My Rum Diary # 15 - Sea Legs

Avast ye Scurrrvy Swine!

Had a rough time rolling out of me bunk this morrrnin' as I knew once I get going, I won't stop until Monday sometime.

Oh joyous day callooh callay!

It's gonna be a doozy.

Commander California and I have made plans.  Still waiting to see if we can spring the Spaniard for the trip.

I'm hopeful.

I've been vacillating on whether or not to share this, but I'm having a drop-in to get my Sea Legs before heading to the island.  And for this event I'm making an encore batch of my Special Bumbo.  It's a hit.

And I guess maybe I should just share me recipe.  It's a variation on a theme, but here goes:

Per Cup                                                   

2 oz                  Rum                                        

.5 oz                 Lemon Juice                            

.75 oz               Pure Cane Sugar (2 TSP)                         

.25 oz               Grenadine (1TSP)                   

5.5 oz               H2O                                     

Sprinkle            Nutmeg                                 

Sprinkle            Cinnamon                              

Sprinkle            XXX                                     

Who does per Cup really?  But you have to start somewhere I guess.
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Per Batch                                                        

1 Bottle 1.75L              Rum

1Bottle 4 oz                  Lemon Juice

2 Cups (1 Box)             Pure Cane Sugar

½ Cup                          Grenadine

10 Cups                        H2O

½ Cup                          Nutmeg

½ Cup                          Cinnamon

½ Cup                          XXX

Garnish with Fresh Limes

And because I don't have a bigger mixing bowl, I tend to make the 1/2 batch most often, even when ultimately making 2 full batches as I did for today.  Arrrrithmetic ya know.  Urrrrgh.

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 ½ Batch                                                          

½ Bottle 1.75L             Rum

½ Bottle 4 oz                Lemon Juice

1 Cups (1 Box)             Pure Cane Sugar

¼ Cup                          Grenadine

5 Cups                          H2O

¼ Cup                          Nutmeg

¼ Cup                          Cinnamon

¼ Cup                          XXX

Garnish with Fresh Limes

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A couple of notes on the whole thing.  

The nicer the rum, the better the Bumbo.  For parties I usually use rotgut, but if you're making a private stash for yourself, go dark and expensive.

You can definitely cut down on the Nutmeg. It's a strong flavor and the Cinnamon works in a similar way.  You'll have to experiment, but halving and even quartering the called for amount of Nutmeg will work nicely.

The XXX you ask? If you don't know what it is, well you're Bumbo will be a fine draught without it, but it is what makes my Bumbo the BOMB!  

A pirate has to have some secrets don't he?  If you want to know that you'll have to kill me or at least have a tipple with the crew of the Confusion.

Har Har!