Bismuth subsalicylate: for those hot summer days
July 26, 2006 5:01 PM   Subscribe

"Years ago, when I worked for outlandishly hirsute rockers The Cure, the band wouldn't tour without stocking up first. I'd be at my desk, and the call would come in. 'Fraser? We're in Rio, and we've run out of Pepto. Can you Fedex us a crate?' And so I would." How to make Pepto-Bismol ice cream.
posted by ktoad (34 comments total) 1 user marked this as a favorite
 
Nausea, heartburn, indigestion, upset stomach, Robert Smith, diharrea. Yay, Pepto Bismo!
posted by Smart Dalek at 5:09 PM on July 26, 2006


Brilliant!
posted by mr_roboto at 5:13 PM on July 26, 2006


An ice-cream that can turn one's stomach, and then instantly relieve its own discomfort... genius.
posted by Robot Johnny at 5:25 PM on July 26, 2006


To riff on Robot Johnny: the perfect desert for the lactose intolerant.
posted by stonedcoldsober at 5:30 PM on July 26, 2006 [1 favorite]


The irony is that taking Pepto-Bismol usually results in shit the consistency of ice cream.
posted by mr_crash_davis at 5:32 PM on July 26, 2006


my first reaction was disgust, after reading his account, i felt reassured, and then promptly disgusted again.
posted by nola at 5:36 PM on July 26, 2006


Nausea, heartburn, indigestion, upset stomach, Robert Smith, diharrea.

We didn't start the fire! It was always burning, since....

Ahem. Excuse me.
posted by Zozo at 5:39 PM on July 26, 2006 [1 favorite]


Monday I can't keep food down
Tuesday, Wednesday: stomach frown
Thursday puke all over town
It's Friday pepto glub
posted by cortex at 6:03 PM on July 26, 2006 [5 favorites]


hey, i think i've seen this guy's blog linked a few times before from various places. it's always quality.
posted by jimmy at 6:05 PM on July 26, 2006


Why are they hirsute?
posted by bardic at 6:08 PM on July 26, 2006


An ounce of pretention is worth a pound to The Cure
posted by hal9k at 6:16 PM on July 26, 2006


However far away I will always Pepto.
However long I stay I will always Pepto.
Whatever words I say I will always Pepto.
I will always Pepto.
posted by chasing at 6:28 PM on July 26, 2006 [1 favorite]


Why are they hirsute?

Because they're hairy?
posted by taschenrechner at 6:29 PM on July 26, 2006


Why are they hirsute?

Um....


posted by MythMaker at 6:34 PM on July 26, 2006


but, what does that have to do with the pepto?
posted by jmgorman at 6:58 PM on July 26, 2006


Like, omigoth...
posted by ZenMasterThis at 7:21 PM on July 26, 2006 [1 favorite]


I'm trying to reconcile the assertion that Pepto is a "strictly
controlled medicine". Especially when you consider that its right on the shelf to buy no restrictions, and everyone and their brother make a store brand. Id like to know who is controlling it.
posted by MrLint at 7:36 PM on July 26, 2006


Nah dude, Kings of Leon are hairy.
posted by bardic at 7:36 PM on July 26, 2006


So that's what he was on about with that Fire in Cairo nonsense.
posted by shoepal at 7:51 PM on July 26, 2006


MrLint, don't diss the nanny state.
posted by rolypolyman at 8:00 PM on July 26, 2006


It's great how he goes to the trouble and expense of using fresh vanilla, then dumps the pepto in.

It looks pretty when it's done, though.
posted by meringue at 8:07 PM on July 26, 2006


A spoonfull of sugar
helps the medicine go down

posted by MajorDilemma at 8:07 PM on July 26, 2006


Long-term regular users of Pepto Bismol should know about Pepto Bismol poisoning.
posted by cybercoitus interruptus at 8:12 PM on July 26, 2006


Why not Pepto-Exlax swirl? You get the yin, and the yang.

Mmm... choco-bismuth-y.
posted by turducken at 8:18 PM on July 26, 2006


I believe the drink "The Self Solving Problem" is made with Jagermeister and Pepto.
posted by josher71 at 8:56 PM on July 26, 2006


The version I remember was Pepto Bismol and vodka -- "The Pink Flamingo."
posted by escabeche at 9:21 PM on July 26, 2006


Down on Constipation Street?
posted by emelenjr at 9:25 PM on July 26, 2006


The creation of the recipe suggests that "bismuth encephalopathy" may already be present.
posted by missbossy at 10:41 PM on July 26, 2006


I may just try this for myself, but I think I'll be far more lazy and just blend it with vanilla ice cream to make milkshakes. Mmmm...
posted by kindle at 1:29 AM on July 27, 2006


But it makes your poop turn black. Why would anyone want that?
posted by crunchland at 5:25 AM on July 27, 2006


How Goth do you want to be, crunchland?
posted by Navek Rednam at 6:17 AM on July 27, 2006


Hirsute? Doesn't that mean they're goats?
posted by Plutor at 6:20 AM on July 27, 2006


Don't let your impressionable teens read this...

In my book, food without danger is like sex with a condom: it goes in the same entrance, but the experience is altogether less thrilling, less memorable, indeed less satisfying.
posted by jckll at 9:09 AM on July 27, 2006


Once upon a time, Voodoo Doughnut here in Portland made a Pepto doughnut -- or, technically, as you can see from their menu, a "Nyquil Glazed and pepto-bismol" doughnut. It's now listed as "currently on hold" because the got in trouble for making food from medicine.
posted by theonetruebix at 9:19 AM on July 28, 2006


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