The Mojito

(Une histoire, mais pas tres bon)

Thanks to a suggestion subliminally planted in our heads by CC, tea time last Friday saw a worthy attempt at the Mojito.

Since CC wasn't around, the surf team formally suggested to the committee early in the week that the Mojito (Papa's favorite drink, and since her trip to Miami, NR's too) be served.

The committee originally dismissed the idea as unthinkable. Perhaps, after all, the surf team was pulling the Committee's leg. Who would think that rum, mint, club soda and lime could live up to our standards?

As the week dragged on, the idea grew upon the Committee, kinda like a cool moss. Thursday the Committee accepted the proposal, and the preparations could begin. ED and JT nominated themselves to host the soiree. Friday noon saw them at the Hannaford supermarket buying supplies. Now we are all set for a grand conclusion to the week, or so we thought.

Tea time arrives, and guess what? Somehow in all the excitement, a critical ingredient, the soda water, is nowhere to be found. So, ED heads off to Costco in search of soda water. NR, RA and AO agree to hold down the fort, lest it's thought that tea time has been cancelled. The cheese plate is constructed.

4:15? No ED.

4:30? No ED.

Finally, around 4:40 ED returns with MG's Costco card and a case of Perrier.

Now comes the difficult part, preparing the drinks. We're all inexperienced here, but thankfully the video has been viewed, and the recipe has been posted up on the cabinets. Six? Will six be enough? Yeah, sure. ED methodically counts 12 mint leaves into each glass, pours in the sugar, places half a lime in each glass, and uses the glass and an ice-cream scoop as mortar and pestle, and the rum and Perrier is added.

Voila.

Then the crowd arrives...

Six more? And a couple of virgin Mojitos? No Problem. JT chips in, and soon enough the crowd is satisfied, although the kitchen is beginning to resemble that of a frat house - crushed limes and mint leaves everywhere, drops of sugary rum on the floor.

Luckily the cleaning crew will come in this weekend.

Smashed can see why Papa and NR like this drink, it's tasty, cool and refreshing, but considering its labor-intensity probably best experienced on vacation in the tropics. It's quite a bit of prep work for a cocktail that drinks like a swamp.

This week, we'll have something a bit more civilized.