On mint juleps
May 1, 2009
Apropos of Nick Kindelsperger's post on the Julep, there's a great quote by H. L. Mencken:
A man who'd put rye in a julep would put scorpions in a baby's bed.
Personally, I dispense with the anachronistic silver cup and omit the simple syrup, just going with shaved ice, good bourbon and plenty of mint. There's one other funny quote which I read in an old book once (now forgotten) that I'll paraphrase:
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