1 00:00:07,920 --> 00:00:10,240 Speaker 1: Hello, and welcome to Sabor Production off I Heart Radio. 2 00:00:10,280 --> 00:00:13,319 Speaker 1: I'm Annie Reese and I'm Lauren Vogelbaum. And today we're 3 00:00:13,360 --> 00:00:20,960 Speaker 1: talking about the Mohito. Yes, another cocktail hour. It has 4 00:00:21,079 --> 00:00:24,560 Speaker 1: been um. Oh, but what a delightful cocktail hour to 5 00:00:24,600 --> 00:00:30,320 Speaker 1: come back with. Yes, yes, um. And So I I 6 00:00:30,360 --> 00:00:34,600 Speaker 1: went through a huge, huge Mohedo phase in college, which 7 00:00:34,640 --> 00:00:39,760 Speaker 1: I now have realized probably earned me a lot of enemies. Um, 8 00:00:39,880 --> 00:00:43,479 Speaker 1: we'll talk about that more later. And it felt like 9 00:00:43,520 --> 00:00:45,559 Speaker 1: such a step up in my college mind because I 10 00:00:45,600 --> 00:00:50,319 Speaker 1: kind of started with like screwdrivers and mud slides. Order. Yeah, yeah, 11 00:00:50,360 --> 00:00:53,279 Speaker 1: the mud slide was definitely a staple of mine for 12 00:00:53,320 --> 00:00:56,760 Speaker 1: a while there. Yeah, and I also did white Russians. 13 00:00:56,840 --> 00:00:59,480 Speaker 1: I did White Russians, which is close to the mud slide, 14 00:00:59,760 --> 00:01:04,720 Speaker 1: right right. But then then I figured out my mint problem. 15 00:01:04,840 --> 00:01:09,760 Speaker 1: My issue with meant and no more. Oh right, yeah, 16 00:01:10,319 --> 00:01:13,480 Speaker 1: I see I Okay. I I feel like we could 17 00:01:13,480 --> 00:01:17,920 Speaker 1: workshop this and find something mint esque that doesn't bother you. 18 00:01:19,240 --> 00:01:22,560 Speaker 1: And you know, I bet if we could do such 19 00:01:22,600 --> 00:01:26,319 Speaker 1: a thing, a lot of bartenders would be very grateful 20 00:01:26,959 --> 00:01:30,920 Speaker 1: for it. Well, if you're asking them to make the 21 00:01:30,959 --> 00:01:33,200 Speaker 1: same drink with just a different herb. I don't think 22 00:01:33,240 --> 00:01:36,800 Speaker 1: that they would be particularly but at least it wouldn't 23 00:01:37,560 --> 00:01:40,840 Speaker 1: it wouldn't be another heck in Mohito. So I don't know, 24 00:01:41,240 --> 00:01:47,560 Speaker 1: um shrug. I also went through a mohito phase, um, 25 00:01:47,600 --> 00:01:51,640 Speaker 1: a little bit after I was in college, like like 26 00:01:51,640 --> 00:01:54,640 Speaker 1: like we're probably talking about around the same time frame 27 00:01:55,040 --> 00:01:59,200 Speaker 1: when they were just very popular here in the United States. Uh. 28 00:01:59,360 --> 00:02:03,120 Speaker 1: There was at least one restaurant that, for no reason 29 00:02:03,160 --> 00:02:05,320 Speaker 1: that I can particularly remember. I think it was like 30 00:02:05,360 --> 00:02:09,320 Speaker 1: an Asian themed restaurant, but they specialized in mohitos, and 31 00:02:10,480 --> 00:02:15,080 Speaker 1: I felt so bad for the bartenders there every day 32 00:02:15,160 --> 00:02:23,440 Speaker 1: because it would just be like thirty mohedos coming up. Um. Uh. 33 00:02:23,480 --> 00:02:27,760 Speaker 1: But no, they're They're delightful. I remember, I think I was. 34 00:02:28,080 --> 00:02:31,440 Speaker 1: I was at the club, I was in the club scene. No, Sharon, 35 00:02:31,840 --> 00:02:34,000 Speaker 1: I was. I was that person that got the mohedo. 36 00:02:34,040 --> 00:02:37,880 Speaker 1: But it was definitely not like somebody suggested it to me, 37 00:02:37,919 --> 00:02:40,200 Speaker 1: because I don't think I would have ordered it. I 38 00:02:40,240 --> 00:02:44,000 Speaker 1: don't think it was in my on my radar until 39 00:02:44,040 --> 00:02:50,520 Speaker 1: someone was like, you've got to try yes. Um. And 40 00:02:50,560 --> 00:02:54,960 Speaker 1: just reminder, we have done episodes online rum Agrical, Mint 41 00:02:55,000 --> 00:02:59,240 Speaker 1: and Sugar all important to this topic we're discussing, Um, 42 00:02:59,240 --> 00:03:03,600 Speaker 1: we do need to do an episode still on RUM 43 00:03:03,639 --> 00:03:06,760 Speaker 1: in general or like I don't know, twenty episodes like 44 00:03:06,760 --> 00:03:09,040 Speaker 1: like like whatever whatever format we think that we can 45 00:03:09,120 --> 00:03:12,760 Speaker 1: work that in on. And also when I was checking 46 00:03:12,800 --> 00:03:14,640 Speaker 1: to make super sure because I have no idea what 47 00:03:14,680 --> 00:03:16,880 Speaker 1: topics we've covered in the past, um that we had 48 00:03:16,919 --> 00:03:19,679 Speaker 1: not done one on ROUM in general. Yeah, like we've 49 00:03:19,680 --> 00:03:22,400 Speaker 1: done a lot of episodes, like we we just flew 50 00:03:22,520 --> 00:03:27,160 Speaker 1: right by the three mark at some point, and I like, 51 00:03:27,480 --> 00:03:31,959 Speaker 1: in in just totally unbeknownst to us, we need to 52 00:03:32,000 --> 00:03:40,680 Speaker 1: go back and we need to do a retroactive three 53 00:03:36,760 --> 00:03:44,240 Speaker 1: d oh. Yeah, okay, I'll see. My mind is blank. 54 00:03:44,320 --> 00:03:46,120 Speaker 1: So that's great. I'm glad that one of us is 55 00:03:46,120 --> 00:03:49,760 Speaker 1: working on it. Okay, I will. We'll have a big 56 00:03:49,800 --> 00:03:57,480 Speaker 1: favor celebration retroactively definitely. Speaking of celebrations, July eleven is 57 00:03:57,600 --> 00:04:01,440 Speaker 1: National Mohito Day here in the US. Um just missed it, 58 00:04:01,800 --> 00:04:04,160 Speaker 1: I guess, but but I guess. You know, really any 59 00:04:04,240 --> 00:04:07,040 Speaker 1: day can be a Mohito day if you, if you, 60 00:04:07,080 --> 00:04:13,320 Speaker 1: if you so choose, absolutely, and what is time anymore anyway? Exactly? Also, 61 00:04:14,480 --> 00:04:21,559 Speaker 1: speaking of I suppose drink responsibly. Drink responsibly, Yes, absolutely, yes, 62 00:04:21,880 --> 00:04:29,240 Speaker 1: But okay, let's get to our question, the mohito. What 63 00:04:29,480 --> 00:04:33,680 Speaker 1: is it? Well, the mohito is a high ball cocktail 64 00:04:33,760 --> 00:04:37,800 Speaker 1: featuring white rum, fresh mint, lime, and sugar diluted with 65 00:04:37,839 --> 00:04:41,040 Speaker 1: crushed ice and soda water into a refreshing kind of 66 00:04:41,080 --> 00:04:44,800 Speaker 1: smooth tasting drink. And let's let's break that all down 67 00:04:44,880 --> 00:04:46,640 Speaker 1: just a little bit. So, a high ball is a 68 00:04:46,680 --> 00:04:51,320 Speaker 1: type of drink with a more not alcohol than alcohol proportionately. Um. 69 00:04:51,320 --> 00:04:54,760 Speaker 1: The alcohol here in question is a white Cuban style rum, 70 00:04:54,880 --> 00:04:57,839 Speaker 1: also called light rum or sometimes silver rum. It's the 71 00:04:57,880 --> 00:05:01,160 Speaker 1: clear kind um and all right. Rum is a is 72 00:05:01,160 --> 00:05:03,640 Speaker 1: a liquor distilled from molasses, which is a product or 73 00:05:03,680 --> 00:05:09,800 Speaker 1: byproduct traditionally of refining sugarcane into granulated sugar. And white 74 00:05:09,880 --> 00:05:12,600 Speaker 1: rum is aged a couple of years in wood barrels, 75 00:05:12,640 --> 00:05:15,560 Speaker 1: but not long enough to pick up the deeper colors 76 00:05:15,680 --> 00:05:21,840 Speaker 1: or flavors of some other RUMs. So the mohito is 77 00:05:21,839 --> 00:05:24,880 Speaker 1: is a pretty simple cocktail. Um, not a whole lot 78 00:05:24,920 --> 00:05:28,239 Speaker 1: of ingredients. Um, but they require a lot of care 79 00:05:28,480 --> 00:05:31,760 Speaker 1: to make well. Um Like it's important to crush the 80 00:05:31,839 --> 00:05:35,279 Speaker 1: mint enough to release flavor. But you don't want like 81 00:05:35,279 --> 00:05:38,400 Speaker 1: a glassful of mint pulp that's all like bitter and 82 00:05:38,400 --> 00:05:41,440 Speaker 1: and leafy. You don't want to drink a salad. The 83 00:05:41,520 --> 00:05:43,880 Speaker 1: sugar and the and the acid from the lime should 84 00:05:43,880 --> 00:05:47,159 Speaker 1: be in balance. And the delicate and lightly sweet and 85 00:05:47,240 --> 00:05:50,679 Speaker 1: kind of like caramel, fruity, grassy flavor of the rum 86 00:05:50,760 --> 00:05:54,200 Speaker 1: shouldn't be totally overwhelmed by any of these kind of 87 00:05:54,360 --> 00:06:01,080 Speaker 1: overwhelming ingredients. Um. And there is disagreement over how to 88 00:06:01,120 --> 00:06:08,840 Speaker 1: do this correctly. Oh yeah, um, you you can find 89 00:06:08,960 --> 00:06:12,920 Speaker 1: a bunch of strongly worded recipes on the internet. Um. 90 00:06:13,360 --> 00:06:17,520 Speaker 1: But but I think that basically we can all agree 91 00:06:17,960 --> 00:06:20,560 Speaker 1: that that your your first step in making a mohito 92 00:06:20,960 --> 00:06:22,960 Speaker 1: is going to be to put your mint and like 93 00:06:23,040 --> 00:06:25,239 Speaker 1: just a little sugar, like like a teaspoon of sugar, 94 00:06:25,320 --> 00:06:27,800 Speaker 1: maybe in the bottom of the tall glass that you 95 00:06:27,839 --> 00:06:31,480 Speaker 1: will be serving said mohito in um. Spearmint is the 96 00:06:31,480 --> 00:06:33,279 Speaker 1: traditional type of mint, which I did not know and 97 00:06:33,320 --> 00:06:37,120 Speaker 1: find fascinating. Some people recommend that the sugar be simple 98 00:06:37,160 --> 00:06:40,680 Speaker 1: syrup instead of granulated sugar. Um. Uh. Simple syrup being 99 00:06:40,680 --> 00:06:42,840 Speaker 1: sugar that is dissolved into water in a one to 100 00:06:42,920 --> 00:06:46,360 Speaker 1: one ratio. The granulated sugar can can help break down 101 00:06:46,360 --> 00:06:48,960 Speaker 1: the mint leaves a little bit. The simple syrup is 102 00:06:49,040 --> 00:06:53,160 Speaker 1: gonna mix better into the drink. Again, I am not 103 00:06:53,360 --> 00:06:58,719 Speaker 1: stating a personal preference. I'm giving you the facts. Very 104 00:06:58,720 --> 00:07:07,200 Speaker 1: diplomatic of you, Thank you. I'm trying. I'm concerned. UM. 105 00:07:07,240 --> 00:07:11,360 Speaker 1: I will say white sugar is generally preferred either way, um, 106 00:07:11,400 --> 00:07:14,000 Speaker 1: because it's like a cleaner flavor and lets the flavor 107 00:07:14,040 --> 00:07:17,120 Speaker 1: of the realm come through better. UM. So okay, yeah, yeah. 108 00:07:17,120 --> 00:07:19,120 Speaker 1: You get your mint in your sugar in the glass, 109 00:07:19,240 --> 00:07:23,240 Speaker 1: and then you gently smoosh the mint with a with 110 00:07:23,280 --> 00:07:26,200 Speaker 1: a muddle um or the back of a spoon. And 111 00:07:26,200 --> 00:07:28,240 Speaker 1: what you're not looking to do here is grind. Do 112 00:07:28,320 --> 00:07:31,680 Speaker 1: not grind that mint, because most of the desirable flavors 113 00:07:31,720 --> 00:07:34,600 Speaker 1: in mint are right on the surface of the leaves um, 114 00:07:34,640 --> 00:07:36,960 Speaker 1: caught up in those little tiny hairs that mint leaves 115 00:07:36,960 --> 00:07:38,600 Speaker 1: have that give them just a little bit of a fuzz, 116 00:07:38,720 --> 00:07:41,080 Speaker 1: you know. Um. And so you're just trying to get 117 00:07:41,120 --> 00:07:45,320 Speaker 1: those those oils to release. You're not trying to mush 118 00:07:45,680 --> 00:07:51,760 Speaker 1: the leaves. Yams is a good technical term. I am 119 00:07:52,480 --> 00:07:59,040 Speaker 1: full of nothing but science words. This is true. I'm 120 00:07:59,080 --> 00:08:04,840 Speaker 1: totally on board. Um uh so so next, you're gonna 121 00:08:04,880 --> 00:08:07,840 Speaker 1: fill the glass with crushed ice, then add lime juice 122 00:08:07,840 --> 00:08:10,760 Speaker 1: and rum and stir um. Top that with more ice 123 00:08:10,800 --> 00:08:13,560 Speaker 1: if needed, uh, fill with soda, and then garnish with 124 00:08:13,600 --> 00:08:16,239 Speaker 1: a sprig of mint, plus a lime piece or twist 125 00:08:16,320 --> 00:08:19,520 Speaker 1: or spent lime half. A chunk of sugar cane is 126 00:08:19,560 --> 00:08:22,120 Speaker 1: sometimes included in there, as well as a garnish um, 127 00:08:22,400 --> 00:08:26,080 Speaker 1: and then you serve um. Some folks do add the 128 00:08:26,080 --> 00:08:31,040 Speaker 1: lime juice during the muddling step, especially if you're using 129 00:08:31,080 --> 00:08:33,600 Speaker 1: granulated sugar. I think to help dissolve the sugar a 130 00:08:33,600 --> 00:08:36,240 Speaker 1: little bit before you get the ice involved. I personally 131 00:08:36,280 --> 00:08:38,079 Speaker 1: like it when there's a little bit of sugar granulation 132 00:08:38,120 --> 00:08:42,880 Speaker 1: in the bottom of the drink. Again again I I 133 00:08:42,960 --> 00:08:48,199 Speaker 1: don't don't come for me, No, no stance is being 134 00:08:48,240 --> 00:08:52,560 Speaker 1: taken here, just explaining of facts, yeah, yeah, and and 135 00:08:52,720 --> 00:08:57,560 Speaker 1: expressing perhaps a personal preference yes, yes, which we're all 136 00:08:57,559 --> 00:09:02,000 Speaker 1: allowed to have, yes, hype of Aradically, the Internet sometimes 137 00:09:02,000 --> 00:09:10,600 Speaker 1: tells us otherwise. Um. But so that the result is 138 00:09:10,640 --> 00:09:14,480 Speaker 1: gonna be just just on the side of sweet um, 139 00:09:14,559 --> 00:09:17,040 Speaker 1: with brightness from the lime and this cool hit of 140 00:09:17,120 --> 00:09:20,680 Speaker 1: mint and very simpable um. The ice melts relatively quickly 141 00:09:20,920 --> 00:09:24,160 Speaker 1: blending the drink and giving you a slightly different experience 142 00:09:24,240 --> 00:09:33,240 Speaker 1: as you sip aht someone so badly. I know, all right, 143 00:09:34,679 --> 00:09:40,400 Speaker 1: Well what about the nutrition again, drink responsibly. Um. And 144 00:09:40,600 --> 00:09:42,559 Speaker 1: this one depends on how the drink is made. It 145 00:09:42,640 --> 00:09:45,520 Speaker 1: can have like quite a lot of sugar in it, 146 00:09:45,760 --> 00:09:48,640 Speaker 1: so um, watch watch out for that. But you know, treats, 147 00:09:48,679 --> 00:09:52,880 Speaker 1: treats are nice, Yes, they absolutely are. UM and it 148 00:09:52,960 --> 00:09:55,160 Speaker 1: seems that people do like this treat because we do 149 00:09:55,240 --> 00:09:59,200 Speaker 1: have some numbers for you. The drink is popular all over. 150 00:10:00,000 --> 00:10:02,800 Speaker 1: It also enjoys a fair amount of hate, which we're 151 00:10:02,800 --> 00:10:07,079 Speaker 1: gonna be touching them throughout this episode. It is perhaps 152 00:10:07,160 --> 00:10:11,760 Speaker 1: most popular in Cuba, It's motherland. Wayne Curtis, author of 153 00:10:11,840 --> 00:10:14,560 Speaker 1: and a Bottle of Rum, believes that if you walk 154 00:10:14,600 --> 00:10:17,720 Speaker 1: into pretty much any old Havana bar and hold up 155 00:10:17,720 --> 00:10:22,520 Speaker 1: two fingers towards the bartender, you'll probably get to Mohito's 156 00:10:22,600 --> 00:10:27,920 Speaker 1: in return. Yeah. According to Mental Floss, Google trends data 157 00:10:28,000 --> 00:10:31,360 Speaker 1: suggested is the most googled cocktail in Poland, and a 158 00:10:31,400 --> 00:10:34,120 Speaker 1: consultancy firm found that it was the most popular cocktail 159 00:10:34,240 --> 00:10:38,360 Speaker 1: in the UK. And I believe also in France it 160 00:10:38,440 --> 00:10:42,199 Speaker 1: was up there at least. Yeah, yeah, but but hey 161 00:10:42,240 --> 00:10:46,400 Speaker 1: about that hate. H It is almost always number one 162 00:10:46,640 --> 00:10:51,160 Speaker 1: on lists of bartenders most hated drinks. Oh yes, and 163 00:10:51,160 --> 00:10:54,960 Speaker 1: that's because it is so fussy to to make. I 164 00:10:54,960 --> 00:10:56,960 Speaker 1: would just say, I'm not going to tell you not 165 00:10:57,000 --> 00:10:59,920 Speaker 1: to order one in a bar, um, but like, read 166 00:11:00,000 --> 00:11:03,720 Speaker 1: a room before you order a mohito. Um. Like, if 167 00:11:03,760 --> 00:11:06,520 Speaker 1: you're not at a bar that generally makes fussy cocktails, 168 00:11:07,160 --> 00:11:10,520 Speaker 1: or even if you are, but like the bar is slammed, 169 00:11:10,960 --> 00:11:14,360 Speaker 1: consider a different drink. Um Like, if nothing else, a 170 00:11:14,360 --> 00:11:16,960 Speaker 1: different drink would get to you faster and you'll be 171 00:11:17,080 --> 00:11:21,000 Speaker 1: less likely to be disappointed with the results. I'd say, 172 00:11:21,160 --> 00:11:25,640 Speaker 1: I think that's good advice. And again we'll be touching 173 00:11:25,679 --> 00:11:29,200 Speaker 1: on this throughout, but I wanted to include this quote here. 174 00:11:29,920 --> 00:11:34,280 Speaker 1: According to Willie Melendez, who was then the bartender over 175 00:11:34,320 --> 00:11:37,960 Speaker 1: at Philadelphia's Almonte Cuba, which this when he said this, 176 00:11:38,480 --> 00:11:42,000 Speaker 1: people butcher the mohedo on purpose. I've seen people pour 177 00:11:42,160 --> 00:11:46,120 Speaker 1: nothing but hatred into the shaker tin and what you 178 00:11:46,240 --> 00:11:54,080 Speaker 1: put in combs out so but hatred. Yep, here's your 179 00:11:54,280 --> 00:11:59,320 Speaker 1: hatred mohito. Enjoy I've had one of those. Yeah, believe 180 00:11:59,400 --> 00:12:04,200 Speaker 1: I have to um, yeah, it's it's a fussy enough 181 00:12:04,280 --> 00:12:07,120 Speaker 1: drink that that there's a whole market of mixes out 182 00:12:07,160 --> 00:12:10,480 Speaker 1: there for home bars and also places that maybe don't 183 00:12:10,520 --> 00:12:12,600 Speaker 1: stock fresh herbs or just don't want to be buggered 184 00:12:12,640 --> 00:12:15,760 Speaker 1: about it. Um uh. You know mixes from just like 185 00:12:15,840 --> 00:12:19,640 Speaker 1: mint syrup that's meant to be diluted all the way 186 00:12:19,840 --> 00:12:23,040 Speaker 1: up to and including like mint and lime and sugar 187 00:12:23,120 --> 00:12:26,600 Speaker 1: mixes that you just kind of add ice and rum too. Yeah. 188 00:12:26,679 --> 00:12:29,920 Speaker 1: And I saw accounts of people putting crim de mint 189 00:12:30,920 --> 00:12:34,880 Speaker 1: in mohitos. Oh no, yeah, oh that is definitely a 190 00:12:34,920 --> 00:12:39,680 Speaker 1: hate mohito. Yeah, exactly, I'm making a face like a 191 00:12:39,800 --> 00:12:41,440 Speaker 1: like like when a cat gets a smell that it 192 00:12:41,440 --> 00:12:43,679 Speaker 1: doesn't like on its whiskers, like, oh, like get it off. 193 00:12:43,760 --> 00:12:52,080 Speaker 1: Me can't confirm, uh, but that flavor is also like 194 00:12:52,080 --> 00:12:55,160 Speaker 1: like mohedo is a flavor now. Um. It became popular 195 00:12:55,240 --> 00:12:57,640 Speaker 1: enough that there are all kinds of packaged products that 196 00:12:57,800 --> 00:13:02,400 Speaker 1: come in this mohito flavor. Um France has Mohito flavored 197 00:13:02,440 --> 00:13:07,560 Speaker 1: seven Up, which as accounted for fifteen of all seven 198 00:13:07,640 --> 00:13:13,720 Speaker 1: Up sales in that country. Wow, I know right. Um. Yeah, 199 00:13:13,920 --> 00:13:17,200 Speaker 1: there's candies like like gummies and gum scented stuff like 200 00:13:17,240 --> 00:13:21,439 Speaker 1: candles and perfume. There's mohito perfume you a, um, it's 201 00:13:21,520 --> 00:13:27,080 Speaker 1: making extract, it's a vape flavor. I'm always wondering about 202 00:13:27,080 --> 00:13:32,520 Speaker 1: those alcohol type perfume sense that if I were to 203 00:13:32,640 --> 00:13:36,600 Speaker 1: wear one, if someone recognized that, they would think, Wow, 204 00:13:36,720 --> 00:13:42,960 Speaker 1: she's she's drinking. She's always chicking mohitos. But I guess 205 00:13:42,960 --> 00:13:48,240 Speaker 1: if you could recognize that smell, I don't know. I assume. 206 00:13:48,640 --> 00:13:51,920 Speaker 1: I assume that they dial back the like booze scent 207 00:13:52,120 --> 00:13:54,920 Speaker 1: and dial up the like right, the like lime and 208 00:13:55,000 --> 00:14:01,320 Speaker 1: maybe caramel and and mint sense. Uh. Also, just I 209 00:14:01,360 --> 00:14:04,160 Speaker 1: know this isn't that show, but but just a quick note, 210 00:14:04,400 --> 00:14:07,080 Speaker 1: flavored vapes maybe don't maybe don't do them, like if 211 00:14:07,080 --> 00:14:09,280 Speaker 1: you if you were trying to quit smoking by using vapes, 212 00:14:09,320 --> 00:14:12,520 Speaker 1: I applaud you all day every day. I'm happy for you. Um, 213 00:14:12,600 --> 00:14:15,120 Speaker 1: But just the research that's out right now about the 214 00:14:15,120 --> 00:14:18,120 Speaker 1: flavorings that go into vapes. Um, the thing is that 215 00:14:18,160 --> 00:14:22,240 Speaker 1: these these are flavorings that are FDA approved for ingestion, 216 00:14:22,360 --> 00:14:27,920 Speaker 1: for eating, but they are not approved for chronically inhaling. Right, 217 00:14:28,360 --> 00:14:31,360 Speaker 1: So I would I just I just want I just 218 00:14:31,400 --> 00:14:35,320 Speaker 1: want you guys to have a nice time. Yeah, yeah, 219 00:14:35,520 --> 00:14:41,080 Speaker 1: maybe avoid flavored vapes. Yes, good note. Um, but if 220 00:14:41,080 --> 00:14:45,640 Speaker 1: you're looking for a cheesecake, Betty Crocker has a mohito 221 00:14:45,840 --> 00:14:52,720 Speaker 1: cheesecake crispy for you. I with the exact same way 222 00:14:52,760 --> 00:14:54,520 Speaker 1: that I want you all to have a nice time, 223 00:14:54,560 --> 00:14:57,080 Speaker 1: I also want you to have as much cheesecake as 224 00:14:57,320 --> 00:15:02,360 Speaker 1: as you possibly desire. Um. But but but yeah, there are 225 00:15:02,480 --> 00:15:05,320 Speaker 1: like a heck and lot of recipes out there for 226 00:15:05,640 --> 00:15:09,960 Speaker 1: mohito flavored foods. Um, Mohito bars kind of like like 227 00:15:10,080 --> 00:15:15,040 Speaker 1: lemon bars, but lime and minty um, Moose's pies, cupcakes, popsicles, 228 00:15:15,040 --> 00:15:18,800 Speaker 1: ice cream, smoothies, salsa, using the flavors as an inspiration 229 00:15:18,840 --> 00:15:22,480 Speaker 1: for for marinaides, for meats or fruit salads. I found 230 00:15:22,520 --> 00:15:26,880 Speaker 1: a recipe for a mohito macaroni salad, and y'all, I'm 231 00:15:26,920 --> 00:15:30,080 Speaker 1: still confused. It's like it's like elbow macaroni and green 232 00:15:30,160 --> 00:15:34,040 Speaker 1: peppers and crumbled case of fresco and chopped green onion 233 00:15:34,160 --> 00:15:37,480 Speaker 1: and mint, and it's tossed in addressing of mayo and 234 00:15:37,600 --> 00:15:42,000 Speaker 1: lime juice and chicken bullion and I and I don't 235 00:15:42,000 --> 00:15:47,880 Speaker 1: want that. Mm hmm. I maybe maybe I'm not thinking 236 00:15:47,880 --> 00:15:51,360 Speaker 1: of it, right, I mean, there's only one way to 237 00:15:51,400 --> 00:15:57,400 Speaker 1: find out, and you are allowed to be you because 238 00:15:57,400 --> 00:15:59,480 Speaker 1: it has mayo. Now I'm just kidding. I would go 239 00:15:59,560 --> 00:16:02,640 Speaker 1: in with oh, I can't do the green peppers. See, 240 00:16:02,840 --> 00:16:05,440 Speaker 1: this is just NiFe. Neither of us were both precluded. 241 00:16:06,120 --> 00:16:11,480 Speaker 1: Well darn it. I'd be open to it, honestly. But yeah, 242 00:16:11,520 --> 00:16:15,760 Speaker 1: I'm a I'm a little I'm not sure. I'm I'm 243 00:16:15,800 --> 00:16:19,680 Speaker 1: getting the vision that the author of this recipe wanted 244 00:16:19,760 --> 00:16:24,080 Speaker 1: me to get. But you know, it could be great, 245 00:16:24,640 --> 00:16:29,960 Speaker 1: it could be often. Food surprises you often, yes, sometimes 246 00:16:29,960 --> 00:16:36,360 Speaker 1: in a bad way? Also true, very true. You know 247 00:16:36,360 --> 00:16:41,880 Speaker 1: what else is surprising? History? Oh? Usually? Yeah, And we 248 00:16:41,920 --> 00:16:44,000 Speaker 1: will get into the history of the mohito after we 249 00:16:44,040 --> 00:16:45,520 Speaker 1: get back from a quick break for a word from 250 00:16:45,520 --> 00:16:57,840 Speaker 1: our sponsor, and we're back. Thank you, sponsor, Yes, thank you. 251 00:16:59,120 --> 00:17:02,280 Speaker 1: And it wouldn't be a cocktail hour without some Injurgue 252 00:17:02,560 --> 00:17:09,440 Speaker 1: legend and multiple origin stories, multiple completely unconfirmed origin stories. Yes. Yes. 253 00:17:11,359 --> 00:17:13,159 Speaker 1: One of the more prominent ones has to do with 254 00:17:13,160 --> 00:17:17,280 Speaker 1: the bar in Havana, Cuba called La Bodaito del Medio. 255 00:17:17,600 --> 00:17:20,480 Speaker 1: They claim to be this part as to be the 256 00:17:20,520 --> 00:17:25,200 Speaker 1: originator of the drink and the claim enjoys the particular 257 00:17:26,400 --> 00:17:31,159 Speaker 1: of Earnest Hmmingway, who, my God, does he come up 258 00:17:31,160 --> 00:17:35,040 Speaker 1: in every cocole hour we talk about, um singling out 259 00:17:35,080 --> 00:17:39,480 Speaker 1: their version as his favorite. Tracing this version of the 260 00:17:39,520 --> 00:17:42,560 Speaker 1: story back a bit, the story usually goes that enslaved 261 00:17:42,600 --> 00:17:46,200 Speaker 1: people on the Cuban sugarcane fields created the drink using 262 00:17:46,440 --> 00:17:50,040 Speaker 1: a guardiente, the kenna or firewater of the sugar cane. 263 00:17:50,600 --> 00:17:56,960 Speaker 1: This was basically simple sugarcane alcohol. But and I find 264 00:17:57,040 --> 00:18:00,760 Speaker 1: this interesting. Some actually dispute that hmming Way thing, pointing 265 00:18:00,800 --> 00:18:03,720 Speaker 1: out that at least in their view, La Boda del 266 00:18:03,800 --> 00:18:07,040 Speaker 1: Medio was known for its food and its drinks. Now 267 00:18:07,440 --> 00:18:10,080 Speaker 1: there is a saying on the wall of this bar, 268 00:18:10,200 --> 00:18:14,760 Speaker 1: allegedly signed by Himingway himself, that reads in Spanish, but 269 00:18:14,880 --> 00:18:18,920 Speaker 1: I'm gonna read the English version, my mohito in la boquita, 270 00:18:19,040 --> 00:18:23,159 Speaker 1: my dacian el fod rita. But some people think it's fake. 271 00:18:28,160 --> 00:18:32,000 Speaker 1: I can't pin down one damn thing in these cocta flowers. 272 00:18:34,000 --> 00:18:36,399 Speaker 1: I you know, I I love it. I love a 273 00:18:36,400 --> 00:18:40,920 Speaker 1: good cocktail mystery. I love that that bars are are 274 00:18:40,960 --> 00:18:45,360 Speaker 1: motivated to tell these tales UM, and that people have 275 00:18:45,359 --> 00:18:48,760 Speaker 1: have emotions about them. It's all it's all very nice 276 00:18:49,440 --> 00:18:55,720 Speaker 1: and really frustrating as a researcher. Agreed, agreed, agreed, Okay. 277 00:18:55,760 --> 00:18:58,320 Speaker 1: So another version of the Mohito's Orches story goes back 278 00:18:58,320 --> 00:19:01,840 Speaker 1: to win Sir Fantas Drake attempted to rate Havana of 279 00:19:01,920 --> 00:19:05,520 Speaker 1: his gold around fifties six, and he failed on that front. 280 00:19:05,880 --> 00:19:09,359 Speaker 1: According to some sources, because Spain's King Philip the Second 281 00:19:09,400 --> 00:19:12,760 Speaker 1: had warned his governor in Havana about the incoming attack 282 00:19:13,280 --> 00:19:16,400 Speaker 1: um and Drake was the emissary of England's Queen Elizabeth 283 00:19:16,480 --> 00:19:20,399 Speaker 1: the First, and or Drake really didn't put much of 284 00:19:20,400 --> 00:19:23,160 Speaker 1: his heart into it, gave up after a few shots 285 00:19:24,840 --> 00:19:26,680 Speaker 1: um And on top of that, much of his crew 286 00:19:26,800 --> 00:19:32,200 Speaker 1: was suffering with dysentery and scurvy. So desperate, Drake sent 287 00:19:32,359 --> 00:19:35,280 Speaker 1: a party to trade with the indigenous locals who were 288 00:19:35,320 --> 00:19:38,240 Speaker 1: known to be proficient in the medicinal use of plants 289 00:19:38,280 --> 00:19:41,240 Speaker 1: of the region. And the party returned with a guardian 290 00:19:41,359 --> 00:19:45,280 Speaker 1: da da kana lime juice, mint leaves, and sugarcane juice sod. 291 00:19:45,280 --> 00:19:47,880 Speaker 1: They mixed all the ingredients together in Vola. They had 292 00:19:48,040 --> 00:19:53,080 Speaker 1: something that sources indicate worked. Now we know it's probably 293 00:19:53,160 --> 00:19:59,640 Speaker 1: the lime juice. Doing there be lifting there for they definitely, yes, exactly, 294 00:20:00,240 --> 00:20:05,560 Speaker 1: but I'm sure the sailors appreciated the added flavor absolutely. 295 00:20:05,920 --> 00:20:08,560 Speaker 1: I feel this also comes up in most of our 296 00:20:08,600 --> 00:20:13,320 Speaker 1: cocktail hours. Yep. Some sources indicated popular cocktail in the 297 00:20:13,359 --> 00:20:15,800 Speaker 1: area at the time was named after Drake L dr 298 00:20:16,280 --> 00:20:19,680 Speaker 1: or L Drock depending on wasn't sure if that derived 299 00:20:19,680 --> 00:20:23,400 Speaker 1: from the French pronunciation or the Spanish um. But yes, 300 00:20:23,600 --> 00:20:26,199 Speaker 1: it's perhaps named in the wake of the attack, and 301 00:20:26,240 --> 00:20:28,400 Speaker 1: it was composed of pretty much the same stuff with 302 00:20:28,440 --> 00:20:32,480 Speaker 1: the possible addition or substitution of brandy. The drink probably 303 00:20:32,480 --> 00:20:36,560 Speaker 1: wouldn't have been called mohito in its inception in this 304 00:20:36,680 --> 00:20:40,200 Speaker 1: version of the story, something that enslaved African people's didn't 305 00:20:40,200 --> 00:20:42,280 Speaker 1: invent it, but gave it the modern name, or that 306 00:20:42,320 --> 00:20:44,760 Speaker 1: it is a mashup of the Spanish word for a 307 00:20:44,800 --> 00:20:48,760 Speaker 1: little wet moja tito and mohoe, the name of a 308 00:20:48,840 --> 00:20:52,960 Speaker 1: line based seasoning in Cuba. Um also an African word 309 00:20:53,000 --> 00:20:56,520 Speaker 1: that I couldn't really trace the origins of, but moho 310 00:20:56,680 --> 00:21:01,280 Speaker 1: meaning little spell oh yeah um. And all of this 311 00:21:01,400 --> 00:21:04,359 Speaker 1: is also part of the origin story of the Dacre 312 00:21:04,800 --> 00:21:07,439 Speaker 1: and you can see our Dacri episode for more on 313 00:21:07,480 --> 00:21:11,720 Speaker 1: that and where they kind of diverge. Yes. Yes, Other 314 00:21:11,840 --> 00:21:14,639 Speaker 1: versions say the mohita was a natural evolution at a 315 00:21:14,720 --> 00:21:17,280 Speaker 1: time when rum and cubo was difficult to drink, you'd 316 00:21:17,320 --> 00:21:21,160 Speaker 1: naturally add whatever you could to make it more drinkable, 317 00:21:21,200 --> 00:21:24,919 Speaker 1: including things like lime mint and or sugarcane juice. A 318 00:21:24,920 --> 00:21:28,800 Speaker 1: lot of people think this was primarily happening with working 319 00:21:28,800 --> 00:21:33,520 Speaker 1: class people on farms um. And also, I would say 320 00:21:33,560 --> 00:21:36,520 Speaker 1: in general, this is probably the answer to most origin 321 00:21:36,640 --> 00:21:40,200 Speaker 1: stories for cocktail is that it was invented in more 322 00:21:40,240 --> 00:21:46,200 Speaker 1: than one place. It both served making perhaps less than 323 00:21:46,440 --> 00:21:50,040 Speaker 1: tasty alcohol taste better and also some sort of medicinal 324 00:21:50,119 --> 00:21:55,560 Speaker 1: believed medicinal purpose. Yeah, ye, yes, yes, and then probably 325 00:21:55,600 --> 00:22:00,000 Speaker 1: white tourists came in and that's where the origin story 326 00:22:01,040 --> 00:22:06,760 Speaker 1: usually the flag has pinned. But I would say multiple 327 00:22:06,920 --> 00:22:12,080 Speaker 1: people invented it in different places. Yeah, yeah, yeah. The 328 00:22:12,160 --> 00:22:15,679 Speaker 1: establishment of Bacardi in the mid eighteen hundreds probably helped 329 00:22:15,800 --> 00:22:21,760 Speaker 1: this drink and those other drinks like it game popularity. Yeah. 330 00:22:21,840 --> 00:22:25,120 Speaker 1: And uh, this is a fascinating story of Fecundo. Bacardi 331 00:22:25,440 --> 00:22:28,919 Speaker 1: bought this distillery in Santiago Cuba in eighteen sixty two 332 00:22:29,000 --> 00:22:33,480 Speaker 1: and began making um, and I think he was using 333 00:22:33,520 --> 00:22:37,120 Speaker 1: a different refining process for the molasses, began making this 334 00:22:37,119 --> 00:22:41,520 Speaker 1: this light, bright, smooth rum that was just excellent for 335 00:22:41,520 --> 00:22:45,200 Speaker 1: for mixing um, and it really pushed along Cuban cocktail 336 00:22:45,240 --> 00:22:49,760 Speaker 1: culture along with rival rum company Havannah Club in the 337 00:22:49,800 --> 00:22:51,840 Speaker 1: eighteen seventies. I think is when they hit the scene 338 00:22:52,280 --> 00:22:55,000 Speaker 1: when Ernest Himmingway sang the praises of the drink that 339 00:22:55,040 --> 00:22:57,800 Speaker 1: he had had at La Boda Guita del Medio that 340 00:22:57,880 --> 00:23:01,240 Speaker 1: only popularized it even more, but was the largest producer 341 00:23:01,359 --> 00:23:05,400 Speaker 1: of rum and sugarcane in the eighteenth and nineteen centuries. 342 00:23:06,280 --> 00:23:11,760 Speaker 1: By some accounts, when Bacardi rum replaced the Aguardiente, the 343 00:23:12,640 --> 00:23:18,280 Speaker 1: drac drucke became the mohito. In Ramon di Palma's eighteen 344 00:23:18,320 --> 00:23:21,800 Speaker 1: thirty three work El Colera in La Havana, he mentioned 345 00:23:22,119 --> 00:23:28,240 Speaker 1: l jocor l jocke, and then along comes prohibition in 346 00:23:28,440 --> 00:23:35,119 Speaker 1: nineteen twenty, the mohito spread outside of lower and middle 347 00:23:35,119 --> 00:23:38,439 Speaker 1: class farmers, where it was gussied up a bit with soda, 348 00:23:38,480 --> 00:23:42,200 Speaker 1: water and ice in a tall glass. Americans that could 349 00:23:42,280 --> 00:23:45,400 Speaker 1: afford it traveled to Cuba to have a few drinks, 350 00:23:45,880 --> 00:23:51,919 Speaker 1: including the mohito. In some versions of the origin story, 351 00:23:52,359 --> 00:23:55,639 Speaker 1: the mohito is a result of these Americans introducing the 352 00:23:55,720 --> 00:23:59,639 Speaker 1: mint jewel up to the locals of Cuba. Probably not true. 353 00:24:00,000 --> 00:24:03,320 Speaker 1: Probably not nope, nope, no, no, nope. Perhaps the first 354 00:24:03,400 --> 00:24:06,320 Speaker 1: recipe for the mohito in an American cocktail book appeared 355 00:24:06,359 --> 00:24:10,400 Speaker 1: in the ninety nine cocktail recipe book The Gentleman's Companion 356 00:24:10,520 --> 00:24:14,800 Speaker 1: by Charles H. Baker, or perhaps earlier in the nineteen 357 00:24:14,960 --> 00:24:22,040 Speaker 1: thirty two edition of Sloppy Joe's Bar, which is nice, 358 00:24:22,240 --> 00:24:26,680 Speaker 1: nice title. I like it. Mm hmmm. La Bota Guita 359 00:24:26,760 --> 00:24:30,440 Speaker 1: del Medio, operated by eng Hill Martinez, opened in nineteen 360 00:24:30,440 --> 00:24:32,320 Speaker 1: forty two, though under a different name, and it changed 361 00:24:32,400 --> 00:24:37,280 Speaker 1: names twice because the drinks were so good, again depending 362 00:24:37,400 --> 00:24:41,320 Speaker 1: on what's sorry she read, he drew into celebrities like 363 00:24:41,520 --> 00:24:46,440 Speaker 1: nat King Cole and Pablo Arruda. Demand for the mohito 364 00:24:46,520 --> 00:24:49,840 Speaker 1: dropped significantly after that, almost gone completely by the nineteen 365 00:24:49,880 --> 00:24:53,679 Speaker 1: sixties outside of Cuba. Some suspect this has to do 366 00:24:53,680 --> 00:24:57,080 Speaker 1: with the rise of shelf stable foods and drinks, and 367 00:24:57,119 --> 00:25:00,440 Speaker 1: there was also the problem of procuring Cuban Rum after 368 00:25:00,560 --> 00:25:03,680 Speaker 1: the Cuban Revolution UM, because starting in nineteen fifty nine, 369 00:25:04,000 --> 00:25:08,680 Speaker 1: the new government UM nationalized big private businesses. UH. That's 370 00:25:08,720 --> 00:25:12,000 Speaker 1: how mccardi wound up in Porto Rico. UM like Eventually 371 00:25:12,280 --> 00:25:15,879 Speaker 1: UH and due to trade restrictions, other Cuban realms, like 372 00:25:16,000 --> 00:25:19,600 Speaker 1: the aforementioned Havannah Club were no longer available in the 373 00:25:19,680 --> 00:25:23,159 Speaker 1: United States. It wasn't until the nineteen nineties that the 374 00:25:23,240 --> 00:25:26,359 Speaker 1: drinks started to make a comeback, perhaps a part of 375 00:25:26,359 --> 00:25:28,280 Speaker 1: the rise of Latin cuisine in the United States, with 376 00:25:28,320 --> 00:25:31,760 Speaker 1: the help of celebrity chefs. The mohito particularly took off 377 00:25:32,040 --> 00:25:37,040 Speaker 1: in cities. According to James Giles, a bartender who was 378 00:25:37,119 --> 00:25:41,120 Speaker 1: then working at Joe's Pub in Manhattan, UH this when 379 00:25:41,119 --> 00:25:44,240 Speaker 1: he was asked the most popular mixed drinks at his pub, 380 00:25:44,600 --> 00:25:49,720 Speaker 1: his answer was cosmos and mohitos. After the article was published, 381 00:25:49,720 --> 00:25:54,720 Speaker 1: It's set off this mohito boom, Giles said, I would 382 00:25:54,760 --> 00:25:58,000 Speaker 1: asked about it. A lot of the bartenders were really 383 00:25:58,200 --> 00:26:03,120 Speaker 1: upset with the me um Yeah. Yeah, And to clarify, 384 00:26:03,240 --> 00:26:06,840 Speaker 1: so he said that in the article he said cosmos 385 00:26:06,880 --> 00:26:13,840 Speaker 1: and moquitos, but this the quote I got was from 386 00:26:13,880 --> 00:26:17,440 Speaker 1: and UH. They These quotes come from a Punch article 387 00:26:17,760 --> 00:26:21,520 Speaker 1: by Drew Laser called can the Moquito's bad reputation Be Saved? 388 00:26:22,280 --> 00:26:26,000 Speaker 1: And It? Laser writes, that speaks to another one of 389 00:26:26,040 --> 00:26:30,399 Speaker 1: the mohitas perceived negatives. It's the quintessential train reaction drink, 390 00:26:30,720 --> 00:26:33,760 Speaker 1: meaning the second you mixed one, everyone within a half 391 00:26:33,840 --> 00:26:39,719 Speaker 1: mile radius is going to want one to Another bartender 392 00:26:39,800 --> 00:26:44,320 Speaker 1: called it a disease, and others called it a panic order. 393 00:26:47,480 --> 00:26:52,399 Speaker 1: Um uh, those those last two quotes. Um. The article 394 00:26:52,520 --> 00:26:54,960 Speaker 1: that those quotes ran in UM from the New York Post. 395 00:26:55,000 --> 00:27:02,159 Speaker 1: In the lead image was captioned, um, mohitos mo problems. 396 00:27:02,760 --> 00:27:07,360 Speaker 1: Mm hmmm yes, and I believe it had a bartender 397 00:27:07,640 --> 00:27:12,480 Speaker 1: smashing a mohedo with a hammer, big goofy hammer. Yeah yeah, 398 00:27:12,520 --> 00:27:14,879 Speaker 1: that was the image that that that that caption was 399 00:27:14,920 --> 00:27:20,919 Speaker 1: attached to. Um. Yeah. Yeah. And the mohito featured in 400 00:27:20,960 --> 00:27:23,680 Speaker 1: the two thousand two James Bond film Die Another Day, 401 00:27:24,359 --> 00:27:27,439 Speaker 1: in a scene where Jinks played by Halle Berry and 402 00:27:27,520 --> 00:27:31,200 Speaker 1: a James Bond played by Pierce Brosnan at that time 403 00:27:31,440 --> 00:27:34,840 Speaker 1: are flirting and you know, surprise, surprise, he offers her 404 00:27:35,160 --> 00:27:38,600 Speaker 1: a mohedo. This may be one of the reasons. The 405 00:27:38,640 --> 00:27:42,720 Speaker 1: Mohedo experienced a surge in popularity in the early two thousand's. 406 00:27:42,760 --> 00:27:47,960 Speaker 1: It also appeared in Miami Vice in two thousand six. Yeah. Um, 407 00:27:48,080 --> 00:27:51,199 Speaker 1: and you know, I'm not gonna blame Miami Vice for 408 00:27:51,240 --> 00:27:53,480 Speaker 1: this entirely, but I will say that between two thousand 409 00:27:53,480 --> 00:27:56,280 Speaker 1: and six and two thousand nine, the appearance of Mohito's 410 00:27:56,400 --> 00:27:59,879 Speaker 1: on menus in the US grew three hundred and fifty 411 00:28:00,040 --> 00:28:06,040 Speaker 1: per cent. I will blame Miami Vice for that. Speaking 412 00:28:06,200 --> 00:28:10,080 Speaker 1: of menus, Applebee's began selling mohitos and flavors like mango, 413 00:28:10,280 --> 00:28:13,399 Speaker 1: wild berry, and strawberry and two thousand and eleven. And 414 00:28:13,440 --> 00:28:16,639 Speaker 1: you know, if Applebe's is doing it, you have made it. 415 00:28:17,840 --> 00:28:22,359 Speaker 1: You have made it, I guess. Yep. We also have 416 00:28:22,480 --> 00:28:26,200 Speaker 1: a work apple Pie's group. Um, and we've been trying 417 00:28:26,200 --> 00:28:29,439 Speaker 1: to get to Applebe's for a long time because I 418 00:28:29,560 --> 00:28:34,480 Speaker 1: believe two of our members have have hundreds of dollars 419 00:28:34,480 --> 00:28:40,680 Speaker 1: worth of Applebee's gift cards. Yeah yeah, yeah. Our our 420 00:28:40,760 --> 00:28:45,840 Speaker 1: our dear friend, producer Paul uh just really, I think 421 00:28:45,920 --> 00:28:50,520 Speaker 1: on ironically adores Applebee's. There's something like very nostalgic about 422 00:28:50,520 --> 00:28:54,480 Speaker 1: it for him. Um and uh yeah, we've we've gone 423 00:28:54,520 --> 00:29:01,640 Speaker 1: as a big old group and had just a nice lunch. Um. Well, now, Dylan, 424 00:29:01,800 --> 00:29:06,400 Speaker 1: superproducer Dylan, he made a Facebook group called like get 425 00:29:06,440 --> 00:29:10,240 Speaker 1: Paul the Applebee's and he just put an arbitrary date 426 00:29:10,280 --> 00:29:11,800 Speaker 1: on it, and it's like a year from now and 427 00:29:11,840 --> 00:29:15,320 Speaker 1: we're thinking, you know, post quarantine, it might be time 428 00:29:15,360 --> 00:29:18,400 Speaker 1: to throw down at Apple Base. Yeah, that Applebeast party 429 00:29:18,480 --> 00:29:21,560 Speaker 1: is going to be lit. It's gonna be so lit. 430 00:29:21,600 --> 00:29:28,560 Speaker 1: We'll get mohitos all around in the Then managers of 431 00:29:28,840 --> 00:29:33,520 Speaker 1: l A's Honey Cut Daved Fernie and Mary Bartlett joined 432 00:29:33,600 --> 00:29:38,480 Speaker 1: forces with Iccarti to rehabilitate the Mohito's image after witnessing 433 00:29:38,520 --> 00:29:40,680 Speaker 1: people ordered the drink with what they described as sort 434 00:29:40,720 --> 00:29:47,360 Speaker 1: of an apologetic embarrass air. So the partnership with McCarty 435 00:29:47,440 --> 00:29:51,080 Speaker 1: was called the Mohito Project and it was a charity 436 00:29:51,120 --> 00:29:54,200 Speaker 1: fundraiser at a handful of bars. And as a part 437 00:29:54,200 --> 00:29:56,480 Speaker 1: of this, they made a mock p s a called 438 00:29:56,840 --> 00:30:01,960 Speaker 1: no Hito or the Risk that with Mohito deficiency as 439 00:30:02,000 --> 00:30:06,960 Speaker 1: they called it, are also mohito lessness, which was primarily 440 00:30:07,000 --> 00:30:12,760 Speaker 1: caused by thirst shaming. Yes, so a lot of strong 441 00:30:12,920 --> 00:30:18,640 Speaker 1: thoughts about the Mohito. Yeah, yeah, there there, I mean, 442 00:30:19,560 --> 00:30:23,400 Speaker 1: you know, yeah, I mean it makes sense and I 443 00:30:23,440 --> 00:30:25,680 Speaker 1: feel like I learned a lot in this, this one 444 00:30:26,560 --> 00:30:31,160 Speaker 1: about the difficulties of making one that I perhaps never 445 00:30:31,240 --> 00:30:36,520 Speaker 1: appreciated before. So uh we we Also, right before we 446 00:30:36,760 --> 00:30:41,600 Speaker 1: started recording, we we we texted producer Alex are Are, 447 00:30:41,680 --> 00:30:44,680 Speaker 1: our buddy who used to be a bartender in in 448 00:30:44,760 --> 00:30:48,800 Speaker 1: a in another lifetime and uh another work lifetime, not 449 00:30:48,880 --> 00:30:51,480 Speaker 1: like another like lifetime lifetime. I mean, I I don't know, 450 00:30:51,480 --> 00:30:53,440 Speaker 1: I haven't asked him about that, but at any rate, Um, 451 00:30:53,680 --> 00:30:56,480 Speaker 1: we texted him and he andy, uh, you know, we're 452 00:30:56,520 --> 00:31:00,800 Speaker 1: just like, hey, opinion saver, opinion poll, what's your what 453 00:31:00,840 --> 00:31:05,200 Speaker 1: are your thoughts on the Mohito? And he reports, Um, 454 00:31:05,320 --> 00:31:08,320 Speaker 1: the Mohito is a refreshing summer classic. The best iteration 455 00:31:08,400 --> 00:31:12,640 Speaker 1: is very simple, no artificial bullsh and lots lots of mint, 456 00:31:13,080 --> 00:31:16,160 Speaker 1: like more mint than you think, like whole plant, like 457 00:31:16,280 --> 00:31:21,960 Speaker 1: overfill the glass, never strain, chew that mint salad. That 458 00:31:22,160 --> 00:31:29,200 Speaker 1: is such an Alex's response. That is so great. Yeah, well, 459 00:31:29,400 --> 00:31:32,120 Speaker 1: I'm glad he doesn't seem to harbor and he left 460 00:31:32,160 --> 00:31:41,560 Speaker 1: over malicious I don't know, ill fillings. Yeah, for me too. 461 00:31:42,000 --> 00:31:44,160 Speaker 1: I got to witness him bartend once and I was 462 00:31:44,280 --> 00:31:48,800 Speaker 1: very impressed. He was doing like cocktail tricks, all the tricks. Yep. 463 00:31:51,120 --> 00:31:53,160 Speaker 1: We got a lot of scaled people. We work with 464 00:31:53,240 --> 00:31:56,760 Speaker 1: Lauren Gosh, we do, Gosh, we do. And we also 465 00:31:56,840 --> 00:32:01,040 Speaker 1: hear from a lot of amazing listeners. Oh that is accurate. 466 00:32:01,120 --> 00:32:03,640 Speaker 1: And we will get into some listener mail right after 467 00:32:03,680 --> 00:32:05,320 Speaker 1: we get back from a quick break for a word 468 00:32:05,320 --> 00:32:16,680 Speaker 1: from our sponsor and we're back. Thank you sponsored, Yes, 469 00:32:16,720 --> 00:32:25,560 Speaker 1: thank you, And we're back with nurm Man. Yeah. Refreshing, 470 00:32:25,960 --> 00:32:34,160 Speaker 1: so refreshing. Turn it. I have had mango Stein's precisely 471 00:32:34,240 --> 00:32:37,120 Speaker 1: once in my life. I saw it sitting alluringly on 472 00:32:37,160 --> 00:32:39,960 Speaker 1: a shelf at a Chinese supermarket in Boston and bought 473 00:32:40,040 --> 00:32:43,720 Speaker 1: a whole, very pricey bag. I brought it to a 474 00:32:43,800 --> 00:32:46,720 Speaker 1: birthday party a day or so later, where we all 475 00:32:46,760 --> 00:32:49,800 Speaker 1: proclaimed it one of the most amazingly sweet, succulent things 476 00:32:49,840 --> 00:32:54,000 Speaker 1: we've ever had. There's another fruit that I've had once 477 00:32:54,040 --> 00:32:56,720 Speaker 1: that reminds me of mango Steins in color, shape, and sweetness, 478 00:32:57,040 --> 00:33:01,800 Speaker 1: despite not being remotely related the star apple or milk fruit. 479 00:33:03,040 --> 00:33:05,280 Speaker 1: This one I had in Minnesota when I was visiting 480 00:33:05,320 --> 00:33:08,440 Speaker 1: my boyfriend's family whose Vietnamese. They told me that in 481 00:33:08,760 --> 00:33:12,320 Speaker 1: Vietnamese the fruit is literally called the breast milk fruit. 482 00:33:13,720 --> 00:33:16,400 Speaker 1: The white, juicy center can be scooped out of its 483 00:33:16,400 --> 00:33:19,680 Speaker 1: soft purple cocoon with a spoon. I can't recall the 484 00:33:19,680 --> 00:33:22,200 Speaker 1: exact taste profile, but sufficed to say that it was 485 00:33:22,280 --> 00:33:26,480 Speaker 1: creamy sweet and sent my taste buds into transports of delight. 486 00:33:27,480 --> 00:33:30,440 Speaker 1: I had a fun time thinking about cheap childhood eats, 487 00:33:30,760 --> 00:33:33,160 Speaker 1: mostly breakfast foods that I could prepare in a minute 488 00:33:33,240 --> 00:33:35,320 Speaker 1: or less and eat before running out the door to 489 00:33:35,400 --> 00:33:38,800 Speaker 1: catch the six forty school bus before my parents were 490 00:33:38,840 --> 00:33:43,280 Speaker 1: a quake. There's potato bread with costcos, blue crab spread, 491 00:33:43,880 --> 00:33:46,440 Speaker 1: a slice of pecan pie. To this day, I can't 492 00:33:46,440 --> 00:33:49,719 Speaker 1: believe my health conscious parents let me eat dessert for breakfast. 493 00:33:50,200 --> 00:33:52,560 Speaker 1: But the one that set off the most powerful craving 494 00:33:52,680 --> 00:33:54,840 Speaker 1: at midnight as I was trying to go to sleep, 495 00:33:55,000 --> 00:33:59,560 Speaker 1: Thanks a Lot has a warm Costco croissant dipped in 496 00:33:59,680 --> 00:34:03,600 Speaker 1: cold old silk soy milk. I would microwave the croissant 497 00:34:03,640 --> 00:34:07,760 Speaker 1: for precisely twenty seconds to achieve a toasty softness without 498 00:34:07,920 --> 00:34:11,239 Speaker 1: risking sogginess. This was just enough time to pour out 499 00:34:11,239 --> 00:34:13,960 Speaker 1: a bowl of soy milk. My method of eating was 500 00:34:14,000 --> 00:34:17,399 Speaker 1: to soak the croissant progressively as I ate it. There 501 00:34:17,480 --> 00:34:20,640 Speaker 1: was always more soy milk left than croissant. Each bite 502 00:34:20,760 --> 00:34:24,319 Speaker 1: was a heavenly outpouring of gently sweet, refreshing soy milk, 503 00:34:24,520 --> 00:34:27,960 Speaker 1: followed shortly thereafter with a mouthful of buttery layers that 504 00:34:28,000 --> 00:34:30,680 Speaker 1: were fluffy and rich and delicate and chewy all at 505 00:34:30,680 --> 00:34:33,239 Speaker 1: the same time. I don't think I realized this at 506 00:34:33,239 --> 00:34:35,360 Speaker 1: the time, but thinking back, this is a lot like 507 00:34:35,400 --> 00:34:38,240 Speaker 1: the traditional way of eating the common and deeply unhealthy 508 00:34:38,239 --> 00:34:45,719 Speaker 1: breakfast food often called a Chinese curlor or doughnut. I 509 00:34:45,760 --> 00:34:50,359 Speaker 1: love that. I feel like my breakfast foods in your 510 00:34:50,360 --> 00:34:55,840 Speaker 1: situation were much more boring, like ate toasty salmon on 511 00:34:55,920 --> 00:34:59,640 Speaker 1: it or a cream of wheat, unless it was a 512 00:34:59,680 --> 00:35:03,759 Speaker 1: test a and then I got eggs, right right. I 513 00:35:03,760 --> 00:35:06,960 Speaker 1: think I was a solid like bowl of cereal, like 514 00:35:07,120 --> 00:35:13,480 Speaker 1: either honeynut cheerios or frosted mini shredded weeds mm hmmm, 515 00:35:14,880 --> 00:35:20,600 Speaker 1: or pretty much the entirety of my childhood. I cereal 516 00:35:20,719 --> 00:35:24,279 Speaker 1: was a dessert in my house, um, and it was 517 00:35:24,320 --> 00:35:26,759 Speaker 1: one of my favorite desserts and I craved it, and 518 00:35:26,800 --> 00:35:31,879 Speaker 1: I still crave it often, but I think I like these. 519 00:35:31,960 --> 00:35:37,280 Speaker 1: You're much more creative. Yeah, yeah, well those are lovely. 520 00:35:37,920 --> 00:35:41,239 Speaker 1: Um Anthony wrote, I just listened to your podcast about 521 00:35:41,280 --> 00:35:43,440 Speaker 1: muffins and I couldn't help but comment on your mention 522 00:35:43,560 --> 00:35:48,400 Speaker 1: of muffins. I'm from Toronto and at the time muffins 523 00:35:48,480 --> 00:35:51,480 Speaker 1: was growing in popularity. I was around five, but I 524 00:35:51,520 --> 00:35:55,719 Speaker 1: remember seeing them everywhere and their muffins are unforgettable. They 525 00:35:55,719 --> 00:35:59,200 Speaker 1: were the typical huge muffintop muffins that Seinfeld talked about. 526 00:35:59,680 --> 00:36:03,800 Speaker 1: Just hearing muffins takes me back to my childhood walking 527 00:36:03,840 --> 00:36:06,400 Speaker 1: the mall food court with my mom. I've been thinking 528 00:36:06,400 --> 00:36:10,280 Speaker 1: about muffins lately, since everywhere that sells muffins no longer 529 00:36:10,320 --> 00:36:13,600 Speaker 1: makes them with big muffin tops. With all this extra 530 00:36:13,640 --> 00:36:16,080 Speaker 1: time I have with COVID, I searched the internet for 531 00:36:16,120 --> 00:36:19,840 Speaker 1: a muffins recipe to get those big, crunchy muffin tops. 532 00:36:20,120 --> 00:36:23,320 Speaker 1: I found one that was close, but after making it, 533 00:36:23,320 --> 00:36:27,000 Speaker 1: it just wasn't muffins quality. I guess I'll keep looking. 534 00:36:28,320 --> 00:36:31,719 Speaker 1: I'll admit I largely really just wanted you to have 535 00:36:31,800 --> 00:36:38,279 Speaker 1: to pronounce muffing over and over again, I cotton. I 536 00:36:38,320 --> 00:36:45,880 Speaker 1: caught into that slowly as you like continued giggling. But 537 00:36:46,000 --> 00:36:49,200 Speaker 1: also I just love this. I this has never been 538 00:36:49,200 --> 00:36:52,880 Speaker 1: on my radar or it's not something I knew about. Um. Yeah, 539 00:36:53,640 --> 00:36:56,160 Speaker 1: and I do hope that you will are able to 540 00:36:56,200 --> 00:37:02,879 Speaker 1: achieve the muffins quality. Oh me too, me too. I've yeah, 541 00:37:02,920 --> 00:37:06,520 Speaker 1: I've never I've never made muffins like for that level 542 00:37:06,560 --> 00:37:08,920 Speaker 1: of fluffiness. Like I've never tried to get them to 543 00:37:08,960 --> 00:37:12,960 Speaker 1: like really overflow the muffin cup too hard before. But 544 00:37:12,960 --> 00:37:14,840 Speaker 1: but I'm but I know that there's a way to 545 00:37:14,840 --> 00:37:17,200 Speaker 1: do it. I'm sure, and I'm and I know that 546 00:37:17,200 --> 00:37:20,000 Speaker 1: there's a way to do it without like making them 547 00:37:20,040 --> 00:37:24,800 Speaker 1: taste like chemical. So yes, yeah, we'll keep us posted 548 00:37:24,840 --> 00:37:30,680 Speaker 1: to Anthony. Yeah, definitely if you figure out this mystery. 549 00:37:30,680 --> 00:37:34,000 Speaker 1: Thanks to both of them for writing. If you would 550 00:37:34,000 --> 00:37:35,960 Speaker 1: like to write to us, you can Our email is 551 00:37:36,040 --> 00:37:39,720 Speaker 1: Hello at savor pod dot com. We're also on social media. 552 00:37:39,800 --> 00:37:43,080 Speaker 1: You can find us on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook at 553 00:37:43,160 --> 00:37:45,239 Speaker 1: savor pod and we do hope to hear from you. 554 00:37:45,719 --> 00:37:48,480 Speaker 1: Savor is production of I Heart Radio. For more podcasts 555 00:37:48,480 --> 00:37:50,319 Speaker 1: for my heart Radio, you can visit the I Heart 556 00:37:50,400 --> 00:37:56,480 Speaker 1: Radio app Apple Podcasts or wherever you find your favorite shows. Yeah. 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