Shake, Shake, Shake That Cocktail

Today is National Daiquiri Day! Hooray! The very first Daiquiris are not what we think of as today’s Daiquiri. It was served in a tall glass filled with cracked ice (as in chiseled off a block of ice). A teaspoon of sugar was sprinkled over the ice, followed by the juice of a lime or two. Add three ounces of white rum and stir with a long-handled spoon. That’s all there was to it.

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Do You Know What Today Is?

If your guess is Blueberry Day, you’d be half right. Today is actually Blueberry Muffin Day and National Mojito Day. And that got me to thinking . . .

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