The real thing, not the frozen kind, an elegant and delicious drink, especially when made with good aged dark rum.

Ingredients

　　3/4 cup rum

　　2 teaspoons Sugar Syrup (page 660) or superfine sugar to taste

　　1 tablespoon fresh lime juice, or to taste

　　Cracked ice as needed

　　2 lime wedges for garnish

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　　The Best Recipes in the World by Mark Bittman. © 2005 by Mark Bittman. Published by Broadway Books. All Rights Reserved.MARK BITTMAN is the author of the blockbuster The Best Recipes in the World (Broadway, 2005) and the classic bestseller How to Cook Everything, which has sold more than one million copies. He is also the coauthor, with Jean-Georges Vongerichten, of Simple to Spectacular and Jean-Georges: Cooking at Home with a Four-Star Chef. Mr. Bittman is a prolific writer, makes frequent appearances on radio and television, and is the host of The Best Recipes in the World, a 13-part series on public television. He lives in New York and Connecticut.