[GreenKeys] Father's day.

[Richard Knoppow]

     A google search will turn up a number of recipes and some history.
     You also need a verandah on which to sit and sip your mint julep 
while watching the paddle boats go by.

On 6/18/2017 1:21 PM, Jeffrey D Angus wrote:
> On 6/18/2017 2:59 PM, Dave Horsfall wrote:
>> On Sun, 18 Jun 2017, Jeffrey D Angus wrote:
>>> Today's experiment was making a Mint Julep.
>> Recipe, please...
> This is the basic recipe.
> <http://www.myrecipes.com/recipe/classic-mint-julep-1>
> The key to this one is the "simple syrup."
> Other recipes have you mashing mint leaves and sugar into a paste
> and using seltzer water. Good liquor doesn't need seltzer water to
> "improve" the taste.
> Also, Walmart has fresh (live) mint plants in the produce section.
> I put one tablespoon of syrup, 1 tablespoon of water and two
> tablespoons of Evan Williams Kentucky Straight Bourbon into a
> "old fashioned" glass then added 4 ice cubes and a sprig of mint.
> 
> I strongly suggest buying decent bourbon instead of that special
> $5/gallon stump rot stuff at the corner package store.
> 
> Now I ain't much of a hard liquor drinker to begin with, but this
> was definitely  a "nom nom nom" instead of a "What the hell did
> I just put in my mouth?" type drink.
> 
> Side note: Earlier this month, at 63 years old, I did fried chicken
> for the very first time. That turned out surprisingly well too.
> 
> In a couple of hours, when I get tired of circling around the shop,
> I'm gonna head home, have dinner and sneak in another mint
> julep on the back porch while tossing tennis balls at the dogs.
> 
> 

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