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a delicious drink
Jun. 10th, 2007 09:23 pmI have finally concocted a gingery drink that I would be pleased to have ordered in a restaurant or bar!
The cranberry juice is totally what makes it work. With the strength of the ginger and the cranberry, it could probably stand up to more rum if desired. I shall name it the Rachel Wall:
Rachel Wall was a Beacon Hill maid, and her husband, George, was a Boston Fisherman. After stealing a ship at Essex, they began pirating off of the Isle of Shoals. Pretending to be in distress, Rachel would stand out at the mast and cry for help. When the rescuers arrived, George and his men would kill them, rob them of all valuables, and sink their ship. In 1782, George Wall drowned in a storm. Rachel was rescued. She returned to Boston where she continued to steal from the cabins of ships docked in Boston Harbor. She was accused and convicted of murdering a sailor - a crime that she denied. At her hanging on October 8, 1789, she confessed to being a pirate. She is the only known woman pirate of New England. (from the website of The New England Pirate Museum in Salem, MA, a destination I heartily recommend to all and sundry--it's the local theatre students on summer break aka the "qualified guides" that really make it work!)
- hunk of ginger about half the size of my thumb (your thumb may vary), chopped coarsely (not my thumb, the ginger)
- juice of half a lime
- small unmeasured amount of unrefined kosher sugar (it tastes so much better!)
- shot and a half of light rum
- shot of cranberry juice (the blended sort, not the unsweetened sort though that might be interesting too)
The cranberry juice is totally what makes it work. With the strength of the ginger and the cranberry, it could probably stand up to more rum if desired. I shall name it the Rachel Wall:
Rachel Wall was a Beacon Hill maid, and her husband, George, was a Boston Fisherman. After stealing a ship at Essex, they began pirating off of the Isle of Shoals. Pretending to be in distress, Rachel would stand out at the mast and cry for help. When the rescuers arrived, George and his men would kill them, rob them of all valuables, and sink their ship. In 1782, George Wall drowned in a storm. Rachel was rescued. She returned to Boston where she continued to steal from the cabins of ships docked in Boston Harbor. She was accused and convicted of murdering a sailor - a crime that she denied. At her hanging on October 8, 1789, she confessed to being a pirate. She is the only known woman pirate of New England. (from the website of The New England Pirate Museum in Salem, MA, a destination I heartily recommend to all and sundry--it's the local theatre students on summer break aka the "qualified guides" that really make it work!)
