Why celebrate snow in August and how was the date of the Feast of the Transfiguration selected? How do you “muddle” something properly? How do you “build” a drink?
Today Mike and Alexandra explore these and other topics, including the very controversial question of “shaken or stirred?” They discuss how James Bond’s preferred Vodka Martini is wrong on so many levels, but how it may have made sense when it was first written about.
Our Lady of the Snows: August 5th, dedication of Mary Major in Rome
The Transfiguration: August 6th, why? Listen to find out!
Drink: Roman Punch
1oz Lemon Juice
1oz Grenadine
1oz Light rum
1oz Brandy
1/2oz Port
“Build” in a highball glass filled with crushed ice
Add Lemon Juice
Then Grenadine
Then Light rum
Then Brandy
Then Port
Admire, take a picture, then stir and drink.
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