mint julep

The true origins of the mint julep, however, stretch back considerably further.

So when you take that first frosty sip of your mint julep in celebration of the Kentucky Derby, enjoy it.

The mint-julep does not belong to the tulip family, although the latter has a strong affinity for it.

Their dinners were eaten at long tables under the trees, with a tub of iced toddy or mint-julep in the shade near by.

It was a midsummer saturnalia of strawberries and acacia flowers, gone mad with excessive mint julep.

With all the requisites at hand, it seems probable that the mint julep had its origin in the latter half of the century.

If you come in, introduce yourself by asking for 'a good old Kentucky mint-julep,' Practically no one ever asks for those.