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re: What are the thoughts on Mint Juleps?
Posted on 6/29/15 at 8:38 am to X123F45
Posted on 6/29/15 at 8:38 am to X123F45
I make mine how William A Percy made his in the book Lanterns on the Levee.
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Certainly her juleps had nothing in common with those hybrid concoctions one buys in bars the world over under that name. It would have been sacrilege to add lemon, or a slice of orange or of pineapple, or one of those wretched maraschino cherries. First, you needed excellent bourbon whiskey; rye or scotch would not do at all. Then you put half an inch of sugar in the bottom of the glass and merely dampened it with water. Next, very quickly––and here was the trick in the procedure––you crushed your ice, actually powdered it, preferably in a towel with a wooden mallet, so quickly that it remained dry, and, slipping two sprigs of fresh mint against the inside of the glass, you crammed the ice in right to the brim, packing it with your hand. Last you filled the glass, which apparently had no room left for anything else, with bourbon, the older the better, and grated a bit of nutmeg on the top. The glass immediately frosted and you settled back in your chair for half an hour of sedate cumulative bliss. Although you stirred the sugar at the bottom, it never all melted, therefore at the end of the half hour there was left a delicious mess of ice and mint and whiskey which a small boy was allowed to consume with calm rapture.”
Posted on 6/29/15 at 8:43 am to LSUballs
Posted on 6/29/15 at 9:14 am to LSUballs
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settled back in your chair for half an hour of sedate cumulative bliss
Always a good thing
Posted on 6/29/15 at 9:17 am to LSUballs
i place 4-5 mint leaves in a copper cup (grow our own mint, its easy and you can beat fresh, but don't put it in the ground, pot only - shite will take over)
pour simple syrup enough to cover the leaves. Gently press leaves against cup with back of spoon, dont shred them!
fill the cup to the top with ice (crushed ice only should be used)
pour in your fav bourbon, enjoy
pour simple syrup enough to cover the leaves. Gently press leaves against cup with back of spoon, dont shred them!
fill the cup to the top with ice (crushed ice only should be used)
pour in your fav bourbon, enjoy
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