Our Lady of the Snows, Roman Punch, and Shaken or Stirred?
Drinking With The Saints
Why celebrate snow in August and how was the date of the Feast of the Transfiguration selected? How do you “muddle” something properly? How do you “build” a drink? Today Mike and Alexandra explore these and other topics, including the very controversial question of “shaken or stirred?” They discuss how James Bond’s preferred Vodka Martini is wrong on so many levels, but how it may have made sense when it was first written about. Our Lady of the Snows: August 5th, dedication of Mary Major in Rome The Transfiguration: August 6th, why? Listen to find out! Drink: Roman Punch 1oz Lemon Juice 1oz Grenadine 1oz Light rum 1oz Brandy 1/2oz Port “Build” in a highball glass filled with crushed ice Add Lemon Juice Then Grenadine Then Light rum Then Brandy Then Port Admire, take a picture, then stir and drink. Instagram #drinkingwiththesaintspodcast #RomanPunch Contest Share your cocktail invention using plum brandy to our Instagram, @DrinkingSaints - - - - - “Stay with us O Lord because it is getting toward evening. Bless our drinks and our conversation. Amen” Find more at: https://drinkingwiththesaints.com/ Produced by Back Row Media backrow.fm Find the Books: Drinking with the Saints Drinking with St. Nick Drinking with Your Patron Saints
About Podcast
Join Michael and Alexandra Foley each week as they look at a feast day from that week's calendar, discuss that saint's life, and mix a cocktail appropriate for remembering and celebrating that saint, all while mixing in plenty of fun and good humor.
Drinking with the Saints is a concoction that both sinner and saint will savor.