Rum facts (I stole most of this from wikipedia. Did you think
I did actual research?):
-Rum is made from distilling molasses and sugarcane
juice, then aged in oak barrels.
-The majority of the world's rum production occurs in and around the
Caribbean.
-No one knows for sure where the word came from
a)the last syllable of the Latin word for sugar, saccharum
b)the Romani word rum, meaning "strong" or "potent."
c)a truncated version of rumbullion or rumbustion, which mean "tumult"
or "uproar."
-Other names for rum include Nelson's Blood, Kill-Devil, Demon Water,
Pirate's Drink, Navy Neaters, and Barbados water
-Rum was first distilled on plantations on the 17th century, but its
forerunner- a crude drink called brum- dates back thousands of years.
-The most expensive rum in the world
is a bottle containing a blend of Wray and Nephew Rums, dating back
to the 1940's It is valued at $54,000 USD
-I've no ideas as to what the cheapest rum is, other than free. Whatever
it is, I'll take it.
Now to the good part, the drinking of said rum.
Any rum can be drank (drunk, drinked?) straight, particularly the gold and dark varieties, but you may want to mix it up with one of these rum drinks (lifted from www.drinkoftheweek.com):
| Bahama Mama | Great White | Limey |
Pirate's Friend |
| Beach Buster | Grog | Maliboo Witches Brew | Privateer |
| Between the Sheets | Heat Wave | Mojito | Quarter Deck Cocktail |
| Crimson Tide | Horny Goat | Monkey Fizz | Shark Attack |
| Devil's Poison | Hurricane | Nude Beach | Tropical Itch |
| Funky Monkey | Jamaica
Me Crazy |
Orange
Bomber |
Undertow |
| Pina Colada | Zombie | ||
| To be clear, I'm just offering these as suggestions. Don't go blaming me if you have too much and run aground. | |||
Looking for another, perhaps more discreet way to consume your rum?
Try one or more of these rum recipes, courtesy of http://homecooking.about.com:
