Today’s entry is to clear up one of Hubby’s face book posts and to answer a recipe request.
Thursday I discovered some lovely mint growing in one of my flowerbeds. Well, the first thing I thought of when I saw it was Mint Juleps. Don’t know why that is, since I’ve never drank a Mint Julep before in my life. 
I do know that this drink is very popular in the South, especially at the Kentucky Derby. So, I start thinking that I need to make me a Mint Julep.
First, I consult my Old Mr. Boston De Luxe Official Bartender’s Guide for the recipe. Searching under the letter M, I find it right away.
Next, I consult the internet to find out what the term “muddle” means. I know that when my mind is muddled, I’m rather mixed up. Exactly what you do with your mint. There is even a wooden tool, or a muddler, you can use to squish your mint and sugar together.
I’m sure that when my mother shared mint with me from her flowerbed, she thought I would use it to flavor my Southern Sweet Tea, not my whiskey.
Then, I search in my cabinet for the mortar and pestle that my mother in-law gave me for grinding spices. I’m thinking this will work great to muddle the mint.
Next I get out the blender and make some shaved ice. I complete the recipe with the whiskey du jour, WL Weller's Special Reserve Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey. Then I complete my creation by garnishing with a sprig of mint.
About this time, Hubby arrives home from work and joins me in kitchen. Finally, I’m about to taste my first Mint Julep. Wow… it tastes like straight bourbon whiskey right out of the bottle. Or for someone like me that doesn’t normally drink hard liquor, it tastes like mouth wash. At the same time, I’m thinking that it is not bad, but it would be better as a shot with a beer chaser. Hubby reminds me that on TV we have seen folks dropping a shot glass down into a mug of beer, so fine bourbon whiskey and beer must be good together.
I reach into the fridge for a Bud Light Lime. Hubby grabs it and pours half of it directly into the Mint Julep glass. Thus the Bud Light Lime Mint Julep is created. Or as I have now renamed it, the “Southern Belle Bombshell.”
