New book on history of rum - excerpt on Pusser's rum - Tiki Drinks and Food

I ikitnrev Tiki Socialite D.C. / Virginia Joined: Jul 27, 2002 Posts: 1325	I ikitnrev Posted posted on Mon, Jul 24, 2006 2:37 PM The Washington Post reviewed this book this past weekend. Here is an excerpt from that review ..... Interestingly, and contrarily, Curtis argues that the trend toward the bland was slowed, if not halted, by the tiki bars of the 1950s and '60s. We may think of Trader Vic's and other such establishments as nothing more than the South Seas Disneyfied, but Curtis points out that many of the rum drinks invented and sold there -- most famously, the mai tai -- were excellent concoctions that profited from being made with distinctive rums; the mai tai, he says, is "an exceptionally fine drink when made well," which is to say (among others things) when made with fresh ingredients rather than those poured out of a package. Another small historical note -- one of the persons who served under Admiral Edward Vernon was Lawrence Washington, the elder brother of George. Lawrence was impressed enough by Admiral Vernon that he named his Virginia estate after him, and that is how Mount Vernon - the home of our first president - got its name. George Washington operated a distillery on the property of Mount Vernon, which is currently being reconstructed. Here is a website that documents a rum delivery made to Mount Vernon (witnessed by George) and tells more about the distillery reconstruction. http://www.archaeology.org/interactive/mtvernon/forum.html vern

The Washington Post reviewed this book this past weekend. Here is an excerpt from that review .....

Interestingly, and contrarily, Curtis argues that the trend toward the bland was slowed, if not halted, by the tiki bars of the 1950s and '60s. We may think of Trader Vic's and other such establishments as nothing more than the South Seas Disneyfied, but Curtis points out that many of the rum drinks invented and sold there -- most famously, the mai tai -- were excellent concoctions that profited from being made with distinctive rums; the mai tai, he says, is "an exceptionally fine drink when made well," which is to say (among others things) when made with fresh ingredients rather than those poured out of a package.

Another small historical note -- one of the persons who served under Admiral Edward Vernon was Lawrence Washington, the elder brother of George. Lawrence was impressed enough by Admiral Vernon that he named his Virginia estate after him, and that is how Mount Vernon - the home of our first president - got its name.

George Washington operated a distillery on the property of Mount Vernon, which is currently being reconstructed. Here is a website that documents a rum delivery made to Mount Vernon (witnessed by George) and tells more about the distillery reconstruction.
http://www.archaeology.org/interactive/mtvernon/forum.html

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Post #244733 by ikitnrev on Mon, Jul 24, 2006 2:37 PM