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Originally Posted by rcher54
James A. I'm with you my friend, The Mint Julep is a refreshing sunner drink served throughout the southern US. Although it is made a bit different from the cuban counterpart. For eample a syrup of boiled water and sugar is prepared the night before and crushed "beat up" mint leaves arethen put in the syrup to let the mint seep onto the syrup. The next day this syrup is combined with about 4 fingers of bourbon in a glass full of cracked ice and served with get this either lemon or lime (your choice) and a couple sprigs of mint. Anyway that's the way my folks in North Carolina make it. Don't knock it untill you have tried it. I'm usually up to try most drinks before passing judgement.  Spelling changed in first post for the benefit of those politically correct peeps. |
i'm from North Carolina
i've tried it but not cuz I'm from NC - so i can knock it and judge it
acckkk!....i just had a little spit up in my mouth again
It ain't no Mojito...that's for sure
Oh...we aren't politically correct around here...we just spell it like it's spelled.