Raising the Bar with Jamie BoudreauMint

 

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Mint. To muddle or not to muddle. That is the question. Whatever your answer, mint and its herbal brethren should never be abused. Your cocktails, and those who drink them, will benefit from your from your gentle touch.

Comments
Kimberly Patton-Bragg 7 May 2009
10:06 am

Amen! I also have found that it “wakes up” the guest, too. They get a big kick out of it and are surprised by how much of the aromatics are released. I do this for a parsley drink on our menu. If you can tolerate the barrage of tedious spanking jokes, it’s a great technique and makes for a tasty drink.

Dinah (MetaGrrrl) 7 May 2009
11:18 am

Hear, hear!

And thanks for bringing us in to smell your hands - memory served nicely to fill in the missing scent. Spanking herbs* and zesting citrus over the glass are two things that really make sitting at the bar pleasant; everyone else’s drink gets to enhance your evening too.

*http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9IzDbNFDdP4

blair frodelius 8 May 2009
4:27 pm

I can see it now, T-shirts that have a big picture of a mint sprig laying on an open palm with another hand above it and the slogan “Mint: I do it my way… SMACK!”  The back of the shirt says “Smell my hands!”

All kidding aside, it truly does “wake up” the mint.  I used this very technique over Kentucky Derby Day.

Spank it, baby!

Cheers!

Blair
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Oscar Malek 13 May 2009
6:20 pm

Great advice as usual Jamie!

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