Planter's Punch

Categoria : Long Drink

Mise en place : Rum Scuro, Succo di limone, Succo di Ananas, Succo di Arancia, Sciroppo di granatina, Zucchero Liquido, Angostura Bitter, Boston shaker, Bicchiere Highball, Strainer.

In cl

4.5 cl di Dark rum

3.5 cl di Fresh orange juice

3.5 cl di Fresh pineapple juice

2 cl di Fresh lemon juice

1 cl di Grenadine

1 cl di Sugar syrup

3 to 4 di dashes Angostura bitters

Vecchia ricetta From “A Book of Beverages” by Bigelow, Colonel Timothy - 1904

One of sour - Lime Juice.

Two of Sweet - Guava Jelly.

Three of Strong - Jamaica Rum.

Four of Weak - Water.

Dissolve Jelly in boiling Water.

Use dessert spoon in measuring. Ice, and serve with straw.

Guarnizione : Ciliegina e Ananas

Tecnica di procedimento : (Shake and Build) si prepara nel boston shaker per poi essere filtrato con lo strainer nel bicchiere da Highball e versare in ultimo l’Angostura Bitter.

Procedimento : raffreddare il bicchiere eliminando l’acqua prodotta in quest’ultima fase. Versare gli ingredienti nel boston shaker eccetto dell’ angostura, facendo attenzione che il ghiaccio sia cristallino ; shekerare e versare nella bicchiere.

Versare in ultimo alcuni dashes di Angostura Bitter.

Guarnire.

Nel primo ricettario Iba del 1961 con la codifica :

Planters

1/2 Rum Jamaica

1/2 succo d'arancia fresco

5 gocce di limone fresco

Si prepara nello shaker con ghiaccio cristallino. Doppia coppetta da Cocktail.

Nella secondo ricettario Iba del 1987 con la codifica:

Planter's Punch

a. Variation n.1

Tumbler

1/10 Orange Curacao 

1/10 Maraschino

2/10 Lemon juice 

2/10 Pineapple juice 

4/10 White Rum

Build over ice 

Decoration: slice of pineapple two cherries

Float two teaspoons dark Rum on top.

b. Variation n.2

Tumbler

one dash of Angostura Bitter 

1/10 Grenadine syrup

3/10 Lemon or lime juice 

6/10 Dark Rum

Build over ice

Top up with soda water 

Decoration: slice of orange, slice of lemon.

Nel terzo ricettario Iba del 1993 con la codifica: 

Planters Punch

6/10 di Rum Scuro

3/10 di Succo di limone

1/10 di Granatina

Soda water

Si prepara nello shaker, e si serve in un highball con tanto ghiaccio, come decorazione una fettina di arancia e una di limone.

Nel quarto ricettario Iba del 2004 (categoria “Long Drink Style”) con la codifica: 

Planter's Punch

6 cl Rum, dark

3 cl Fresh Lime juice

1 cl Grenadine

Soda Water, top up

Method : Shake or build over ice;top up with soda water

Glass : Highball

Garnish : Slice of lemon and orange.

Nel quinto ricettario Iba del 2011 (categoria "The Unforgettables") con la codifica :

PLANTER'S PUNCH 

Longdrink

4.5 cl Dark rum

3.5 cl Fresh orange juice

3.5 cl Fresh pineapple juice

2 cl Fresh lemon juice

1 cl Grenadine

1 cl Sugar syrup

3 to 4 dashes Angostura bitters

Pour all ingredients, except the bitters, into shaker filled with ice. Shake well. Pour into large glass, filled with ice. Add Angostura bitters, “on top”.

Garnish with cocktail cherry and pineapple.

Storia

Come è di consuetudine ricostruire le origini di un drink non è semplice sopratutto se le ricerche ci portano indietro di molti anni; caso che riguarda il “Planter’s Punch”. 

Bisognerà partire dal 1878; anno del primo riferimento storico della bevanda miscelata; in cui compare in una delle storiche riviste satiriche pubblicate a Londra, il “Fun”.

1878 - From "Fun"

PLANTER'S PUNCH!

A West Indian Recipe.

A wine-glass with lemon juice fill.

Of sugar the same glass fill twice,

Then rub them together until

The mixture looks smooth, soft, and nice. 

Of rum then three wine glassfuls add, 

And four of cold water please take. 

A Drink then you'll have that's not bad-

At least, so they say in Jamaica. 

Una delle leggende sulla creazione del “Planter’s Punch” vede come luogo di creazione l’ Hotel Planter a St. Louis, nello stato del Missouri; intorno alla metà dell’ ottocento.

Luogo che potrebbe aver dato nome al drink in questione.

Per alcune fonti, il probabile creatore, potrebbe essere il "Professore" e dunque "Jerry Thomas".

Come ci testimonia il suo libro; in cui troviamo nelle prime pagine :

"Precedentemente barista al Metropolitan Hotel, New York, e il Planter's House, St. Louis"

Ma purtroppo non si ha una prova che testimonierebbe l' esattezza della storia.

Come per la prima leggenda anche quest’ultima, in cui vede come luogo di creazione il Planters Hotel in Charleston, non vi sono testimonianze se in passato nel suo bar si sia mai servito un "Planter’s Punch".

Associazione che vi fu fatta esclusivamente basandosi sul nome del Hotel.

Un altra leggenda e forse la più credibile anche se tracce non vi sono in specifico ; ci riferisce che questa bevanda era un drink che spesso serviva a dissetare gli schiavi nelle piantagioni; probabilmente durante la raccolta della canna da zucchero, sotto il sole cocente dei Caraibi.

1672 - From "The American Physician" by William I. Hughes

"Now, if there be fix Coppers, the first two are thinnest and biggest, in which the juice is first boiled; but not by a very strong fire, for that will make the scum to rise, by casting in Temper, as they call it : the first of which that ariseth is little worth; but afterward, what is scum’d off they make a very good drink of, called Locus-Ale, much used by the servants; or else they convey it into a Copper-Still (as they do all their other settings and dregs of sugar) to be distill’d, and make a sort of Strong-water they call Rum or Rum-bullion, stronger then spirit of wine, and not very pleasant, until a man is used to it.

This strong liquor is ordinarily drank amongst the Planters, as well alone, as made into Punch".

1699 - From "A New Voyage Round the World" by William Dampier

"In Jamaica, and other places, they make of the Lime-Bush Fence about Gardens, or any other enclosure, by planting the feeds close together, which growing up thick, spread abroad, and make a very good Hedge.

The fruit is like a Lemon, but smaller the rind than, and the included substance full of juice.

The juice is very tart, yet of a pleasant taste if sweetened with sugar.

It is chiefly used for making Punch, both in the East-Indies, as well after as at Sea, and much of it is for that purpose yearly brought home to England, from out West-india Plantations".

“Planter” che tradotto dall’inglese significa “Piantatore”; un associazione che avrebbe ragione se si avrebbero delle certezze fondate.

“Punch” che deriva da una antica lingua indiana “Panch” che tradotto significa cinque; cinque come gli ingredienti che dovrebbero comporre un Punch.

“Spirit, water, sugar, lemon and spice”

1832 - From "The Book of Days" by Robert Chambers

Si narra che tre i campi di raccolta inneggiava una filastrocca ; "One of Sour, Two of Sweet, Three of Strong, Four of Weak.”

Una parte di acido (succo di lime), Due di dolce (Sciroppo), Tre di forte (Rum), Quattro di leggero (Acqua e Ghiaccio)."

Di certo e concreto chi diete un forte impulso nel far conoscere il “Planter’s Punch” fu senza dubbio Fred L. Myers con il suo Jamaican Rum.

La leggenda racconta che per celebrare l'apertura della distilleria nel 1879; fu creato il Planter’s Punch; ma nulla di questo è tracciabile.

Un punto di forte discussione è la sua formula; legata a una filastrocca che negli anni ha avuto un suo cambiamento o probabilmente una sua interpretazione negli anni.

 1687 - From “The Travels Of Monsieur De Thevenot Into The Levant” by Jean de Thévenot, Archibald Lovell

1756 - From “The Monthly Review or, Literary Journal” by Several Hands

1824 - From “The Literary Chronicle for the Year 1824”

1853 - From “The invalid's own book” by the Honorable Lady Cust

1874 - From “Manual of Domestic Economy” by J.H. Walsh, F.R.C.S.

Ma indipendentemente da tutto ciò; come ci descrive Trader Vic nel suo libri “Trader Vic's bartender's guide, revised" del 1972:

“ Ogni isola ha un proprio “Rum” e ogni isola ha un proprio “Planter’s Punch” costruito attorno al suo “Rum”.

Quindi cʼè ne uno per la Jamaica, uno per Haiti, uno per la Martinica …”

Timeline

1878 - From “Fun” 

1894 - From “The Fall of Panamá - And Other Isthmian Rhymes and Sketches” by James Stanley Gilbert

1903 - From “Evening star”

1904 - From “A Book of Beverages” by Bigelow, Colonel Timothy

1906 - From “The Sun”

1906 - From “Mount Vernon NY Daily Argus”

1908 - From “New York Time”

PLANTER'S PUNCH

This recipe I give to thee, Dear brother in the heat.

Take two of sour (lime let it be) To one and a half of sweet,

Of Old Jamaica pour three strong, And add four parts of weak.

Then mix and drink. I do no wrong — I know whereof I speak.

1913 - From “The Cocktail Book - A Sideboard Manual For Gentlemen”

1922 - From "Cocktails. How to Mix Them" by Robert Vermiere

1926 - From “Harry's ABC of Mixing Cocktails” (Quinta Ristampa) by Harry MacElhone 

1930 - From "The Savoy Cocktail Book" by Harry Craddock (N.E. Italiana)

1934 - From "The Old Waldorf-Astoria Bar Book" by Albert Stevens Crockett (N.ed. del 2003)

PLANTER'S - From Chapter "Other Pre-war Mixed drinks - Punches"

Juice of one small lime

Jigger of Jamaica Rum

Fruit like a Claret Punch

Fill glass from chilled siphon

PLANTER'S - From Chapter "Jamaica Jollifiers"

One-third jamaica Rum

One-third Orange Juice

One-third Lime or Lemon Juice

Serve with crushed Ice

1935 - From “Along the wine trail” by G. Selmer Fougner

1936 - From “200 selected drinks” by Knut W. Sundin

1936 - From “The Artistry of Mixing Drinks” by Frank Meier

1937 - From (N.E.2009) "Famous New Orleans Drinks and how to mix's" by Stanley Clisby Arthur

1937 - From "Cafe Royal Cocktail Book compiled" by Willian G Tarling for the UKBG

Dalle prime pagine del libro :

" Planters' Punch " occupied much the same position of favour in the West Indies as Juleps in the Southern States of America, but it was much more economical, as all the ingredients were home grown. It was in universal use on the Sugar Estates, and the slaves, who acted as house servants, being quite illiterate, were taught to say:

One of sour, Two of sweet, Three of strong, Four of weak,

which they repeated as they used one part sour lime juice, two parts sugar, three parts rum and four parts water. This was served in a toddy glass, as cool as the water permitted. To-day Planters Punch has become a cocktail, and I have given the recipe among the cocktails. As a time saver syrup is used instead of sugar, and it is not necessary

to add water to the present strength of rum.

1946 - From “The Gentlemen's Companion” by Charles H. Baker, Jr.

1948 - From "The Fine Art Of Mixing Drinks" by David A. Embury

1972 - From "Trader Vic's bartender's guide, revised" by Trader Vic

PLANTER'S COCKTAIL - 1

1 ounce light Puerto Rican rum

1 ounce orange juice

1 dash lemon juice

Shake with ice cubes. Strain into chilled cocktail glass.

PLANTER'S COCKTAIL - 2

1 ounce dark jamaica rum rum

1 ounce lemon juice

1/2 teaspoon bar sugar

Shake with ice cubes. Strain into chilled cocktail glass.

In making a Planter's Punch, you've got to keep this in mind and thoroughly:

Each different island has a rum of its own; and each island has a Planter's Punch of its own - built around its rum.

So if someone says to you, "This isn't a proper Planter's Punch; it's not made with such-and-such kind of rum, "you can probably just tell him he's shell-shocked and had better stop eating hard-boiled eggs.

Because there is no such thing as one proper Planter's Punch.

There is one for Jamaica, one for Haiti, one for Martinique…

PLANTER'S PUNCH (TRADER VIC'S) - 1

1/2 lime

1 dash rock candy syrup

1 dash grenadine

1 ounce lemon juice

2 ounces dark Jamaica rum

2 ounces club soda

Squeeze lime juice over ice cubes in a planter's punch glass; save lime shell.

Add remaining ingredients. Stir. Decorate with lime shell, fresh mint, and a fruit stick.

PLANTER'S PUNCH (TRADER VIC'S) - 2

3 ounces dark Jamaica rum

1/2 ounce grenadine

Juice of 1 lime

1/2 ounce lemon juice

1/4 teaspoon bar sugar

Club soda

Stir all ingredients except soda thoroughly with ice cubes.

Strain into a 12-ounce glass filled with shaved ice.

Fill glass with soda. Stir gently

PLANTER'S PUNCH (CUBAN)

3 ounces Cuban rum

1 ounce lime juice

1 teaspoon bar sugar

Orange juice

Shake rum, lime juice, and sugar with ice cubes.

Pour over ice cubes in a 12-ounce glass.

Fill glass with orange juice.

Stir.

PLANTER'S PUNCH (SLOPPY JOE'S)

Juice of 1/2 lime

1 dash curacao

2 ounces  dark Jamaica rum

1 dash grenadine

Shake with ice cubes. Strain into 12-ounce glass.

Add ice cubes. Add slice fruits.

PLANTER'S PUNCH (TRINIDAD)

1/2 lime OR 1/4 lemon

1 dash Angostura bitters

1 teaspoon grenadine

2 ounces Demerara rum

Club soda

Squeeze lime or lemon juice over 2 or 3 ice cubes in a 12-ounce glass; add spend shell. Add bitters, grenadine, and rum. Stir. Fill glass with soda.