Weekend Song and Drink - A few days early…

by Lara on July 10th, 2008

Yes, I know it’s a few days early, but today is National Piña Colada Day, and who can resist gettin’ your weekend on a little early in celebration of this great cocktail?

In trying to find a song with the drink in the lyrics, the only thing I could come up with is the Rupert Holmes song “Escape (The Piña Colada Song)” which kind of stinks because good ol’ Rupert’s not a crooner, and that song is so late-70’s it’s ridiculous. (Of course, Garth Brooks sang about “Two Piña Coladas” and I’m sure Jimmy Buffet did a song or two involving the creamy coco-nutty beverage, but neither of them are crooners either.)

What I did find was a reference to the movie Dirty Dancing (Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Gray) called “Johnny’s Mambo”. For some reason, a search in YouTube for “pina colada movies” brought that up, and since the setting for the film was the early 50’s, well, it’s the best connection I could make! (Can’t say I don’t try!) I don’t personally remember anything from the movie involving piña coladas though… do you?

So here’s the clip from the movie (the final dance scene, which is apparently “Johnny’s Mambo”, that he describes earlier as “not really a mambo”), and after, a great recipe for a tasty colada, (image and recipe) courtesy of TheBar.com…

If you like Pina Coladas… Stirrings Piña Colada

Ingredients
- 3 oz Stirrings Piña Colada Cocktail Mixer
- 1.5 oz Oronoco Rum
- 2 cups ice
- 1 wedge pineapple
- 1 tsp Stirrings Piña Colada Rimmer Garnish

Preparation
- Rim glass with Stirrings Piña Colada Rimmer Garnish
- Add ingredients to a blender and mix for 30 seconds
- Pour into rimmed glass and serve!