{"id":28508,"date":"2020-09-08T22:06:51","date_gmt":"2020-09-09T02:06:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/?p=28508"},"modified":"2020-09-08T22:06:51","modified_gmt":"2020-09-09T02:06:51","slug":"another-summer-cocktail-pimms-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yurasko.net\/wfy\/2020\/09\/another-summer-cocktail-pimms-cup\/","title":{"rendered":"Another summer cocktail: Pimm&#8217;s Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We have added another refreshing summer cocktail our rotation &#8212;  Pimm&#8217;s Cup. There is still some summer left to enjoy one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Ingredients <\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Ginger Ale<\/li><li>Pimm&#8217;s #1 Cup<\/li><li>Fresh ice<\/li><li>Lemon<\/li><li>Cucumber &#8211; ideally picked from your own garden<\/li><li>Mint  &#8211; ideally picked from your own garden <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Instructions<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Cut fresh lemon in half, slice a wagon-wheel from each half<\/li><li>Squeeze lemon juice into the bottom of the cup<\/li><li>Rub the rim of the cup with lemon<\/li><li>Slice cucumber slices and add to the bottom of the cup<\/li><li>Pour about 2 oz. of Pimm&#8217;s 1 into the glass<\/li><li>Add ice<\/li><li>Pour 2 oz or more Ginger Ale<\/li><li>Add mint sprigs<\/li><li>Stir the drink<\/li><li>add lemon wagon wheel<\/li><li>Enjoy<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Backstory<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Our friend @ouij, a Cambridge Alumnus, saw that my wife Erica had a cucumber patch in <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ericashappygarden\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"her garden (opens in a new tab)\">her garden<\/a><\/strong> and volunteered to come by and make Pimm&#8217;s Cups. Happily enough, I had a bottle of Pimm&#8217;s #1 in my liquor cabinet. I had inherited from my father, who might have inherited from his father. My friend Joe, who managed a liquor store, said he had never seen that style of Pimm&#8217;s bottle. In short, it was <em>vintage<\/em>.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It was also delicious.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pimm&#8217;s is a nice, sweet alternative to my standard gin and tonic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Bonus: &#8220;I shall fetch a cuccumber&#8221;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Archer Pimm&#039;s Cup Pimp Cup\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/m9YLIXNl7-4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We have added another refreshing summer cocktail our rotation &#8212; Pimm&#8217;s Cup. There is still some summer left to enjoy one. Ingredients Ginger Ale Pimm&#8217;s #1 Cup Fresh ice Lemon Cucumber &#8211; ideally picked from your own garden Mint &#8211; ideally picked from your own garden Instructions Cut fresh lemon in half, slice a wagon-wheel [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":28523,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[466,1326,1675],"class_list":["post-28508","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-food-and-drink","tag-cocktails","tag-ouij","tag-spirits"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Another summer cocktail: Pimm&#039;s Cup - William F. 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