Chicagoist: Properly Sauced: A Holiday We Can All Agree On!

Smokes

Sun, 17 Aug 2008 10:41:22 -0600

Dammit... I missed this yesterday.... is it OK to celebrate today instead? :-)

Rob Christopher

Fri, 15 Aug 2008 16:20:36 -0600

I have read elsewhere that when the Cuba Libre was invented, Coca-Cola actually tasted slightly different; so, to replicate the "original," the following suggestion was made: 1 1/4 oz. dark rum 3/4 oz. gin juice of 1 lime Coca-Cola I do like the extra herbal zing of this recipe.

jmagic

Fri, 15 Aug 2008 16:19:26 -0600

but why is the rum gone? /jack sparrow

Spook

Fri, 15 Aug 2008 15:12:16 -0600

Tomorrow I will with rum raise my glass and say Viva Fidel!

Kaonashi

Fri, 15 Aug 2008 14:48:13 -0600

I'm trying that Southside recipe this weekend. Yum!

Chuck Sudo

Fri, 15 Aug 2008 14:47:55 -0600

Joc: with a Cuba Libre you really want to taste the lime. The juice from one wedge just doesn't cut it.

L. Stolpman

Fri, 15 Aug 2008 14:40:22 -0600

Smussy - heh! Nice story. I'd have groaned as soon as the words left his mouth. Now I'm definitely going to have to try some lime in my Rum and Coke.

smussy

Fri, 15 Aug 2008 14:20:41 -0600

the cuba libre: my best friend and i always used to argue about the cuba libre. she used to say that because i would drink rum and cokes *with* a lime that i was drinking a cuba libre. i begged to differ. i didn't really think a garnish (which is mostly what it was ... how much lime juice can you really get out of a lime wedge?) constituted a whole other drink. were other drinks made out of a slice of orange or a twist of lemon? who knew. not to mention, if i had ever ordered a 'cuba libre' in the dive bars i drank at, i'd either get a blank stare, a ration of shit, or my ass kicked once i told them what it was. anyway, this was a point of friendly contention for years. one time, we were driving cross-country and stopped in boulder for a night of carousing. we decided to have a nice meal. she got some makers or beam or some other brown liquor on the rocks and i got a "rum and coke with a lime." and the waiter says, "oh, a cuba libre." i near about fell out of my seat. if it had been with ANYONE but her. i swear. so, i roll my eyes and look at her with a total "you've got to be kidding me" look while she had a shit-eating grin on her face. that would have been good enough for a story, except the waiter then did something that was really dumb/not cool for a server. he then snottily said, "well, that's what it IS." and i just wanted to smack him and say, "look buddy, we have an inside joke about this ... and even if i'm the biggest dolt, i'm paying you for good service, not to condescend to me." grrr. but still, a great drink. and conspiratorially, maybe there was something to the cuba libre thing, cause i always preferred a rum and coke with a lime to one without.

Margaret Lyons

Fri, 15 Aug 2008 14:13:29 -0600

I read that Southside recipe and went into complete Homer Simpson "mmmmm, ruuuuum" mode. Fridays!