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Originally Posted by Eichhörnchen
Very interesting that. There's nothing wrong with warm beer though
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Oh yes it is
I guess i even have Dampier's book, will post it if i find it.
This summer i planted a lot of orange and lemon mint, to produce a drink invented by another english pirate
The "Mojito" consists of
6 cl of white rum like 40 % alc. Havana club, Cpt. Morgan or something like that,
2cl of lime juice,
2 cl of sugar cane sirop,
a handful of orange/lemon mint leaves (no spearmint!!)
a bit less than a table spoon of brown sugar cane caster,
a lime/limette? (not a lemon) apportioned (right word?) into eight parts,
crushed ice,
sparkling water or tonic
(a dash of Angostura is also a good idea)
Put the rum into a glass, add the sugar cane caster, then add the mint leaves, do not stir.
Using a spoon, gently press the leaves against the sugar, so the essential oils of the mint leaves can enter the rum (but do not shred the leaves)
Add the sugar cane sirop, the lime sirop, the limette eighths and gently press the fruits, just a little bit.
Add the crushed ice, fill up with sparkling mineral water or tonic.
Phantastic summer drink!
It was invented in the carribean by the pirate (later Sir) Francis Drake. When his crew began to suffer from scurvy, he needed a recipe to cure it, but eating lime/limetts pure did not find the crew's appreciation - so he added suga cane, but still no win. The rum did the trick..
The drink was called
"Draquecito" and later became the
"Mojito".
(Catfish's library of arbitrary knowledge)