Friday, June 6, 2008

A WRINKLE IN LIME: Mrs Earthling has many charming attributes. But among those charming attributes, one of her more useful is her delight -- when looking for a cocktail -- in quizzing the bartender about what he himself likes to make.

When we were in Vegas in 2002, waiting for our table at Red Square (any decor which includes Gustav Klutsis is okay by me) and too cheap to kill time on Mandalay's sawbuck blackjack, we wandered over to Rum Jungle.

Now, I am led to understand that this had been (or perhaps was and still is) a happening place, but we are wont to eat with the blue hairs, so at 5:30pm on a Thursday night, they were still pulling the chairs down from the tables. While I promptly ordered something uninspired (a Long Island, perhaps), Karen inquired. And was offered up a Dark and Stormy.

I am aware that this is the official beverage of the Bermuda and for you East Coasters, this might not seem so exotic. But for us, it was a revelation.

It's a simple beverage: dark rum, ginger beer, and lime. I know that Gosling's is the official rum of Bermuda, but I've not seen that around here. So we make do.

You'll need:

A pint glass, filled with ice;

One jigger of Meyer's Dark Rum;

Juice of half a lime, one slice of lime;

Stewart's Ginger Beer.

Add the rum, then the juice of the lime, then fill to the rim with ginger beer, cut the lime slice, rub the rim and enjoy.

Once I'm off the vicodin from tomorrow's oral surgery, I'll be looking forward to a summer of dark and stormies. Or is that darks and stormy?

Comments are of course welcome with suggestions for improving or perfecting the dark and stormy and any of your own anecdotes about same.

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N.B.: This discussion of the dark and stormy kicks off our summer cocktail series and asks for input from you, my fellow bloggers, our routine commentors, and our many lurkers. On an occasional basis, we'll ask those interested to submit: a favorite drink recipe along with an anecdote (amusing, poignant, maudlin, or otherwise) about you and that drink. Fire it to the contact email, claim a drink, and we'll put up a schedule.

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