![]() Imagine that the whisky is the fire and that the message is that which is known only in the soul of a man - then the worth of Miss Amelia's liquor can be understood. But if the paper is held for a moment to the fire then the letters turn brown and the meaning becomes clear. It is known that if a message is written with lemon juice on a clean sheet of paper there will be no sign of it. It is clean and sharp on the tongue, but once down a man it glows inside him for a long time afterward. For the liquor of Miss Amelia has a special quality of its own. Perhaps without it there would never have been a café. Otherwise, it would be hard to account for what followed. The whisky they drank that evening (two big bottles of it) is important. Shake, and then strain into a Collins glass filled with ice cubes. Pour all ingredients except cola and garnish into a cocktail shaker filled with ice cubes. But be warned, invented in the Hamptons by bartender Robert Butt, the Long Island Iced Tea will knock you out cold if you're not careful. It's perfect for discreet drinking, which McCullers indulged in often. Notorious, the Long Island Iced Tea (when made correctly) is incredibly potent, but tastes and looks like nonalcoholic tea. He was still trying to tell them, in a cramped dark place smelling of ammonia and creosote, vomiting into a receptacle. ![]() He remembered setting the glass down carefully, then he became aware simultaneously of open air, of a chill gray freshness and an engine panting on a siding at the head of a dark string of cars, and that he was trying to tell someone that he had learned to drink like a gentleman. Gowan filled the glass level full and lifted it and emptied it steadily. ![]() Sometimes a splash of club soda is added. Garnish with the remaining mint sprig and serve with two short straws. Of course, this is not to suggest the Mint Julep is good for you, but it may be what Faulkner had in mind when he said, "Isn’t anythin’ Ah got whiskey won’t cure." He was so much an authority on the drink that the famous Musso & Frank Grill in Los Angeles let him mix his own.Ĭrush 6 mint sprigs into the bottom of a chilled double Old-Fashioned glass. In the early 1800s, doctors used the word julep to describe "a kind of liquid medicine." These were remedies in which leaves from the mentha family were used to soften the taste of the medication. He always thought it was solitary drinking that made drunkards. "He says opening bottles is what makes drunkards," Bill explained. "There's plenty more, but Dad only likes me to drink what's open." ![]() Bill poured the glass half full of whiskey. Garnish with lime wedge and remaining mint sprig. Pour in lime juice, simple syrup, and rum. So did Brigitte Bardot, Nat King Cole, Jimmy Durante, Erroll Flynn and countless others.Ĭrush 5 mint sprigs into the bottom of a chilled highball glass. The drink was invented at La Bodeguita del Medio in Havana, Cuba, where Hemingway drank them. Hemingway is associated with any number of cocktails, but perhaps none more so than the Mojito. ![]()
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