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- Hey y'all, this is Troy down at the Lady and Sons.
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I'm the general manager
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and I'm making some drinks for you guys.
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Today, we're gonna get ready for the Kentucky Derby.
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We're gonna make a nice blackberry mint julep.
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We're gonna make this in a pitcher
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so you can share it with everybody.
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It's a very easy drink to make.
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Mint always scares people
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'cause you have to muddle it so you really get that flavor.
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We're gonna use a spoon,
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but I'm gonna show you how we do it here at the restaurant
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'cause we make a lot more drinks
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than most people make at their house.
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But this is a very easy way to do it
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with a tool that you're gonna have right in your drawer.
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So first off, we're gonna get our pitcher
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and take one cup of loosely packed mint leaves,
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you pick these off the off the stock,
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a little bit of stem's okay.
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You're just gonna dump it in.
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All right, and then you're gonna grab your wooden spoon
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and you're just gonna push a little bit.
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You're gonna tear those mint leaves up
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so that you have that oil extracted.
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And what I like to do is once it gets to a certain point,
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I add a little bit of my liquid,
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such as my syrup or my bourbon,
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just to make it a little bit easier.
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Especially with this pitcher,
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you need something long just like this.
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Here in the restaurant,
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we use a bottler when we're making it by the drink.
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This thing will save your life.
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Just a little bit more.
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And this drink you can let sit
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in the refrigerator for a couple hours
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and it's really gonna develop that taste just a little bit.
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All right, so this is our blackberry syrup,
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made this this morning,
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our recipes on the website,
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well I did, I had to add a little bit of water
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and a little bit more sugar
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because the blackberries I got
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weren't quite as ripe as I like.
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So to substitute for that,
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just add a little bit more water
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and a little bit more sugar,
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you don't want it to be too sweet.
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But it really brought out that blackberry flavor.
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So we're gonna pour this in
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and what I did was I just made the recipe,
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it was 12 ounces of blackberry, half a cup of sugar
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and I ended up adding another quarter cup of sugar,
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about a cup of water and let it reduce down.
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But you wanted that syrupy consistency.
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Once it reaches that point, then it's good to go.
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So you're gonna give this a good little mix.
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We'll leave this in here 'cause we'll continue to use it
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and this is when I like to put it on ice.
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today we're using Savannah Bourbon.
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They have a bourbon and honey mixture.
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I tried this the other day with the liquor distributor,
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it's absolutely wonderful.
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So we're gonna take a whole cup of this.
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You can use a measuring cup,
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we carry these in the retail store,
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they're really nice to have when you're making big batches.
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So we're gonna do one cup of this.
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You can use any kind of bourbon you have at home.
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I just say don't use the cheap stuff and you should be good.
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This Savannah Bourbon is something you can get
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locally here in Georgia.
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All the liquor stores here in Savannah sell it,
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but also throughout the south
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up into Atlanta and stuff like that.
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You just have to ask for it.
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Next up, we're gonna do three cups of ginger ale.
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(ginger ale gurgling)
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(ginger ale gurgling)
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At home, you can just use the cans
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or the two liter or whatever you have.
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We have this convenient bar gun
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and it makes things so much easier for us.
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You can see that starting to turn that beautiful color.
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My grandma would tell us,
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"That's raspberry tea."
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Don't drink it. That's hers.
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So what I like to do, I love ice drinks,
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especially in Savannah, it gets so hot.
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With this drink, you're gonna put a couple of blackberries,
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you can put a lot if you want,
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and then we garnish it with a mint sprig.
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So you can do it at the end or now.
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Just be careful with your ice so you don't overdo it.
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Kentucky Derby, let's go.
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Hey, y'all, it's Paula Deen.
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Love and Best Dishes Y'all.
