Actually it wasn't the first drink to spring to mind, in fact, I had only heard of the drink. I didn't know anything about it until I googled it.
Did you know there are a few varieties of Pimm's? There's #1, #2, #3... but I'm not going to get into all that. If you're interested, you can check out all the Pimm's info you want here.
Normally the drink is made with two ounces of Pimm's topped off with either ginger ale or lemonade and then garnished with a cucumber slice and a sprig of mint.
We got ourselves ready.
Some recipes called for a heaping quantity of fruit mixed in, but we chose just to include some orange...although we thought the extra fruit made for a better picture. Oh, and notice that we totally forgot to buy mint when we went to the store.
Neither one of us had ever tried Pimm's before, so we took full advantage of the spillage next to the shot glass and dipped our fingers into it. The flavor was... interesting... a hint of spice of some kind. Last night I opened the bottle and gave it a good sniff, and the first thing I smelled was celery. Ah, leave it to the Brits to make a celery tonic.
mmm juicy...
The cucumber didn't do much for me, but it looked and smelled nice.
Ta da!! Pimm's Cup! (minus the mint... oops)
I made mine with ginger ale, and Sharon G used the lemonade. After one sip of mine, we both decided that the ginger ale was not for us, so I made another with lemonade. It was much better; however, it was Country Time lemonade mix. I think fresh lemonade would do this drink more justice.
All in all, we liked the Pimm's Cup. As it stands, I give it 2 1/2 MMMs on the MMM scale. I think maybe Sharon G liked it more than I did, but I'm willing to try it with the freshly squeezed lemonade next time. So cheers, and here's to Will and Kate!
post script Kate can have her Wills. We like this one better.
We hear he favors a drink called the "crack baby" cocktail. It sounds horrific, but after looking up the recipe we found it to sound quite good. I think we might see a couple of crack babies on the horizon.
