All You Need Is Rum (All Together Now ...)

[saavedra77]

Monday will mark the second year in a row I've had to forego a trip home to visit la familia during Christmas week.

I've been kind of bumming about not getting to see the relatives, but at least it's thrown me back on my own resources: I just don't feel like it's navidad unless there's coquito around, and being deprived of another source obliges me to whip up my own.

I actually just put this year's first batch in the fridge--it's pretty exciting, if I do say so myself: thick, with just a patina of cinnamon and nutmeg, faintly sweet, and enough rum to make you weave like Captain Jack Sparrow.

Once the elixir has cooled, I'll transfer it to a thermos to get it ready for the trip to sleepwhenimdead and sarrabellum's, tomorrow afternoon. At which point, I trust that much silliness will ensue ...