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Rusty Nail’s Recipes

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Some folks; they’re sweet as can be. They might be dispossessed of all their earthly possessions, and be living out of a cardboard box. They might have a lawyer on top of them all day long, watching everything they do. They might be constantly glossed over in the eyes of others in those others devotion and love for a bee-crazed relative of theirs. They may even have changelings trying to lick the hearts out of their eyes.

And they’ll still be an utter kindhearted wonder; concerned for the well-being of those around them.

Today; I’m honoring them… and their bee-crazed cousin.

Ladies and Gentlemen…

It’s Plumsweet and Bumblesweet!

While these cousins may have just finished being far too close for comfort, they’re still close as can… Bee. And while Plum might be in the habit of Banning individuals from the Frozen Yogurt shop she manages; she doesn’t ever ban someone without a good reason… Like Rudeness.

(I love a good nod to Janelle Monet~)

A Plumsweet

Ingredients:

• 1 ½ oz Smirnoff 100
• Seltzer
• 2tsp Lemon Juice
• 3 tbsp Plum Simple Syrup (Ingredients Follow)
• 2 Plums
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 cup water
• Chilled Collins Glass
• Ice
• Plum wedge

Special Equipment:

A Saucepan. A Strainer.

Making a Plumsweet:

1. Dice two plums.
2. Boil 1 cup water.
3. Dissolve sugar in water, then reduce heat.
4. Add plums, then simmer for 15 minutes
5. Remove from heat, and let sit for 30 minutes.
6. Strain syrup through strainer into container. (You will make a TON more syrup than you will use in this drink. Consider using some of it over ice cream… or Frozen Yogurt!)
7. Pour vodka, lemon juice, and syrup into glass.
8. Add Ice.
9. Fill glass with Seltzer.
10. Garnish with Plum Wedge
11. Stir.
12. Drink!

A Bumblesweet

Ingredients:

• 1 1/2oz Smirnoff 100
• 2tsp Lemon Juice
• 3tbsp honey syrup (1:1 Honey and Hot water. Mix in a mug, then let cool.)
• Seltzer.
• Chilled Collins glass.
• Ice
• Honeycomb to garnish

Special Equipment:

None! You can make a Bumblesweet without any special Equipment.

Making a Bumblesweet:

1. Pour Smirnoff, lemon juice, and honey syrup into glass.
2. Fill glass with ice.
3. Top glass with Seltzer soda
4. Garnish with Honeycomb.
5. Drink!

You’ve just finished making a Plumsweet and a Bumblesweet!

These are both variations on the same cooler, but will produce wildly different beverages! Much like the similarities and differences between our two honorees today.

I can’t wait to see as many of you as I can at Bronycon, August 2-4!

Keep sending in suggestions as to who you’d like to see made into a drink, and Stay Thirsty, my friends!

I still have the empty glass of Bumblesweet tucked away somewhere.  Thank you so much for sharing your craft with me. I remember your voice, that impressive beard, and that rolling suitcase you had with you. I remember that look of surprise when you realized two certain artists you came to see was both me, and we had a good laugh over it.  I remember how happy you were when I drew your OC in steam literally a week before we met irl.

I’ll miss you too.