Mango Rum Cooler: Fred Waring wherever you are I’d like to kiss you right in the pucker. Because you my wise friend brought us a summertime lifesaver: The Bar Blender!
It’s capable of pulverizing an ordinary “on the rocks” cocktail into a frosty, smooth summertime thirst quencher. If it weren’t for you the famed Tiki drinks of the 1930s wouldn’t exist. Daiquiris would remain shaken or stirred. Margarita would just be an island in the Caribbean.
Thanks to you, plain ole schmucks like me can transform ice, alcohol, and fruit into a pleasurably slushy treat. We can kick back 3 or 4 potent fruity concoctions and never know what hit us.
Now I know you did not exactly invent this machine. That honor goes to another Fred named Osius (you know as in Osterizer). But it’s you Mr. Waring who saw its potential. It’s you who put your wallet where your pucker was and fronted early production and design of this whirling little beauty.
Maybe it wasn’t the nicest thing in the world to fire that other Fred and have your team put his machine through some redesigns. But it was those redesigns that finally made this baby sing.
Because you were the man who believed in the future of the Bar Blender even through its early failures I give you credit for its success.
Sure you were a big-time bandleader– that could have been enough for an ordinary man. But you saw more and pushed harder. You were the genius that went on a one-man marketing campaign beginning with the hotels and restaurants you and your band toured. It’s you who brought the machine to the public by assuring a place for it on the shelves of upscale stores such as Bloomingdale’s and B. Altman’s. But mostly because you Mr. Fred Waring, once bragged to a St. Louis newspaper, “…this mixer is going to revolutionize American drinks.” And so it was….
So pucker up and take your reward like a man! SMOOOOOCH.
Mango Rum Cooler serves 2 CLICK here for a printable recipe
- 1 c ripe mango chunks, frozen, plus more for garnish
- 2 oz dark rum
- 2 T freshly squeezed lemon juice
- 1 T simple syrup
- 1 1⁄2 c crushed ice
Combine all the ingredients (except garnish) in a blender; process until smooth. Divide and pour the mixture into 2 stemmed glasses, and serve garnished with the reserved mango cubes.
SERIOUS FUN FOOD
Greg Henry
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And now I am looking forward to possibly attending next year.
Loved the video! Thanks for letting those of us not lucky enough to attend live vicariously through you!
I enjoyed my first Food Bloggers Connect (held in London last Nov.). I learnt so much and it was superb to meet the faces behind the writings and recipes.…and hear voices. Definitely one of my big ups since I began blogging
great personality explanation…I am the same (extroverted introvert), but I have never come up with the words to describe my “way.” I have never been a joiner. It was a stretch for me to share a bunk with others (but gosh were my bunk mates neat!) I have always done my own thing. When it comes to sports and activities I go solo.…skiing, running, swimming, hiking—–alone. Becoming a parent and a blogger has opened up my world immensely and now I am liking being social a heck of a lot more than ever. Great re-cap & I love the video!! Wish I could have read form your cue card, but not sure I would have gotten it spot on 🙂 xxoo
ohhh sounds like a great event for every foodie! I wish I could have been there
Greg,
I didn’t have a chance to meet you personally (not enough hours in the day it seems) but I hope to have a chance soon. Thanks for the great video. Loads of fun! Dawn
Sounds like a lotta fun! I am normally a shy person as well but I’m sure this kind of camp would have brought out the joiner in me 🙂
I looked into it, but I had to curb my travel this year due to a certain someone turning 50 and planning a huge party.
Glad you had a great time, and I hope more of us can attend next year!
Loved it! I am in that club with you…not so much a joiner. Had a great time at camp…you are a hoot and a half!
It was great meeting you! I am enjoying getting to know you through your blog and all the wonderful tweets! You made camp fun, I’m glad you were part of the gang there!
What an awesome and fun weekend, Greg! The video had your wonderful sense of humor that never fails to make me laugh. Loved the blair witch opening and the “spontaneous” best part of the weekend comments at the end 😉
Hi Greg! We were thinking about going to this camp too but ended up opting out. I’m glad to hear it was fun and informative. Maybe we shall meet at another event 😀
Keep up the silliness!
Mai-Yan
It was great meeting you at camp! I’m an extroverted introvert, too. It’s a shame, cause I didn’t get to meet EVERYONE in the 2 days we were there.
Lovely site — hope to see you again soon!
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The RGB isn’t listed as a Camp Blogaway attendee. 🙁 Oversight?
I fixed it. Sorry. GREG
Do I really look and sound like that?
I’ve never been a camp person either. Or a group project person. Yeah. I’m kind of a curmudgeon. But this sounds like a camp that I would have loved to have been a part of. The blogging community is really one of the best communities I’ve ever been a part of! And I say that with so much pride.
I’ll have to attend next year, perhaps we will actually meet one another then!
It was so nice to meet you this last weekend and thank you for putting together such a fun video and recap! Hope we have the opportunity to meet again and that we’ll keep in touch!
Love it. Now that I’m back in CA, maybe can attend next year.
Great job on the video!
Another great video, especially the camp “favorites”. It really is camp-like, arts + crafts included. P.S. Love your sweatshirt!
Great job, Greg!
It was so good to see our camper site again! I can’t believe it has already been a week since we all first got together! Terrific memories from an incredible weekend.
Thanks for putting this together and I look forward to more videos! 🙂
Gwen
Ooops… not on camera anymore. 🙂 Loved the Video!