The Mojito Fix!!!

When you are feeling like a wet moth circling the sink drain you can cure your ills by erupting into naked breakdancing or building a Mojito!!!

Of course I have heard about Mojitos but would breakdance naked instead of making one.

My Mojito story starts with the purchase of a Yerbabuena plant at the supermarket. I read one label and picked up the wrong plant. I’ve been doing this my entire life. That’s how I test new shampoo’s, different sauces and now odd cooking plants. My neighbor, a plant know-it-all, corrected me about my Yerbabuena mistaken identity. I was wondering out loud what could I do with this plant and she smiled and said: “Make Mojitos”. She then recited the recipe like a professional bartender.

My Yervabuena plant graces my living room window because she likes warm, but not too hot sun. She likes direct, but not too direct sun. Lots of water, but not too much. My shrink would call her high maintenance.

Here’s how to make your Mojito. Mojito is a traditional Cuban highball. The cocktail often consists of five ingredients: white rum, sugar, lime juice, soda water, and mint aka as yervabuena. It’s a combination of sweetness, citrus, and herbaceous mint flavors intended to compliment the rum. It’s become a popular summer drink.

Ingredients: 1 1/2 oz white rum, 1 oz fresh lime juice, 2 teaspoons sugar, 6 leaves of mint, Soda Water.

Preparation: Mint leaves muddled with sugar and lime juice. Rum added and tapped with soda water. Garnish with sprig of Yerbabuena.

Served: On the rocks, over ice.

Drinkware: Collins glass

Done! Yum! My first impression was: “This needs more rum.” My second impression was: “Whoa, It’s gone straight to my head.” The Mojito Cure works.