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One Flaming Bob Marley coming up
A recent post on a favorite cocktail recipe site - www.drinksmixer.com - had a recipe called Flaming Bob Marley and it turned out to be one of the more dangerous sounding concoctions I’ve read about recently. Here’s the recipe which I recommend not trying at home (or anywhere for that matter) for what I think are obvious reasons, comments to follow:
Flaming Bob Marley. A known drink on the menu at Veronica’s Piano Bar, Hedonism 11, Negril, Jamaica. 1/3 oz grenadine syrup 1/3 oz creme de menthe 1/3 oz 151 proof rum
Divide a tall shot glass into thirds, fill the lowest third with grenadine syrup, the middle third with creme de menthe, and float the 151 in the top third. Wet a thin straw, light the 151 by passing a lighter over it, plunge the straw to the bottom of the glass into the grenadine syrup and suck. If done rapidly and correctly the straw will not melt, and you can observe flames traveling up the inside of it. Stop sucking when the flame is inside the straw.
Is it just me or does this sound like a third degree burn just waiting to happen? A more appropriate name might be Darwin’s Flaming Law. Two questions: 1) Have you ever sipped a flaming cocktail through a straw while it was still lit and/or had any crazy cocktail concoction you’d be willing to share? And if the answer is yes, a followup question would be do you have any permanent scars? 2) Have any good recent recipes or cocktail experiences you’d like to share? I have one but I’ll save it for later.
Till then, cheerio!
