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you can leave out the mint leaves. they may be too hard to find...

Try this one...it's interactive. To find mint leaves check the garden center at Wally World or your locala natural health food store type place. Mint leaves are a must. Without them it's no more than rum and sugar
http://www.crillonimporters.com/News/03 ... recipe.htm#

i don't have any trouble getting mint in the grocery store....

From the BN Cookbook -- PHruitcakes in the Kitchen

2 oz. light rum
1 lime, halved
2 t powdered sugar
Mint Leaves
Club Soda

Place sugar, 2-3 phresh mint leaves (or large pinch dried mint leaves) and a splash of soda water in a pint glass. Use muddler to lightly press mint and dissolve sugar until it smells of mint. (*I use the back of a large spoon.) Squeeze both halves of the lime into the glass, leaving one half in the glass. Add rum, stir, and fill with ice. Top off with club soda. Garnish with a sprig of mint. Serves one.

Monin also has a mint flavored "syrup" you can use instead of the sugar/mint mixture. Plain sugar works as well as powdered sugar, too.

The Bacardi website has a good recipe, too.

http://www.bacardimojito.com/

I have just started straining the mint out before serving and just using a sprig for garnish, as the leaves seem to get in the way.

It's my favorite summertime adult beverage.

Enjoy!

the bartender at the cuban restaurant i go to mixes up the lime juice, mint and sugar ahead of time so the flavors really come alive, not to make the drink faster.

AlbatrossFlyer wrote:the bartender at the cuban restaurant i go to mixes up the lime juice, mint and sugar ahead of time so the flavors really come alive, not to make the drink faster.

I do the same thing, Charlie!

SchoolGirlHeart wrote:I so need to go someplace where the bartender knows how to make a decent mojito!!

wSGHs. It's her recipe in the cookbook.

You taking me with?

SchoolGirlHeart wrote:I so need to go someplace where the bartender knows how to make a decent mojito!!

Havana Patio Cafe
6245 E. Bell Rd.
Scottsdale, AZ 85254-6403
Phone: 480/991-1496

I think this might help i know they helped me.
http://www.labodeguita.com/main.htm

AlbatrossFlyer wrote:

SchoolGirlHeart wrote:I so need to go someplace where the bartender knows how to make a decent mojito!!

Havana Patio Cafe
6245 E. Bell Rd.
Scottsdale, AZ 85254-6403
Phone: 480/991-1496

or Hogs Breath. *Sigh*

East Texas Parrothead wrote:

AlbatrossFlyer wrote:

SchoolGirlHeart wrote:I so need to go someplace where the bartender knows how to make a decent mojito!!

Havana Patio Cafe
6245 E. Bell Rd.
Scottsdale, AZ 85254-6403
Phone: 480/991-1496

or Hogs Breath. *Sigh*

my back porch by the pool

AlbatrossFlyer wrote:my back porch by the pool

I bet Southwest is running a sale. I'll be right over.

if my stomach wasn't digesting itself, i'd probably go for dinner there

AlbatrossFlyer wrote:if my stomach wasn't digesting itself, i'd probably go for dinner there

that doesn't sound very pleasant....

I gotta find a good Cuban restaurant around here. Either that, or I have to go back to Manhattan, to Victor's. Better mojitos than in KW!

SchoolGirlHeart wrote:

AlbatrossFlyer wrote:my back porch by the pool

I bet Southwest is running a sale. I'll be right over.

Fly through LOVE Field, and I'll go with ya!

East Texas Parrothead wrote:

SchoolGirlHeart wrote:

AlbatrossFlyer wrote:my back porch by the pool

I bet Southwest is running a sale. I'll be right over.

Fly through LOVE Field, and I'll go with ya!

can't get to PHX from LUV

East Texas Parrothead wrote:

AlbatrossFlyer wrote:

SchoolGirlHeart wrote:I so need to go someplace where the bartender knows how to make a decent mojito!!

Havana Patio Cafe
6245 E. Bell Rd.
Scottsdale, AZ 85254-6403
Phone: 480/991-1496

or Hogs Breath. *Sigh*

i just bought a packet of seeds. i'll grow my own dang mint...

the correct mint based on the cuban recipe from the bar in havana where ernest slam'd 'em is:

Mentha nemorosa Willd

but i haven't been able to locate a source (seeds or cuttings) for it in the USA.