Message 18494 of 39188 in General Discussion

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>  In the UK a white russian is made with cream and a caucasian is 
> identicle but made with milk, if I remember the movie correctly he 
> uses a box of 50/50 milk and cream mix, anybody got any ideas for a 
> POLITICALLY CORRECT name???

Interesting, I've never seen different dairy products associated with 
alternative names for the WR.  Most bars will use half and half (That's what 
we call the milk and cream mixture you referred to above), some might use milk 
or cream, but those would just be choices of that bar, not something that 
would be sold as a different cocktail.  

I was unaware of a drink called a Caucasian until the Big Lebowski, I thought 
The Dude was the one who coined it.  It's quite appropriate since the term 
"Caucasian" is derived from the people who lived around the Caucas Mountains 
in the southwest corner of the former Soviet Union (I can't recall if they lie 
within the borders of Russia itself).  A Caucasian is, essentially, a white 
Russian.

In the Lebowski film one sees how desperate the Dude is for his drink when he 
actually uses powdered non-dairy creamer in place of half and half - I thought 
that was pretty disgusting myself.  

As for a PC name, I can't be bothered to come up with one.  I don't have a 
problem with referring to a specific ethnicity.  Caucasians exist, Hispanics 
exist, it isn't insulting to simply refer to one of these groups, is it?  I 
found the initial post to be pretty funny, I was hoping that poster was just 
being facetious.  If someone is actually offended by such a name...they don't 
realize how good they've got it: that what outrages them is the name of a 
drink and not something much, much worse.