My Annual Salute To Shark Week
There are a couple of things I really look forward to this time of year. Shark Week 🦈 is one of them. The other, is that it’s a great excuse to make some kind of a classic tiki cocktail 🍹that reminds me of Shark Week. This year, it’s the delicious and oh-so-fruity Blue Hawaiian Classic, Tiki Cocktail. I have to admit, put a few tropical ingredients (and some rum) into a cocktail glass, top it with a garnish of fruit and a little umbrella and I’m a happy camper swimmer.
When I was a semi-little kid, the great classic movie JAWS came out. During that summer, my family took a short trip to Catalina Island for a few days. My brother and I were swimming out to the raft in the usually calm swimming area and beach. When I was about half way to the raft, which seemed like a mile, my brother screamed SHARK!!! I knew he was all about this kind of terror fake-out, but the fear that filled my being was unbelievable. You can’t imagine how fast I made it to the raft 🏊🏻♀️, not to mention how quickly I was able to hurl myself onto the platform.
I can’t imagine anything more frightening than a shark (or anything) lurking under me or near me while I am swimming. I’m sure most of the allure of Shark Week is just the terror of thinking of being hunted and eaten…….But no, I can’t look away during Shark Week.
Blue Hawaiian – The Classic Tiki Cocktail 🍹
Strain into a hurricane glass, filled with crushed ice. Garnish with a pineapple wedge 🍍and a umbrella.
Want to make it a Blue Hawaiian Shark Attack? Drop a Luxardo Maraschino Cherry on top….Splat!
Aloha!
Enjoy!
Ingredients
- 2 ounces ounces Light Rum
- 3/4 ounces blue curacao
- 2 ounces pineapple juice
- 3/4 ounce Creme De Coconut
- 1/2 ounce freshly squeezed lime juice
Garnish
- Pineapple Wedge
- Cocktail umbrella
- Optional - Luxardo Marachino Cherry
Instructions
- Fill a cocktail shaker 1/2 way with ice
- Add 2 ounces of light rum, 3/4 ounce Blue Curacao, 2 ounces of pineapple juice and 3/4 ounce of Creme De Coconut and 1/2 ounce of freshly squeezed lime juice.
- Shake at least 30 seconds until the shaker is very cold.
- Strain into a hurricane glass, filled with crushed ice.
- Garnish with a pineapple wedge and a cocktail umbrella.
- For a shark attack, drop a Luxardo Maraschino Cherry on top before serving
- Cheers and Aloha My Friends!
From the original Don The Beachcomber
Karen Harris https://www.bittersaltysoursweet.com
