This Saturday is May 22nd, which means that if you live in California, it's-Harvey Milk Day! Harvey Milk was the first openly gay American politician, a San Francisco Supervisor and self-proclaimed "Mayor of Castro Street". Had he not been assassinated some thirty one years ago, he would have been eighty years old on May 22nd of this year.
In recognition of his contributions, California has named this Saturday as the first state holiday in his honor. Naturally, the former New York native will be especially honored in his adopted home of San Francisco, where, on Castro Street itself, Ben And Jerry's Cow Mobile will introduce a special dairy concoction in his honor-The Harvey Milkshake.
Now I don't know what this entails, but I would like to try my hand at creating my own special recipe in honor of Mr. Milk, so those of us who do not live in California can also honor his memory. I call it-The Harvey Milkshake Chill-laxer. Here's the recipe:
*One glass of buttermilk (leave out in sun in enclosed glass jar for three days prior to preparing the recipe)
*The pulp of three overripe bananas
*One cup of week old used Crisco or other week old used shortening or leftover cooking oil
*One whole clove of garlic
*Two cups of Limburger cheese
*The yolk of four eggs, preferably one month out of date
*Optional-Milk of Magnesia to taste
The day before intended consumption, mix all ingredients thoroughly in a blender on high speed, then freeze overnight. Take out of freezer one hour before consumption but leave in refrigerator to allow for some thawing. Remove into a large pitcher and pass out to guests.
Gulp down quickly. Very, very quickly. Follow as quickly as possible with an ice-cold can of Coca-Cola.
Happy Harvey Day, everyone. And to certain of you spoilsports that are threatening to keep your kids home from school if their schools plan on honoring Harvey Milk, and to those school board members who are saying your school districts will not recognize the holiday-don't be a hater. Share one of my Harvey Milkshakes with the kids, and chill the fuck out.
