Hot days? The perfect summer drink to cool off!

by Billygoat 9 Replies latest jw friends

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  Billygoat

  My boss, the interior designer, is from Cuba. She has recently introduced me to MOJITOS. YUM YUM YUM!!! I must say...this is MY drink. Since it's hot and I've got mint coming out of my garden's little ears, I've recently been staying cool with this recipe.

  MOJITO

  • 1 glass crushed ice (the little pellet ice from Sonic is the best!)
  • 7 or 8 crushed mint leaves (I just crush them into the ice)
  • juice from 1 full key lime (sometimes I put in more)
  • 1 Tablespoon sugar (I use Splenda to keep carbs down)
  • 1 shot pineapple or mango rum (okay, I use more than a shot)
  • fill the rest of the glass with club soda

  Stir until sugar dissolves. Garnish with a pretty mint leaf or an extra wedge of lime. Play a little Celia Cruz in the background and you'll think you're in Havana itself!

  Andi - sitting back and enjoying the heat
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  zev

  one frozen mug, and fill it with beer.
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  G Money

  Mojitos are great and I´m glad you learned the proper way to make them, with granulated sugar. They taste better that way and I abhor that sugar syrup some places use.
  
  
  The way them make them in la habana is to crush the mint leaves and sugar together with a wooden dowel in the glass. The used regular rum. I´ve tried the 7 year añejo habana club rum but it tasted nasty so now I only use white rum.
  
  
  I retraced Hemmingway´s footsteps and we also has a mojito in each bar we came across in habana. Oh the memories! Cuba is way cool! People and culture are great. Too bad politics gets involved and many innocent people pay the price.
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  joelbear

  sounds scrummlicious.
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  Elsewhere

  Mmmmm! Sounds good!
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  Carol

  BG I just made one and I'm sitting here and enjoying it (finally broke the seal on the pineapple rum)! Thank you so much for the recipe, it's great!
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  Billygoat

  Carol, you're welcome! Now seriously...see if you can find a Celia Cruz CD. She's fabulous! Mojitos and Celia always put me in the summer party mood.
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  Carol

  I put on my Gloria Estefan CD....and a mixed CD my daughter burned that has a few Celia Cruz songs on it! I think I'm going to fly to Canada and then to Cuba! I've always wanted to visit there and do the Hemingway thing! Thanks for the recipe! I intend to prepare them for my brother and his wife when the come over Sunday for dinner!
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  TresHappy

  For some reason, this particular summer has been uncomfortably hot for everyone. Now that I am working, my dog goes into his crate in the morning and I let him out in the evening. I don't know if he really likes it, but it's better than being outside in that horrible weather.
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  bonnzo

  i had my first mojita last weekend and it was great!! after the assembly too, which meant that i NEEDED it. WHAT A GREAT SUMMER DRINK!!!