Originating in Puerto Rico and coming in many flavors, limber is named after the pilot Charles A. Lindbergh, who landed on the island in 1928. That’s a fact but let’s bring you into why a black girl from the Bronx, LOVES this dessert. Picture it, The Bronx late 80’s early 90’s (in my Sophia Portillo voice) cars are driving by with the booming system, the Johnny pump is on full blast, that made the water pressure in your house low (fire hydrant for youngins), guys are outside playing dominos and shooting dice and you are patiently waiting for the ice cream truck to drive by! But on this particular day you are so hot from playing double Dutch and freeze tag you can’t wait any longer. So, what did we do, my childhood friend Chanel and I used to walk up the block and into a building. It wasn’t a random building but a building that we knew would hold the keys to the much-needed cool off dessert we yearned for. As we gathered our change together .35 cents for a small cup which I believe was about 4oz or .50 cents for a larger portion we would walk into the building and knock on the 2nd door to the right. A Puerto Rican woman would answer that spoke very little English, but she greeted you by saying quanto, which translates to how many in English. My reply coco and my bff cherry. She would hand us these icees in a plastic cup, then throw our change in a Bustelo canister and send us on our way with a pleasant gracias. Before we would exist the building we would squeeze those cups, take our first lick and turn the dessert upside down. Why turn them upside down because the bottom has a more rounded surface for eating since this is a spoon pop stick free dessert this was the most convenient way of eating. 🥥 🇵🇷 📹: @beckyblairhughes #laborday #wepa #summer #limberdecoco #coco #ice #throwback Get @chefmilliepeartree’s Limber de Coco recipe at the link in bio.