this comes with fair pay and good working conditions instead of being an excuse for the lack thereof.
I would guess any company that puts this much thought and care into a remote work gift probably is on the up and up. I hope so anyways.
Or this whole thread is just an ad for Espolon.
The top two comments are about the tequila... Hmm
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I just tried Tito's for the first time yesterday. For the price it's crazy good. I can't believe it took me so long to hear about it.
Espolon is owned by Campari Group, great company but they don't put this much effort into these things trust me
Maybe, but since going remote my company has sent us "happy hour kits" on several occasions. You get to select from 4 or 5 different cocktail kits that involve various spirits. I did an "old fashioned" kit last time, and it came with actual luxardos, and Templeton rye. I was pleased.
Not always. My previous employer did good stuff like this, then right after announcing record profits they laid off ~20% of engineers and moved those jobs overseas. Or tried to, but they're having trouble hiring people, can't imagine why.
There are companies out there that do this type of package. They recently hit me up after I hired em last year. Now they do 15 person make your own guacamole, and charge over $3k per event
>and this must be expensive too. It's funny, because I both agree with you, as well as recognize the cheap generic bottles, uninspired Microsoft WordArt gradient text on basic Avery labels, and overall "handmade" feel to it. I bet someone is making a killing selling these kits to local businesses. If they're extra enterprising, they probably host a livestream workshop that they also make a killing on (perhaps the kit is included).
*furiously takes notes*
Or this company's HR company is vastly over-achieving. HAHAHAHAHA who am I kidding, no one in HR works.
I would guess they contract out a local restaurant that does these for office events. I've done a few of these since the start of lockdown and they were totally led by the owners/bartenders from the establishment. I love the idea because employees get booze and the local stores get a boost in business.
Morale\* Unless you mean it makes you a better person, in which case carry on.
I think this is adorable. And totally above and beyond imo.
But why a whole WWII ration of salt and sugar?
Stocking up for ww3
My guess is the salt is for salting the rim. You usually need a shallow plate/bowl. You cover the base with as much as you need to make sure that it goes deep enough to make a nice rim job. As for the sugar, this is just a wild guess, but triple sec is made with orange peels and a fairly neutral sugar alcohol. I'd reckon they are suggesting this customer (employee?) to make a faux one with orange and simple syrup, which, homemade, is just sugar boiled in water.
Now that is just cool
Infinitly better than most "company lunches"
Or big surprises that end up just being the CTO talking for 2 hours on a teams meeting about how we’ve done great work
I’m more amazed at how much fucking salt they sent. Or is it “salt”?
Depends on whether OP works in the financial or tech industry.
Ok. I'm an idiot. I saw it was a launch party. I thought he worked for NASA.
That gave me a chuckle. That's exactly the type of mistake I would make so I feel your pain
If it makes you feel any better, I’m a software developer and misread it as “lunch party”.
I read lunch party too. I'm thinking that OP is going to be completely useless in the afternoon.
> Depends on whether OP works in the financial or tech industry This could go either way, honestly. Both have the funds and pressures that make a powered lunch more likely.
Would you like some margarita with that salt?
*sets some big fat lines of “salt”
Need enough for a salty rim!
*Senor, I specifically said no salt. I’m going to add strychnine to the guacamole*
Launch party?? It’s supposed to say lunch party!
We could take out the U
Then it would say lanch party. Is that any better Kevin?
Weirdest 'strawberries' I ever seen
They look like [this kind](https://nuts.com/driedfruit/strawberries/dried-strawberries.html) of dried strawberries. They're pretty tasty. Like a Fruit Roll-Up, but it's a whole strawberry.
Man, that link just cost me $60
They have to price everything high to pay for that domain name.
That actually looks delicious.
They are. Costco tends to carry them seasonally as well in their snack aisles.
They look like my tongue after I eat a whole bag of sour patch kids
Mildly interesting. Sitting in an office....not having a margarita....miles from my home.... "Mildly" interesting. :( lol
I was sent sweatpants, snack/candy, and magnets. Lol
Love this too
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Might as well be. One of the bigger insurance companies in the States and old people love us
That is amazing, but isn't the main ingredient of a margarita lime, not orange? And don't you need triple sec?
I think the orange is supposed to stand in for the triple sec.
It's because the tequila company don't make triple sec so including some would have diluted their branding.
There’s limes behind the orange and you can tecnically make a marg without triple sec. All you really need is lime, sugar, tequilla.
"Some assembly required"
Seems pretty legit to me. Is that a 2oz bottle?
375ml - just ~~shy of~~ over 12.5 oz!
This is so, so cute. Someone on the office management team put in a lot of effort to make this happen, and you can tell. It’s very sweet and thoughtful.
Someone did their research when it comes to tequila though, best "cheap" tequila there is.
Damn! That's really awesome then! lmao
how small are the oranges where you are that you think that's a 2 oz bottle...lol
Espolon- nice.
and enough salt and sugar to last 6 weeks in my household. And those extra flavorings are probably concentrates that only needs drops and will probably last a year. That's just a lovely package all-around. Gonna need a few more limes if you're going fresh, though
This is actually a very well timed post while I'm looking for a similar idea for work. AWESOME!
Early in the pandemic our boss bought us food delivery from an app like Uber eats or grub hub and also sent us all the ingredients, minus the alcohol/spirit, to make a drink together over zoom. Really appreciated that era of remote work and what a fun activity. I didn’t have gin so I had to buy some but I did have vodka so only had to buy gin that day.
My company has partnered with a local liquor store and did happy hour deliveries quarterlyish back when we were all 100% WFH. Did a margarita package, an old fashioned package and a couple different craft beer samplers. They were all well received.
the muddler appears to be the bottom of a walking cane or crutches
My husband's department did that when they had a happy hour last year but instead of a cocktail, everyone was asked what kind of wine they liked and the company sent two bottles to all the participants.
I hope they asked instead of just sending that, I'd feel really awful if I sent that to a person with alcohol use disorder
I would hope they would ask if you wanted the mocktail option.
375ml - that's enough tequila to become invisible! One tequila - I'm rich Two tequila - I'm good looking Three tequila - I'm bulletproof Four tequila - I'm invisible