Well, perhaps I may have found the ultimate recipe for mint juleps. This recipe was formulated by General Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr, who, at the time, was the commandant at West Point. He was requested by the Superintendant, his superior, to provide the recipe. This son of a Confederate general, graduate of West Point, and Governor of Kentucky wrote down perhaps the penultimate recipe for juleps. I offer this recipe as a grand example of my birthplace. You can find it at a Buckner family geneaological site. Just go to Simon Bolivar Buckner. I'll offer that for my morning missive.
Ahh, May. "A Maying We Shall Go." "It's May! It's May! The lusty month of May!" You can't get better than that (other than a post NCAA basketball celebration in Lexington).
About Me
- TBAYNHAMIII
- I was born in Kentucky, though my parents had been living in Knoxville before my birth. My mother's mother lived across the street from the hospital in Hopkinsville, Kentucky, which was convenient. I moved around quite a bit when I was young, but ended up in Georgia. I like to read and write and love food and drink way too much. I have a funny wife and daughter who has finished her batchelor's degree and is living with her grandmother in North Atlanta and studying advertising. I sometimes wonder what life would have been like if I had not gone to law school. Regrets come and go with the seasons.
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