Saturday, August 27, 2011

Hurricane Preparedness

  • Bottled water. Check.
  • Milk. Check.
  • Diapers. Check
  • Working flashlights. Check.
  • Limes, dark rum, and passion fruit syrup to make a Hurricane, the cocktail made famous by Pat O’Brien’s, a bar in the French Quarter of New Orleans. Check, check, check. 
Sipping my cocktail and waiting for Hurricane Irene...


Hurricane Cocktail*

Ingredients:
-1 ounce fresh-squeezed lime juice
-4 ounces dark rum
-4 ounces passion fruit syrup
-ice
-1 lime slice
-1 Maraschino cherry

Directions:
In a cocktail shaker, add lime juice, rum, passion fruit syrup, and ice; shake vigorously for 1-2 minutes and then strain into a tall glass. Garnish with lime slice and a maraschino cherry. Makes 1 serving.

*There are many different versions of the Hurricane cocktail and I believe that the original Pat O’Brien’s boasts about five different kinds of alcohol, but I had to make the call between carting home all of those liquor bottles and stocking up on more milk while pushing a stroller and holding a four-year-old’s hand.

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