> I found a recipe for a Cherry Lime Rickey on the food network
> homepage that sounds pretty good. It calls for muddling cherries and
> sugar and then shaking the concoction with all the liquor. My
> question is after you shake everything do you leave the muddled fruit
> in the glass or do you strain it out? I would think it would look
> wierd to have all the muddled fruit in your glass, but what do I
> know? :)
Only shake the muddled fruit with the liquor (in an ice filled shaker)!
However, also keep in mind: Don't shake sodas! (It eliminates/diminishes the
desired carbonation). I'd strain the shaken concoction into a fresh glass of
ice and then top with the soda.
I keep the desired fruit in my mojitos/capis drinkies. Yesterday I was
cranking out some blueberry ones and they appeared rather attractive remaining
in the glass amongst the cracked ice. My guests all requested spoons when
they got to the bottom of the glass and ate the very chilled and boozy
berries. They were yummy, as I made one for meself. :0)
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