On Saturday evening, I got roped into going to the local Grateful Dead bar. Okay, it's not officially called the Grateful Dead bar, but those of you who are familiar with Denver will know the place. Yeah, it's on Colfax. It's the place with the jukebox that has like 500 Grateful Dead / Widespread Panic songs on it. And maybe like, 3 token songs by Elton John or the Beatles or something just to spice up things a bit.
I don't know exactly when "Deadhead" meant "Obnoxious ill-mannered badly-dressed cheap-beer-swizzling frat boy," but that's pretty much what you'll find at this particular establishment. And of course this is magnified several times over on a weekend night.
I much prefer the below when thinking of the Grateful Dead / good old Jerry Garcia (skip ahead to 1:58):
Oh yeah, how does this fit in with food? Well, I was chatting with my friend's date, who also appeared to be rather uncomfortable in that environment. The subject of condensed milk came up. Apparently, that was one of his favorite foods (did I mention that this was my friend's blind date?). He also said that he liked coffee. I asked if he liked Vietnamese coffee. His response was ,"That watery stuff that the little Vietnamese guy makes at the donut shop? "
I enclose below my recipe for Vietnamese coffee. Of course many Vietnamese and Thai restaurants also have this, but for those times when you feel like recreating it at home...
You need:
1 stainless steel individual coffee filter. You can buy these at your local Vietnamese/Thai/Chinese market for about $3
A glass
Good ground coffee. Cafe du Monde is traditional
Boiling water
Condensed milk
Measure out about 1/2 cup of condensed milk into the glass. Put the filter on top. Put about a tablespoon or so of coffee in filter. Pour boiling water all the way up to the top of the filter. Wait for the coffee to steep through. Stir, and serve. You can also serve this over a glass of crushed ice.
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