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The Planters Punch is a generic Rum punch based around the following: 1 sour, 2 sweet, 3 strong, 4 weak.
 
The Planters Punch is a generic Rum punch based around the following: 1 sour, 2 sweet, 3 strong, 4 weak.
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==Recipes==
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==="Beachbum Berry Remixed" by Jeff Berry, 2009===
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'''Don's Own Planters''', from [[Don the Beachcomber]], circa 1940s
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*1 oz Fresh Lemon Juice
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*1 oz Soda Water (Club Soda)
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*2 Dashes Angostura Bitters
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*1 oz Honey Mix (1 part Honey and 1 part Water)
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*1 1/2 oz Dark Jamaican Rum
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*1 oz Light Puerto Rican Rum
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Shake with ice cubes and pour everything into Pilsner glass. Garnish with mint, cherry, and pineapple finger.
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===Myers's Rum recipe===
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*3 parts Myers's rum
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*1 part lemon juice
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*2 tea-spoons sugar syrup per glass
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*1 dash bitters per glass
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Shake and strain, garnish with orange and mint sprig.
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==="1800 And All That" by R. de Fleury, 1937===
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No. 1843
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'''Planter's Punch--no.1'''
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Recipe by "Slippery", Myrtle Bank Hotel, Kingston.
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This drink is very popular on the Island of Jamaica, and principally at Kingston. It is made of:
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*1 Tablespoon Sugar Syrup
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*The Juice of a fresh Lime
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*1 Wineglass Bacardi Rum
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Shake well; strain into a tumbler, and grate Nutmeg and a pinch of Red Pepper on top. No Soda whatever.
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==="Trader Vic’s Bartender’s Guide," Vic Bergeron, 1947===
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*3 oz. dark rum
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*1/2 oz. grenadine
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*barspoon of bar sugar
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*juice of a small lime
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*juice of 1/2 lemon
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Stir with crushed ice and strain into a collins glass 2/3 full of same
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==Historical References==
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Interestingly, the earliest known recipes for the Planter's Punch were printed in rhyme:
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===FUN MAGAZINE (London), September 1878===
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"Planter's Punch! A West Indian Recipe"
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*A wine-glass with lemon juice fill,
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*Of sugar the same glass fill twice
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*Then rub them together until
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*The mixture looks smooth, soft, and nice.
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*Of rum then three wine glasses add,
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*And four of cold water please take.
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*A Drink then you'll have that's not bad —
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*At least, so they say in Jamaica.
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===KANSAS CITY STAR, 1903===
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*One of sour
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*One of sweet
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*Two of strong
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*And one of weak
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===NEW YORK TIMES, 8 August 1908===
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"PLANTER'S PUNCH"
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*This recipe I give to thee,
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*Dear brother in the heat.
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*Take two of sour (lime let it be)
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*To one and a half of sweet,
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*Of Old Jamaica pour three strong,
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*And add four parts of weak.
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*Then mix and drink.  I do no wrong--
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*I know whereof I speak.
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NOTE: One could surmise from this poem the following recipe:
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*2 oz Fresh Lime Juice
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*1½ oz Sugar Syrup
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*3 oz Dark Jamaican Rum
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*4 oz Crushed Ice
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Shake ingredients and pour into a cocktail glass.
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===The Gleaner, 4th April 1914===
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"He could mix the best Planters' punch in Jamaica."
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==="The Gleaner", 1921===
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"A planters' punch is made of pure Jamaica rum, a little cane syrup, cracked ice along with a slice of native pineopple and orange to make it more attractive."
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==External Links==
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*[http://www.charlestoncitypaper.com/charleston/the-fruity-rum-drink-known-as-planters-punch-goes-way-back-in-time/Content?oid=2685506 The fruity rum drink known as Planter's Punch goes way back in time] - Charleston City Paper
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*[http://www.amountainofcrushedice.com/?p=11358 Planters Punch - Eight Versions of a Famous Rum Drink] - A Mountain of Crushed Ice
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[[Category:Recipes]][[Category:Rum Cocktails]][[Category:Punches]]

Latest revision as of 23:27, 8 May 2012

The Planters Punch is a generic Rum punch based around the following: 1 sour, 2 sweet, 3 strong, 4 weak.


Contents

[edit] Recipes

[edit] "Beachbum Berry Remixed" by Jeff Berry, 2009

Don's Own Planters, from Don the Beachcomber, circa 1940s

  • 1 oz Fresh Lemon Juice
  • 1 oz Soda Water (Club Soda)
  • 2 Dashes Angostura Bitters
  • 1 oz Honey Mix (1 part Honey and 1 part Water)
  • 1 1/2 oz Dark Jamaican Rum
  • 1 oz Light Puerto Rican Rum

Shake with ice cubes and pour everything into Pilsner glass. Garnish with mint, cherry, and pineapple finger.


[edit] Myers's Rum recipe

  • 3 parts Myers's rum
  • 1 part lemon juice
  • 2 tea-spoons sugar syrup per glass
  • 1 dash bitters per glass

Shake and strain, garnish with orange and mint sprig.


[edit] "1800 And All That" by R. de Fleury, 1937

No. 1843

Planter's Punch--no.1

Recipe by "Slippery", Myrtle Bank Hotel, Kingston.

This drink is very popular on the Island of Jamaica, and principally at Kingston. It is made of:

  • 1 Tablespoon Sugar Syrup
  • The Juice of a fresh Lime
  • 1 Wineglass Bacardi Rum

Shake well; strain into a tumbler, and grate Nutmeg and a pinch of Red Pepper on top. No Soda whatever.


[edit] "Trader Vic’s Bartender’s Guide," Vic Bergeron, 1947

  • 3 oz. dark rum
  • 1/2 oz. grenadine
  • barspoon of bar sugar
  • juice of a small lime
  • juice of 1/2 lemon

Stir with crushed ice and strain into a collins glass 2/3 full of same

[edit] Historical References

Interestingly, the earliest known recipes for the Planter's Punch were printed in rhyme:

[edit] FUN MAGAZINE (London), September 1878

"Planter's Punch! A West Indian Recipe"

  • A wine-glass with lemon juice fill,
  • Of sugar the same glass fill twice
  • Then rub them together until
  • The mixture looks smooth, soft, and nice.
  • Of rum then three wine glasses add,
  • And four of cold water please take.
  • A Drink then you'll have that's not bad —
  • At least, so they say in Jamaica.

[edit] KANSAS CITY STAR, 1903

  • One of sour
  • One of sweet
  • Two of strong
  • And one of weak


[edit] NEW YORK TIMES, 8 August 1908

"PLANTER'S PUNCH"

  • This recipe I give to thee,
  • Dear brother in the heat.
  • Take two of sour (lime let it be)
  • To one and a half of sweet,
  • Of Old Jamaica pour three strong,
  • And add four parts of weak.
  • Then mix and drink. I do no wrong--
  • I know whereof I speak.


NOTE: One could surmise from this poem the following recipe:

  • 2 oz Fresh Lime Juice
  • 1½ oz Sugar Syrup
  • 3 oz Dark Jamaican Rum
  • 4 oz Crushed Ice

Shake ingredients and pour into a cocktail glass.

[edit] The Gleaner, 4th April 1914

"He could mix the best Planters' punch in Jamaica."


[edit] "The Gleaner", 1921

"A planters' punch is made of pure Jamaica rum, a little cane syrup, cracked ice along with a slice of native pineopple and orange to make it more attractive."

[edit] External Links

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