We're going on a five-hour family road trip next week, and if there's anything that goes hand and hand with narrow roads, crying babies and seemingly endless miles until the next rest stop, it's alcohol. Lots and lots of alcohol.
The "Car Seat" is Dana's invention, and she wants everyone to know it. She was sipping her favorite cocktail -- a Side Car -- the other day when we both turned the conversation toward our upcoming trip. It was like a light bulb went off in her head.
"You know what would go really well with this?" she said, lifting her glass, "More alcohol."
Good idea. We mixed, we shook, we drank, and pretty soon the idea of a long road trip didn't seem so bad -- if you have the right car seat that is. (Yeah, that was bad. But the recipe is good.)
Combine:
1 oz rum
1 oz triple sec
1 oz apple cider, or your kid's favorite juice drink. (Apple is best. Sparkling apple is even better.)
1/2 oz lime juice
Combine, shake lightly and pour into a martini glass that has been rubbed with lime on the rim and coated with superfine sugar.
