No, the soda water is there to help the lime cut through the rum + sugar sweetness. The fizziness is a necessary component.
Mighty fine shindig.
Mal ,'Shindig'
F2F5: I forget that everyone isn't us
Plan what to do, what to wear (you can never go wrong with a corset), and get ready for the next BuffistaCon.
Jessica - Apr 22, 2009 10:39:42 am PDT #1152 of 12685
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
NoiseDesign - Apr 22, 2009 10:45:20 am PDT #1153 of 12685
Our wings are not tired
Yeah, it's not a mojito without the soda water. It's some other drink.
Barb - Apr 22, 2009 11:03:51 am PDT #1154 of 12685
“Not dead yet!”
According to my Memories From a Cuban Kitchen cookbook, a Mojito has Angostura bitters, lime, mint, rum, and sparkling mineral water-- no sugar. A Mojito Criollo adds lemon peel and sugar.
omnis_audis - Apr 22, 2009 11:04:38 am PDT #1155 of 12685
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
You still have my cell number, right?Ya,I think, last 2 digits are 30?
juliana - Apr 22, 2009 11:15:24 am PDT #1156 of 12685
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…
a Mojito has Angostura bitters, lime, mint, rum, and sparkling mineral water
Oooohhhh. Everything is better with bitters. I shall have to try this version.
I remember walking into the one bar and hearing "Say Hello to the pansies!!" yelled at us and having red-headed sluts.
Wait - we had us? (Ba dum BUM.) Ah, Columbus Cafe, back in the day....
Aims - Apr 22, 2009 11:17:24 am PDT #1157 of 12685
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Wait - we had us?
We did. We had us at hello.
Barb - Apr 22, 2009 11:21:14 am PDT #1158 of 12685
“Not dead yet!”
Oooohhhh. Everything is better with bitters. I shall have to try this version.
What's funny is that the book's author mentioned that with both recipes, the Havana bartenders would have to alter it for the Americans by using gin instead of rum.
Can you imagine? ptui
Toddson - Apr 22, 2009 11:24:09 am PDT #1159 of 12685
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
I can't drink any
Laga - Apr 22, 2009 11:25:35 am PDT #1160 of 12685
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
Ya,I think, last 2 digits are 30?
that sounds right.
Kathy A - Apr 22, 2009 11:27:45 am PDT #1161 of 12685
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
The first time I ever heard of bitters was at a bar up on Washington Island in Door County, WI. The big thing there was to drink a shot of bitters followed by a beer chaser, and then they gave you a card to celebrate your achievement that you then "signed" by putting your thumb in the shotglass and putting your thumbprint on the card with the bitters as the ink.