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Subject: Re: dry muddle vs wet muddle
From: summieone
Posted: Tue Jul 6. 2004, 15:37 UTC
Followup to: "Re: dry muddle vs wet muddle"  by DrinkBoy  (Tue Jul 6. 2004, 13:57 UTC)
> I personally prefer dry muddling. Muddling in an ice filled pint 
> glass has become quite popular however. I first saw this being 
> specifically mentioned in a book by Gary Regan after he had seen it 
> being used here in Seattle. He dubbed it the "Seattle Muddle" because 
> of that.
> 
> If you are muddling lime wedges to release their juice/oils, then I 
> feel that you get a far better job done when you are muddling them 
> without ice or other liquids. If you add ice, you are spending most 
> of your energy pounding through the ice, and the lime wedges just get 
> pushed to the sides without releasing as much of their juice, and 
> very little of their oils.
> 

I personally enjoy dry muddling - although with some things like a mojito - I 
like to muddle the mint with a splash of soda first before adding the limes.  
(Drinkboy suggestion) - I then add the Limes and muddle a bit more


> As for the proper end of the muddler to use...
> 
> If you look at a muddler and think of it as a baseball bat, you are 
> muddling with the "handle" end of the "bat", while holding the end of 
> the "bat" which would normally be hitting the ball.
> 
> I can't tell you how often I see people doing this in reverse.

OK - If I did have one of these I would have done it the reverse way!  With 
the risk of sounding like I don't know what I'm doing - Does it matter and why 
the other way? 

I use a rolling pin anyway for speed and weight.

Darren

> 
> -Robert Hess
>  www.DrinkBoy.com


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