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If you've any cool websites to send us to, any interesting bits of info to share, or any general discussion about Papa himself (or a mojito recipe, Gary), here's the place to put it.

Joy said: "I remember an old episode of Cheers where Diane got a 1st edition Hemingway (I'm sure it was Sun also rises) and Sam borrowed it. He was reading it while taking a bath and he got to a key part in the book and dropped it in the water! Then he tried to fix it by ripping some pages out but it was ruined! Does anyone remember that?!"

This is a cool connection Joy made in another discussion thread that I thought I'd add here. It seems familiar, and I can certainly see Sam doing what you say he did, but I can't connect it directly to Hemingway. I am sure you're right, but for some reason my brain says Dickens as I type this. I've no idea why.

Looks like Joy's Memory Bank is paying dividends:

Nice...thanks for the link, Newengland.

here's the recipe..... i grow my own mint,and it's coming up in my pot! can't wait. i love this drink..... will do A FAREWELL TO ARMS in july for my bookclub,and i plan to serve this drink!

ohhhhh,and i have the Perez Prado music, which i plan to play in the background! gary


Cuban Mojito recipe

the original authentic recipe from Havana Cuba

1 teaspoon powdered sugar
Juice from 1 lime (2 ounces)
4 mint leaves
1 sprig of mint
Havana Club white Rum (2 ounces)
2 ounces club soda

(If you repost this recipe or my comments, I'd love a link back to this web page as your source, thanks!) There are countless recipes for the Mojito (pronounced moh-HEE-toh), but this version is for the one Hemingway himself enjoyed at the Mojito's place of birth: La Bodeguita del Medio in Havana, Cuba. If you are throwing a Cuban theme party (Havana night themed party), definitely plan on serving mojitos.

Place the mint leaves into a long mojito glass (often called a "collins" glass) and squeeze the juice from a cut lime over it. You'll want about two ounces of lime juice, so it may not require all of the juice from a single lime. Add the powdered sugar, then gently smash the mint into the lime juice and sugar with a muddler (a long wooden device pictured below, though you can also use the back of a fork or spoon if one isn't available). Add ice (preferably crushed) then add the rum and stir, and top off with the club soda (you can also stir the club soda in as per your taste). Garnish with a mint sprig.

** Optional ** While the following isn't the authentic original Bodeguita del Medio Cuban recipe for a mojito, some people will take half of the juiced lime and cut into into four wedges to add to the glass. Another variation is to add Angostura bitters to cut the mojito's sweetness, which is a popular version in Havana hotels although not the true Bodeguita recipe. Some Cubans also use "guarapo" in place of the powdered sugar, which is a sugar cane syrup available in the Latin food section of some supermarkets and definitely in online Latin grocery stores (typically sold in 12 ounce cans just like soft drinks).

It's pretty hard to find glasses and muddlers, but I purchased a few gift sets for relatives from an online Cuban store (click here for the site and click on "other favorites" in their site's menu), they have a couple of mojito glass gift sets with a muddler. Pictured below is the "Havana" set, which comes in a cool gift box. Once a year we throw a "Havana" party and give away one set to each family that shows up as a take-home gift. What are you waiting for, go put on some Perez Prado mambo music and start making mojitos!

My inlaws found a "muddler" like in a function junction store, or other kitchen gadgets type store in a mall. williams sonoma, or whatever. they had wooden ones,or mine is metal with rubber tips. it's totally necessary to have one to mash those mint leaves, which i leave in the drink, adds color!

You crack me up, Gary.

anybody find a link to actually watch the CHEERS show?

This is the best I can do -



Diane was such a snob! Loved her though!

Yesterday I put up a link for the Hemingway-related Cheers show on another TSAR thread. Would one "Big Tent" discussion thread for this book be organizationally better than the dozen we're looking at? Just wondering, is all.

It's been my experience in different groups that the "big tent" discussions become too difficult for newcomers to jump into as the month wears on. With the little discussion threads, people are able to go to the topics that interest them the most, and they are generally not as confused about what's going on. Moreover, there is far less overlap. Latecomers will often want to discuss something specific and they will mention it in a "big tent" discussion, then find that it was mentioned earlier in the discussion and no one is interested in talking about it anymore because what they're saying has already been said.

OK. I'll grant you one thing -- once discussions go over a couple of dozen posts, no one bothers reading what came before. They just jump in.

Pity (and irony), I say.

Indeed (and indeed).

I found the cheers episode on youtube,and i've watched the whole thing. i swear i love this show most of all. carla totally cracks me up.

Cheers, 2 Good to be 4 Real 1. Then you watch 2 and 3 to the end of the show. Enjoy!

Gary, do you have a link for that whole Cheers episode? The one I found was only about 8 minutes. I loved that show but I think it went downhill after Shelley Long left. Sam and Diane were brilliant!

Can anyone remember an episode that had anything to do with Dickens. Cause I swear I remember something about that.

I found this -



If there is one about Dickens, it's probably described in here...

Thanks for the link, Joy.

Brad wrote: "Thanks for the link, Joy."

You are very welcome! I think you're right about Dickens...

Joy, i found that you have to watch parts 1, 2,and 3 which were all on youtube. it's the whole episode in 3 parts. just google it, watch part 1,and parts 2 and 3 came up for me to click on......


i wanna know about the show on dickens......!!!!

Does anyone know if seasons of cheers is on dvd?? love to start collecting that. it's my fav show of all time!
gary

Gary wrote: "I found the cheers episode on youtube,and i've watched the whole thing. i swear i love this show most of all. carla totally cracks me up.

Cheers, 2 Good to be 4 Real 1. Then you watch 2 and 3 to t..."
each part is about 8 mins long. you probably watched only part one...

Gary, Cheers is on DVD! My library has it and I think I saw it at Borders once (in case you don't want to drive across country to visit my library!
I looked at youtube again, you're right, I didn't notice the other parts. :)