Thursday, March 26, 2020

The Moscow Mule standard recipe calls for 2 ounces of vodka, 4 ounces of ginger beer, and 1/2 ounce lime juice.  Combine, and add ice to fill the cup.  Garnish with a lime wheel. The copper Moscow Mule cups are ideal, since the metal helps retain the coolness.

This is Birthday Boy’s favorite cocktail. He is home with his parents for the quarantine, and we acknowledge that this is not how most 20-something-year-old American males want to spend a birthday.  Cocktails did help the situation, as did a Zoom birthday party with 8 out-of-town relatives.  We discovered that singing Happy Birthday simultaneously does not always sound too good, but the wishes were heartfelt and sincere.  I am fairly certain that this was the largest group of people to gather for his birthday since we threw him a party when he was 10 or so.  See?  There is a silver lining to the quarantine!