Comments on: Martha Washington’s Rum Punch

By: Six Things I Learned This Week: The Booze History Edition (9/9/11) |

Six Things I Learned This Week: The Booze History Edition (9/9/11) | — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 15:27:23 +0000

[...] lost his election. If you’re interested, here’s a recipe for Martha Washington’s rum punch. 4.) During the 19th Century, America had developed an *ahem…* “healthy drinking [...]

By: Cox Crow · Martha Washington’s Rum Punch

Cox Crow · Martha Washington’s Rum Punch — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 06:08:12 +0000

[...] Independence Day should perhaps be celebrated with a, somewhat, more domestic punch, using Martha Washington’s rum punch recipe. (Warning: the source given does not cite her sources, so while the punch is attributed to Mrs. [...]

By: AlchemistGeorge

AlchemistGeorge — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 14:51:08 +0000

This turned out to be quite popular, it is a very pleasant punch! A number of people remarked that they thought it would also be good served hot as a winter drink. Many asked if there was apple juice or applejack in the recipe.

One word of caution, the recipe says ‘cinnamon sticks’ – don’t be tempted to substitute ground cinnamon. You will never be able to strain it out, and you will get a really intense deep almost bitter taste note in the punch – a “what’s wrong with this?” kind of flavor. You can (fix) balance it with more simple syrup (for this we used turbinado sugar for the syrup)