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The one thing upon which the two mint julep schools
are fully agreed is this: it was a julep the two C^ohna
governors had in mind when making ^eir celebrated
observation regarding the length of time between drmks.
Kentucky Mint Julep
1 lump sugar
? sprigs of mint leaves
? jiggers Bourbon whiskey.
Note the absence of the amount of Boujon to be used—th^'s
important in a julep, no matter from w at
which must
that is lacking in the above recipe is the shaved ice whiA must
go il £ Ilass or metal goblet in which the ,ulep is com
pounded.
While Georgia may be able to make gwd the boast
that the mint julep originated within her
^
appears to be no successful refutation of Kentucky s
claim that the Blue Grass State
drink. However divided
^J
leaves should be crushed or merely dunked, one ^ng
is certain-no Kentucky gentleman, far less a Kenmcky
colonel, would ever sanction a recipe which placed
limitations on the amount of Bourbon that goes into the
making.
Nor will we here entangle ourselves in the age-long
controversy-should a julep be sucked through a straw
or drunk from the container? Kentuckians vociferously
maintain that the use of astraw rums ajulep. We have
tried Kentucky julep with a straw and without both
work!
On one of his many visits to New Orleans "Marse
Henry" Watterson, one-time beloved editor of the Louis-
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