Episode 66: Arkansas Cave People // Ham and Eggs
Patrice and Marleah drink Bartender Courtney's Sticky Sticky Basil Mojitos and talk vibrating welding guns, underground cities, white people peaches, and blues.
Arkansas Cave People //
From The Boonies to inner earthers, Patrice talks about her introduction to Richard Shaver & The Shaver Mysteries.
- Sci-fi tales keep ’em coming back to Blowing Cave
- Richard Sharpe Shaver - Wikipedia
- The Subterranean Express - Inner Earth - The Blowing Cave and Shaver Mystery
Ham and Eggs //
Peach festivals started in Georgia in 1895 featuring parades, pageantry, and white women dressed in full dryad. What did black farmers do, since they weren't invited to this party? Welcome to the Ham and Egg Show!
- The Georgia Peach, by William Thomas Okie
- Now What a Time: Blues, Gospel, and the Fort Valley Music Festivals, 1938 to 1943, music and photos, Library of Congress
- The Un-Pretty History of Georgia's Iconic Peach, NPR
- Red River Blues by Bruce Bastin
- The Georgia Peach in Black and White, Tom Okie
- The History of Fort Valley State University
Shoutouts!
- Parental Advisory Movie Podcast Episode 10
- The Psyched Podcast
- Freedom Riders National Monument, Anniston AL
EPISODE DRINK:
Sticky Sticky Basil Mojito
By Bartender Courtney
INGREDIENTS
- 10 large basil leaves, divided
- 1/4 C plus 2 tsp superfine or granulated sugar, divided
- 1/4 C lime juice
- 1/2 C white rum
- About 1/2 C cold club soda
- Lime wedges
PREPARATION
- Make basil sugar for glass rim:
- Put 2 basil leaves and 1/4 C sugar in food processor until blended
- Set aside on a plate
- In a shaker combine lime juice, 4 TB sugar, remaining basil leaves
- Muddle with muddler or wooden spoon until leaves are broken up
- Add rum and a few ice cubes
- Shakeshakeshake
- Rub a lime wedge along rim of 2 lowball glasses and dip in basil sugar (reserving remaining sugar for more cocktails)
- Add a few ice cubes to each glass
- Remove top from shaker (do not strain) and divide mixture between glasses
- Top off each with club soda and stir
- Garnish with a lime wedge and/or basil leaf
Makes two drinks, or one double in a highball. Enjoy!
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