CookEatShare также доступен на языке:
English
Закрыть
Самая большая кухня в мире
Выберите язык
Русский
English
Español
日本語
Italiano
Языковые настройки
Зарегистрироваться
Войти
Главная
Рецепты
Пользователи
Подборки и руководства
Группы
Мои страницы
Recipe box
News
Add Recipe
The perfect mojito: perfect for father's day
by
Erin Berdan
Текущий рейтинг: 4.0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
click to rate
1 голос
| 579 визитов
0 отзывов
|
0 комментариев
Pin It
Add to Recipe Box
Print Recipe
You might also like
Quickbook Online is Cost Effective Secure Hosting of the Accounting solution
Рецепт
Reviews/Comments
Close this frame
%20This%20weekend%20is%20also%20my%20Dad's%20birthday%20so%20there's%20plenty%20to%20celebrate.%20The%20weatherman%20is%20call%20for%2090%20degree%20heat%20so%20while%20the%20grill%20is%20getting%20hot,%20cool%20off%20with%20a%20refreshing%20mojito.%3C/p%3E%3Cp%3EMojitos%20are%20my%20favorite%20summer%20cocktail%20-%20I%20love%20the%20combination%20of%20lime%20and%20mint.%20When%20we%20bought%20our%20house%204%20years%20ago,%20I%20planted%20mint%20just%20so%20I%20could%20make%20my%20own.%20I've%20experimented%20with%20the%20recipe%20over%20the%20years%20and%20I%20think%20I've%20got%20it%20right%20(I'll%20keep%20sampling%20to%20make%20sure!)%3C/p%3E%3Cp%3EBefore%20I%20get%20to%20the%20recipe,%20I%20have%20to%20say%20I'm%20more%20than%20a%20little%20annoyed%20this%20evening.%20It's%20gorgeous%20out%20so%20I%20went%20out%20to%20have%20dinner%20on%20the%20deck.%20My%20husband's%20not%20home%20so%20I%20took%20the%20latest%20issue%20of%20Bon%20Appetit%20for%20company.%20I%20was%20reading%20the%20BA%20Foodist%20column%20and%20a%20restaurant%20owner%20from%20California%20wrote%20in%20asking%20whether%20Yelp%20and%20sites%20like%20it%20might%20be%20the%20future%20of%20restaurant%20reviews%20-%20she%20was%20concerned%20she'd%20have%20to%20spend%20her%20time%20responding%20to%20a%20bunch%20of%20%22semi-literate%20nincompoops%22.%20Really?!%20I%20use%20Yelp%20from%20time%20to%20time,%20I%20love%20Zagat%20and%20I%20also%20use%20the%20boards%20on%20Chowhound.%20So%20I%20really%20don't%20appreciate%20some%20restaurant%20owner%20in%20California%20calling%20me%20and%20those%20like%20me%20a%20semi-literate%20nincompoops.%3C/p%3E%3Cp%3EI%20know%20many%20of%20my%20followers%20and%20tons%20of%20food%20bloggers%20and%20blog%20readers%20are%20actively%20engaging%20on%20the%20web%20today.%20I'm%20not%20pretending%20to%20outweigh%20a%20New%20York%20Times%20critic's%20review,%20but%20the%20name-calling%20is%20a%20bit%20much.%20I'm%20glad%20I%20don't%20live%20near%20that%20woman%20or%20her%20restaurant%20(North%20Shore%20Cafe%20in%20Fawnskin,%20by%20the%20way).%20Perhaps%20she%20should%20be%20reminded%20that%20we%20semi-literate%20nincompoops%20are%20her%20customers%20(or%20could've%20been!)%20And%20by%20the%20way,%20there%20are%20more%20of%20us%20than%20there%20are%20NYT%20restaurant%20critics.%20So%20perhaps%20using%20a%20public%20forum%20like%20Bon%20Appetit%20to%20call%20us%20names%20isn't%20the%20best%20idea.%20I%20doubt%20most%20of%20us%20are%20semi-literate%20-%20I%20happen%20to%20have%20a%20very%20good%20education%20and%2010%20years'%20experience%20in%20communications%20-%20and%20I%20know%20there%20are%20many%20wiser%20than%20me%20out%20there.%3C/p%3E%3Cp%3ETastes,%20as%20Andrew%20Knowlton%20puts%20it,%20are%20subjective.%20%20But%20all%20of%20us,%20literate%20or%20not,%20nincompoop%20or%20not,%20are%20ALL%20customers%20and%20should%20be%20treated%20as%20such.%20Anyway,%20I'm%20done%20ranting.%20Time%20for%20a%20mojito.%3C/p%3E%3Cp%3EThe%20perfect%20mojito%3C/p%3E%3Cp%3ETear%20the%20mint%20leaves%20into%20the%20bottom%20of%20a%20cocktail%20shaker.%20Squeeze%20the%20juice%20of%20the%20lime%20on%20top%20of%20it,%20the%20cut%20the%20lime%20into%204%20pieces%20and%20add%20to%20the%20shaker.%20Sprinkle%20the%20sugar%20over%20the%20mint%20and%20lime.%3C/p%3E%3Cp%3EUse%20a%20muddler%20to%20smash%20the%20mint%20leaves%20and%20lime%20together%20with%20the%20juice%20and%20sugar%20(the%20handle%20of%20a%20wooden%20spoon%20will%20work%20too%20if%20you%20don't%20have%20a%20muddler).%20Add%20the%20rum%20and%20stir.%3C/p%3E%3Cp%3EPour%20the%20entire%20mixture%20into%20a%20highball%20glass%20filled%20with%20ice.%20Pour%20soda%20over%20the%20top%20and%20give%20it%20a%20stir%20so%20some%20of%20the%20mint%20and%20limes%20move%20down%20in%20the%20glass.%3C/p%3E%3Cp%3EGarnish%20with%20a%20sprig%20of%20mint.%3C/p%3E%3Cp%3EThis%20makes%201,%20but%20can%20easily%20be%20multiplied.%3C/p%3E){kind=link}