The jeep carrying Fidel Castro’s ashed today – wait for it – broke down and had to be pushed. HERE
In case you didn’t know…
HOW TO MAKE A CUBA LIBRE (or How to Make Cuba Free)
Equipment
- Tall glass
- Long spoon or stir stick
Ingredients
- Ice cubes
- 2 wedges of lime
- 1 part Rum
- 2 part dark cola (e.g., Coca Cola, etc.)
- optional mint leaves
Instructions
- Fill glass with ice cubes
- Squeeze and then drop 2 lime wedges into the glass – coat the ice with the lime juice
- (Add optional mint leaves)
- Pour in the Rum
- Top up with chilled cola
- Stir gently, briefly
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May God have mercy on his soul (and mine).
Hardy har har. Someone added lime wedges and optional mint leaves to a Rum & Coke and called it a Cuba Libre. (Though one part Rum and two parts Coke is a pretty strong Rum & Coke.) Let’s hope Cuba’s freedom heretofore comes just as easily.
“Hardy har har. Someone added lime wedges and optional mint leaves to a Rum & Coke and called it a Cuba Libre”
Kinda like how someone wanted to drink before noon so “brunch” was invented, drinks like the Cuba Libre and the mint julep cover drinking hard booze in 98-degree weather. :)
I prefer a Mojito!
I didn’t know Lada made Jeeps.
To paraphrase Michaeleen Oge Flynn from The Quiet Man, “When I drink rum, I drink rum. And, when I drink cola, I drink cola”
At least the soldiers are wearing appropriate black (not white) armbands.
Soldier at Rear: “I don’t suppose either of you has a boat?”
The joke among my Cuban priest friends was to avoid calling this drink the “Cuba Libre” since that means “Free Cuba” and Cuba is no longer a free nation. When I entertained them and they wanted a rum and Coke, they would ask for a “Mentirita” or “The Lie.” When Cuba is no longer Communist and totalitarian, they will return to calling this drink a Cuba Libre.
[Mentirita]
That photo is just too…..too…..too…..oh, never mind. :)
Someone added lime wedges and optional mint leaves to a Rum & Coke and called it a Cuba Libre
Actually the Cuba Libre cocktail has lime juice. About 1/3 oz. lime juice. The lime juice is the difference between a Cuba Libre and a Rum & Coke.
Actually the Cuba Libre cocktail has lime juice. About 1/3 oz. lime juice. The lime juice is the difference between a Cuba Libre and a Rum & Coke.
I thought the lime wedges were a garnish until I saw the picture which does show the lime wedges inside the glass. Another way of getting your lime juice.
[Sometimes it helps to read the text and not just look at the pictures. o{]:¬) ]