Planters Punch
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==References== | ==References== |
Revision as of 23:22, 8 May 2012
The Planters Punch is a generic Rum punch based around the following: 1 sour, 2 sweet, 3 strong, 4 weak.
Contents |
The recipe from the back of the Myers's Rum Bottle
- 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.
Historical Recipes
Interestingly, the earliest known recipes for the Planter's Punch were printed in rhyme:
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.
KANSAS CITY STAR, 1903
- One of sour
- One of sweet
- Two of strong
- And one of weak
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.
The Gleaner, 4th April 1914
"He could mix the best Planters' punch in Jamaica."
"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."
References
- The fruity rum drink known as Planter's Punch goes way back in time - Charleston City Paper
- Planters Punch - Eight Versions of a Famous Rum Drink - A Mountain of Crushed Ice