Ogden Evening Standard | 1911-08-12 | Page 1 | Here is a Mint Julep

J t 1HERE 18 A 1 MINT JULEP 4-t f , l&'M ' J Must Be Made In a . Silver Cup-With a 1 1 Silver Spoon Tift "Washington, Aug. 12. Represent- IF'ative Ollle James, of Kentucky and Dr. Harvey W. Wiley, government pure i food expert, who, with Henrj Wattcr-1 Wattcr-1 son, of Louisville, were named as a committee to settle an alleged ?2,000 bet as to the merits of a mint julep, had. interviews today touching that famous beverage. The utterance of Mr. James, popularly pop-ularly suppo&ed, because of his place of residence, to be ex-cathedra, set forth, that a mint julep should be mixed in a silver cup, n lump of Bugar in the bottom, with a leaf or two of mint. Next cornea cracked ice mi filling the cup to the brim. The ice 5 must be stirred as it is put in, thus 7? crushing the mint a bit, and putting k a fine frost on the- outside of the I cup, an ornamentatal feature highly R' regarded. The stirring must be done 2' Ith a silver spoon, If the true Ken-"S Ken-"S tucky ideal is to be gained Then I I the whiskey is poured in, and the WA wonder is complete. y. It happens that in Dr. Wiley a toe-yL toe-yL totaller was secured as a judge. Dr I af Wiley said If he were called on to RY produce a mint Julep, he would pro-M pro-M cure some mint, look up some Wash- II a lngton bartender and ask him to I j make the Julep.