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I enjoyed some great mexican food today. I love mexican food. Mexican food is the best food out there. However, I was met with the worst stomach ache known to man today. Why? It turns out the Horchata was made with half and half+rice milk? Is this something I've missed in all my years of Horchata enjoyment (Decades?) Is the real OG horchata made with Milk as well? Lord, this has crippled me as a member of the lactose intolerant crew. I just called the restaurant to find out, or well verify. When I complimented them on how good their habanero salsa was, and how thorough it was at burning my mouth. He offered me more "milk", referring to the horchata bucket. I thought he was just assuming gringo, and called it milk. But I was wrong, I was so wrong. And I ordered one to begin with.. so why say milk. I downed 2 large horchata cream/milk poisons.


Am I wrong to assume Horchata rarely has actual milk in it? Isn't that sort of the thing with Horchata, is that it is rice milk? It was a hole in the wall in East Los Angeles, so this is why I'm questioning the authenticity of the recipe.

 

[newdayrocks]

Nah, it's typically just rice milk.

 

[cirrhosis]

I like mine with whole milk. Go whole or go home, breh.

 

[Leunam]

I've only ever had it with just rice milk.

 

[Hip Hop]

It can be both, I usually make mine with both.

But it can also be great without.

Also, Horchata is the best drink of all time.

 

[dr3upmushroom]

Rice.

 

[Kieli]

Eh, I'm lactose intolerant and I still drink milk. My stomach ain't too happy tho.

 

[commedieu]

It can be both, I usually make mine with both.

But it can also be great without.

Also, Horchata is the best drink of all time.

..it was..

yeah man, but I tactically pick and choose my battles. Today was a disaster. Hot food, and 2 large damn near half and halfs. But I could still taste the rice so I figured they just did something different, it had a lot of cinnamon too, confusing the taste buds even more. Shock and awe's been happening for about 4 hours now.

 

[akira28]

I hate mexican food. so many things I am allergic to. thank god for BBQ.

And then they make a drink out of almonds. Why not just use cyanide?

and brown mole seems designed to cripple me stomach-wise.

 

[commedieu]

I hate mexican food. so many things I am allergic to. thank god for BBQ.

mods?

;-)

 

[Kitsunebaby]

Eh, I'm lactose intolerant and I still drink milk. My stomach ain't too happy tho.

Dude.

You don't have to suffer.

 

[Unicorn]

Authentic horchata is purely rice milk, vanilla, cinnamon sticks

 

[ghostofsparta]

no milk

Milk horchata people are probably the same people who make their Mexican hot chocolate with milk

 

[cirrhosis]

Dude.

You don't have to suffer.

This. Lactaid is great stuff.

 

[G0523]

Obligatory: Horchata!

 

[johnsmith]

Yes to milk. My mom uses cans of sweetened condensed milk. So good.

 

[The Silver]

If I wanted to make this but I don't have a blender what do I do?

 

[studyguy]

Had it with both, either way it's good.
raspados de horchata are the shit on a hot day.

 

[TheJLC]

Usually has milk, but not too much milk.

 

[commedieu]

Well, thanks for the info. Seems I've just been lucky and haven't hit milk horchata until today.

Its like being betrayed by a lover.

 

[johnsmith]

If I wanted to make this but I don't have a blender what do I do?

Just buy the premade powder stuff. It's good enough, and will probably be better than what you would have made with real rice anyway.

 

[Duebrithil]

Horchata de chufa doesn't have milk in it (at least the traditional recipe), so you could try that.

 

[MANUELF]

In my house we use whole milk but we used to do it with Carnation