Planters Punch

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(Historical References)
(NEW YORK TIMES, 8 August 1908)
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*I know whereof I speak.
 
*I know whereof I speak.
  
*Where thermo's top the highest notch
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STEPHEN CHALMERS.
*In th' Caribbean isle,
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*Where only fools drink rye and Scotch,
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*Yet man awakes most vile,
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*They drink this ere the sun is up;
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*For when the sun is high,
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*The thirst horn of this morning cup
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*Would scorn to swallow rye!
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*To rickey ever wore the crown
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*That crests this royal punch,
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*But, after it pour nothing down
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*Till you have had your lunch.
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*The sunshine and the sugarcane
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*Allay the tropic lot,
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*And this same punch removes the bane
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*Where days are always hot.
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*STEPHEN CHALMERS.
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Revision as of 14:59, 15 May 2006

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


Historical References

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.

STEPHEN CHALMERS.

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