Sloppy Joe's in Key West

[Susan in FL]

The Florida Legislature passed a bill to allow smoking at the Key West location of Sloppy Joe's, based on being in an historic building, without a children's menu, and with sales of food not exceeding 20% of its revenue.

Click here for the newspaper story from the Daytona Beach News-Journal.

[Bolivar Petit Corona]

The Florida Legislature passed a bill to allow smoking at the Key West location of Sloppy Joe's, based on being in an historic building, without a children's menu, and with sales of food not exceeding 20% of its revenue.

Click here for the newspaper story from the Daytona Beach News-Journal.

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[Miami Danny]

The food limit is 10% anyway, so why not just leave it that way and let Sloppy Joe's serve less food? Oh, right. We're in Florida. I've never eaten there, but I imagine they're not really known for their food, anyway.

[Susan in FL]

Yes, we must remember we are in FL.

I ate and drank there, and am able to confirm that they are not known for their food. The Mojito was good, and in fact it's the Sloppy Joe's recipe for Mojitos that I routinely use.

Click to see the Sloppy Cam.

[simdelish]

The Mojito was good, and in fact it's the Sloppy Joe's recipe for Mojitos that I routinely use.

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susan,

can you share the mojito recipe? I am always interested in tweaking my version !!

thanks!

[Susan in FL]

Gladly... Here's a link for one copy of the recipe. One way I have adapted the directions is to squeeze the lime juice into the glass, then add the sugar and mint, and then crush the sugar and mint with the back of a spoon until sugar is dissolved. I pop the lime halves into the glass after I do that. That way, there is more ease in crushing up the sugar and lime.

[Jaymes]

Gladly... Here's a link for one copy of the recipe. One way I have adapted the directions is to squeeze the lime juice into the glass, then add the sugar and mint, and then crush the sugar and mint with the back of a spoon until sugar is dissolved.  I pop the lime halves into the glass after I do that.  That way, there is more ease in crushing up the sugar and lime.

But... But...

I always heard that what gives the mojito its special flavor is that you crush/muddle the lime peels, thereby releasing the oils that are in the peels. That's why, I heard anyway, all the recipes say that you are supposed to add the whole lime halves early on in the process.

Not true?

[Susan in FL]

I would imagine that can be true. It makes sense to me. However, I have seen a few Mojito recipes that don't call for adding lime halves, too.

I did it exactly as the recipe states the first couple of times I made Mojitos with the Sloppy Joe's recipe, and didn't notice a difference after making that modification.

Thanks for the post. Interesting!