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mint julep: tags: [drink]

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Definition:

Use a large Silver Mug.
Dissolve one lump of Sugar in one-half pony of Water.
Fill mug with Fine Ice.
Two jiggers of Old Bourbon Whiskey.
Stir well; add one boquet of Mint and serve.
Be careful and not bruise the Mint.

^{Tom Bullock. The Ideal Bartender (1917)}
^{photo: By Cocktailmarler [CC BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0 )]}
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They went to the Oak Room Bar of the Plaza and had mint julep in frosted pewter mugs. “For Kentucky’s sake,” Willie explained.

Irwin Shaw. Rich Man, Poor Man (1959)

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The little man stood tiptoe, and putting his head first to one side and then the other, and snuffing considerately in the directions of the various bottles, ordered at last a mint julep, in a thin and quivering voice, and with an air of great circumspection.

Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom’s Cabin (1852)

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“if you’re going to make personal remarks I won’t stay here a minute. Call up and order some ice for the mint julep.”

F. Scott Fitzgerald. The Great Gatsby (1925)