Fat Tuesday says New Orleans and Hurricanes! Buzzed Boomer likes to emphasize quality over quantity and a proper Hurricane….Well it won’t take many to catch that Buzz. They tend to be strong. My research says there are lots of variants as far as recipes go so we have some latitude. See the InterWeb for a bunch of fancy recipes. A Buzzed Boomer key should be keeping it as fresh as possible. But even in New Orleans at Pat O’Briens, where the Hurricane was invented in the 1940’s, the Hurricanes are pre-mixed. Tourists! They’ll drink anything.
Originally the Hurricane was just dark rum, passion fruit juice, and lime juice. Pretty straight forward. I found pseudo passion fruit juice at the supermarket. It’s a blend of juices, including passion fruit, so it’s not the real deal. If you don’t have even that, orange juice and a little Grenadine to turn it red will do.
The glass is important, too. Kind of hurricane lamp shape. Didn’t think I had one but, by golly, I do. Courtesy of Alaska Airlines.
So, we will cobble something together drink-wise, make some cajun shrimp mac and cheese to fatten us up before Lent, and off we go!!
Cheers!
– Jet Cannon
