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Subject: Re: Hurricane/ Passn subst.
From: Wroughtirony
Posted: Wed Jun 16. 2004, 03:01 UTC
Followup to: "Hurricane/ Passn subst."  by rumrunner  (Fri Jun 11. 2004, 14:27 UTC)
I wrote a reply to this last night, but the computer ate it.  Here's the short 
version.


I work in the French Quarter in New Orleans, the home of the hurricane.  
Needless to say every bar serves them, and almost every bar makes them 
differently.  At Pat O'Brien's, the place where they invented it- it's made 
with 4 oz of rum and passion fruit juice.  It is sweet enough to make your 
teeth fall out on the spot.  Maui tropical schnapps is the most common 
substitute for passion fruit juice or syrup.  My bar carries neither.  When 
anyone asks for a hurricane on the rocks (we have frozen "hurricanes" in a 
slurpy machine, but you don't want to know what's in those- trust me.)  I make 
the following drink.  It's not quite true to the original, but it's close, a 
tasty substitute and I've had no complaints.  A few people even say it's the 
best they've tried in New Orleans!


The 'Riacane:

1 1/2 oz light rum
1 1/2 oz dark rum
1/2 oz grenadine
healthy splash sour mix
fill with pineapple juice
shake
garnish with a cherry  (If I'm at home, I'll use a kiwi slice if there's one 
on hand)


enjoy!


Also, a mini-rant on the subject of hurricanes- whoever says Southern Comfort 
has any place in this drink is a fool.  That's a damn lie made up by 
advertising people.  I'm not a purist by any stretch (obviously) but it pisses 
me off when drink companies decide to totally revise recipes.  Why can't they 
just make up new ones?


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