Mint Julep Community Style Recipes: • 3 large bunches mint • 4 ounces water • 4 ounces dark rum • 1/4 pound superfine sugar • 2 bottles bourbon

Preparation:

Take your punch bowl and place it on a table under a tree. Next, fill it half full of cracked, crushed, chipped, or shaved ice. In a separate crock, place about 50 fresh mint sprigs and pour over them the water, rum, and sugar. Macerate the leaves thoroughly; when infused, strain the resulting mint syrup over the chipped ice. Do not permit any of the stems or mash to seep through. Next pour on 2 bottles of the best bourbon you can afford and garnish with a small forest of mint sprigs. Now place straws around the edge of the bowl, one for each guest. At a given signal, tell them to heave to.