want to rush

[TSteven]

Originally posted by daisy625
Ah.. I have an even better idea...
mint juleps with basil Hayden's.. delicious..

All right! I'm in!

[TSteven]

Originally posted by AOIIalum
Simple, classic, and although I'm a Kentucky girl through and through, simply the most vile drink ever created

Mint Julep

2 cups sugar
2 cups water
Sprigs of fresh mint
Crushed ice (must be crushed!)
Bourbon
Silver Julep Cups

Make a simple syrup by boiling sugar and water together for five minutes. Cool and place in a covered container with six or eight sprigs of fresh mint, then refrigerate overnight. Make one julep at a time by filling a julep cup with crushed ice, adding one tablespoon mint syrup and two ounces of Bourbon. Stir rapidly with a spoon to frost the outside of the cup. Garnish with a sprig of fresh mint.

Excellent recipe.

Now with all due respect, I must disagree with one thing. Mint Juleps are not vile. I will grant you that perhaps they are an acquired taste. But not vile. At least not after one has sipped a few.

[TSteven]

Originally posted by SmartBlondeGPhB
WAY too much work..........I'd be done with my first margarita by the time you had the sugar and water mixed.

But they are so worth the wait.



And you may always have a margarita while you wait. It is always lovely to have a pre-tuner before your drink.

[honeychile]

I love mint juleps, especially on a hot day! I just don't like the manufactored syrup that you can buy.

Course, since SC on the rocks is in the same catagory and not half the work, they're fine, too!

[AXi1257]

Never had a mint julep...I guess I need to try one for myself...so count me in!

[PenguinTrax]

OK, time for this thread to die a quiet death. It's WAY off topic, y'all.