A Few of FR's Finest....Every Day....11-01,02-05....Aloha! Back to Hawaii

Billie

[PreviouslyA-Lurker]

C ya Mama Bear!

[PreviouslyA-Lurker]

LOL!!! Don't drink & fly!
; )

[DollyCali]

Mai Tai Recipes

This is Trader Vic's Original Mai Tai recipe. You'll note that there's nary a drop of orange or pineapple juice. For this reason, Mai Tais made with any sort of juice (besides lime juice) are not "true" Mai Tais.

The Original Formula - 1944

• 2 ounces of 17-year old J. Wray & Nephew Rum over shaved ice.
• Add juice from one fresh lime.
• 1/2 ounce Holland DeKuyper Orange Curacao.
• 1/4 ounce Trader Vic's Rock Candy Syrup.
• 1/2 ounce French Garier Orgeat Syrup
• Shake vigorously.
• Add a sprig of fresh mint

"Old Way" Mai Tai Formula - 1997

• 1 ounce Fine Jamaican Rum (15 or 8 year old)
• 1 ounce Martinique Rum (St. James)
• 1/2 ounce Orange Curacao
• 1/2 ounce Orgeat Syrup
• Juice from one fresh lime (about 3/4 ounce)
• Mix and serve as in the Original Formula

Recipes from Mai Tai Fans

Kevin Crossman
I'm a big fan of the Trader Vic's mixes, but this recipe is just a little better.

• 2 oz. your favorite rum
• 3 oz. Trader Vic's Mai Tai Mix
• 1/2 oz. orange curacao
• 1/2 oz. almond syrup
• 1/2 oz. vanilla syrup
• add lime juice to taste
• mix thoroughly

Judy in Kailua

• 1-3/4 oz. light rum
• 3/4 oz. Myers's rum
• 3/4 oz. orange curacao (or Grand Marnier)
• Juice of a lemon
• Juice of a lime
• Juice of an orange (1/4 cup)
• 1/4 cup pineapple juice
• a splash of grenadine

Guy Waller
Yo Mai Tai maniac: I run a bar school/consultancy business here in South Africa and this is the recipe I adapted from the one I was taught in London. We don't get Orgeat here in S.A. so I substituted Amaretto.

• Glass: Hurricane
• Method: Shake and strain over ice
• 1 shot Light Rum
• 1 shot Dark Rum
• 1/2 shot Triple Sec
• 1/2 shot Amaretto
• 2 shots fresh lime juice
• 1/2 shot gomme (simple) syrup
• Garnish: Cherry-pineapple, Parasol, Stirrer, Straw

From LAFAGE in the United Arab Emerates.
Dear fans of the mixing, I run a cocktail bar since four years and here the recipe that we almost use for the Mai Tai, hope you will enjoy as I enjoy every night.

• 1 oz Meyer's rum
• 1 oz Appleton rum
• 1 whole lime juice (save shell)
• 3/4 oz. Orange Curacao (DeKueper)
• 1/2 oz. Amaretto
• Drop almond syrup
• Shake with crushed ice and pour in double old fashioned glass; decorate with mint and fruit stick.

Tiki Tracy says "When making these beauties for myself (as I often do) I double the recipe and let the second half mellow while I savor the first half. Oh... how I love my life :-)"

• Juice of 1 lime
• 1/2 oz. Orange Curacao
• 1/2 oz Orgeat Syrup
• 1/2 oz Simple Syrup
• 1/4 oz. Maraschino Syrup
• 1/4 oz. Pineapple Juice
• 1 oz. Mount Gay Rum
• 1 oz. Appleton's Rum
• Stir vigorously in crushed ice, strain into your favorite Mai Tai tumbler filled with crushed ice
• Garnish with a fresh pineapple sp

[DollyCali]

(forgot pix!)

[PreviouslyA-Lurker]

I don't think I've ever had a Mai Tai - original or with orange & pineapple juice. I like margaritas (salted rim & on the rocks) & tend to order them whenever I can.

[Billie]

Isn't that a hoot - wolfie posted it yesterday after I'd written how much trouble I had getting this thread formatted and posted. It seemed to fit again today with the mai tais. :)

[Texagirl4W]

One Sunday a pastor told the congregation that the church needed some extra money and asked the people to prayerfully consider giving a little extra in the offering plate. He said that whoever gave the most would be able to pick out four hymns.


After the offering plates were passed, the pastor glanced down and noticed that someone had placed a $1,000 bill in offering. He was so excited that he immediately shared his joy with his congregation and said he'd like to personally thank the person who placed the money in the plate.


A very quiet, elderly and saintly lady all the way in the back shyly raised her hand. The pastor asked her to come to the front. Slowly she made her way to the pastor. He told her how wonderful it was that she gave so much and in thanksgiving asked her to pick out three hymns.


Her eyes brightened as she looked over the congregation, pointed to the four handsomest men in the building and said, "I'll take him, and him, and him, and him.

[PreviouslyA-Lurker]

4 hims for $1,000, not bad. I hope she could see what she was doing!

[DollyCali]

awk.. I hadn't refreshed when I posted mine.. sorry for the duplicate!!!!

[Mama_Bear]

I like margaritas (salted rim & on the rocks) & tend to order them whenever I can.

I do too...just the way you like them! But, if you ever get to Hawaii, you have to try a Mai Tai there. You probably won't like it because they are muchy sweeter than margaritas, but you need to try one anyway. ;-)

Okay, now I really, really, REALLY have to hit the road. MIL is expecting me to visit her....and if she ain't happy, ain't nobody happy. LOL.

Later, PAL.

[DollyCali]

I think thre is some similarity to Long Island Ice Tea. JMHO...

[Mama_Bear]

Isn't that a hoot - wolfie posted it yesterday

LOL! I should have known. It has his paw prints all over it. ;-)

[Temple Owl]

Ink is still hanging in there, She is a very sick pup, but she seems comfortable. We are giving her the prescribed meds which I think are mostly vitamins and we are feeding her baby food. She seems to like chicken and apples best, We have to lift and carry her out for her to do her duty and she seems so very grateful. Thanks for asking about her.

[PreviouslyA-Lurker]

Here, do some more shopping with your Mai Tai (that should keep you out of the air)...

http://www.alohaz.com/hawaiianclothinggallery_matching_outfits.html

http://www.alohaspiritstore.com/store.htm

[PreviouslyA-Lurker]

salright.

[PreviouslyA-Lurker]

bye *waves*

[snugs]

Not that much of an authority on Richard III sounds as if Pippin knows more than I do. Sounds interesting to me

[snugs]

I remember you saying Ink was not well what happened or is he old?

[Mama_Bear]

muchy??? Ummm......how about, MUCH sweeter. LOL

Okay, I am out the door. Good talkin' to you, PAL.

Bye

[CounterCounterCulture]

Hi, CCC, fun times there huh? :)

Indeed. Good times, good people. I miss them.