Here in the South, we LOVE our cocktails. Every Friday we like to share a new Southern Traditional, Southern-Created or Southern-Inspired Cocktail Recipe that we know you will enjoy.
Today’s Southern Cocktail is Gumby Slumber – Named for the walk you will do headed for a hammock to sleep it off.
Southern Cocktail #4 is Gumby Slumber Cocktail
Gumby is a flat, green clay figure that first appeared in 1955 on the Howdy Doody TV show and has gone on to star in two TV series of his own as well as a full-length movie. Gumby, along with his sidekick, Pokey, a talking orange pony, has adventures through different environments and times in history.
Gumby, being green, flat and made of clay, had a very loose, exaggerated way of moving. That’s where the name of this drink, Gumby Slumber Cocktail, comes from. It’s potency sneaks up on you – so that by the time you finish one or two and get up from the bar stool, you also have a very loose, exaggerated way of moving as you make your way back to your room or a handy hammock to slumber away the afternoon.
One other thing – Gumby merchandise was quite popular in the late 1960’s. My brother and I both had Gumby and Pokey figures. Did you? Tell us below.
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Gumby Slumber Cocktail Recipe
Materials
- 1 1/2 ounces fresh-pressed Pineapple Juice
- 1 1/2 ounces Cranberry Juice
- 1 1/2 ounces freshly-squeezed Orange Juice
- 1 1/2 ounces Spiced Rum like Captain Morgan
- 1 1/2 ounces Coconut Rum like Malibu
Instructions
- Pineapple Slice, for garnish
- Directions
- Combine all ingredients, except garnish, in an ice-filled cocktail shaker. Shake well.
- Strain into an ice-filled hghball glass.
- Garnish, if desired.
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Porch Parties
With this charming guide to casual outdoor entertaining by Denise Gee, belle-of-the-ball author of Southern Cocktails, party and decorating ideas have never been more simple or inspiring.
Gee and acclaimed photographer Bobby Peacock crisscrossed the U.S. photographing their favorite porches and dreaming up fresh, summery spins on classic Southern drinks, resulting in 50 recipes for everything from punches to cocktails – including several nonalcoholic sippers- and 10 uncomplicated snacks.
Grab a bottle, whip up some Tipsy Tea or Prosecco Martinis, and take the party outside!
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Recipe Courtesy of Little Palm Island Resort & Spa in Porch Parties, page 50. Additional Information Courtesy of Wikipedia and is used by permission.
