> [Dom Costa] Re: Best Mojito in Cuba
> This is a really eraly thread on Mojitos using lime juice, Its a
> cuban recipe.
Perhaps you should ask Dom if they meant Limon Verde or the Lime juice that
you/ we use.
> [Thinking Bartender] Re: Mojito
> This here is again where you mention using Lime Juice in a mojito.
That was A Mojito recipe, and not THE Mojito recipe. Note how, further on, I
offer up Dick Bradsells Mojito recipe with the line "for a tasty Mojito".
> [Thinking Bartender] New: Lemon Mojito
> Here is a lemon mojito recipe that you suggest changing the name of
> because it uses lemon juice in the recipe.
That was a recipe from Barmedia, and it uses Limoncello. or Lemon-cello. hence
it uses Lemon Juice, I assume this is what the guy at Barmedia was thinking. I
guess you will just have to ask them.
> To me the lime juice in a mojito is what makes it a mojito. As does
> the rum, sugar and mint. I'm not going to get into the soda debate as
> its not relevent here.
If you are talking about Cuban Mojitos then the sour element is definately in
the back-ground and is not as prodominant as non-cuban recipes that use 25ml+
of lime juice.
> Without all of those ingredients, it is no longer a mojito, its now
> something else. Call it a collins if you like, or call it something
> not even related to mojitos, but it isnt a mojito.
Says who? your generalisational(?) instinct tells you so? In Cuba the Mojito
is a Collins type drink, not a frappacino!-) The Cuban Mojito is also not
tangy, sour or puckering as it can be in the western world, but we/ you will
still call it a Mojito.
> If i was asked to make a vanilla mojito i would probably use vanilla
> sugar in place of the standard sugar, i would not use lemon juice. I
> would say 99% of bartenders would be the same. I also can see that by
> calling it a vanilla mojito it could very easily be made by tenders,
> but not to your recipe specs.
Now you are just generalising. It is this propondency to believe, and make,
generalisations, and peoples general assumption that what the bartender says
is Gospel that causes this wrong-ness to perpetuate.
The Vanilla Mojito is like the Lemon Mojito in that it is loosely based on a
Classic, and yet is something else. It is not simply a case of "remove the
vanilla from a vanilla mojito and it is a mojito", though it could be. And it
is not simply a case of "remove the limoncello from a lemon mojito" and it is
a Mojito, though it could be.
I am currently updating the following Wiki entries:
Mojito">http://wiki.webtender.com/wiki/Mojitohttp://wiki.webtender.com/wiki/Mojito_Criollo
Bippo: Sorry to hear about your friend. My condolences.
George S.
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