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[edit] References, Bond

I messed up the reference for Hemingway. Can someone who knows better than I do show me how to fix this?

Also, the item that state that James Bond "used one" -- can someone who saw the film write a better description than "used"? Did he drink it? Poison one? Seduce the villainess? MacGyver a hot air balloon out of a Mojito and trash bag? Travisl 18:39, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Recipe

The basic recipe would probably be helpful. --69.183.169.247 04:36, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

I tried it before, but consensus is that it's best left in the Wikibooks link Travisl 18:14, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

I'm not an expert bartender but shouldn't that be mulled lime rather than muddled lime? - Mark Dixon 00:59, 8 March 2007 (UTC)

I'm pretty sure muddled is correct. "A muddler is a bartender's tool, used to "muddle" -- or make a mash of -- fruits, herbs, and/or spices in the bottom of a glass to release their flavor." I'll wikify the word in the article. Travisl 16:42, 8 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] External Link

Hello, I am one of the producers of watchmojo.com. We have 2,000 videos; I've been contributing to Wikipedia for a few months under Froosh, 24.202.247.12 and 66.130.88.90. I make corrections, add content and sporadically add external links to videos when they add to the content (about 20 recipes and guitar riffs from our archive of 2,000 videos). We own the rights so Wikipedia would not violate any copyright issues by linking to them.

Would an editor consider adding this video drink recipe of a Mojito to this page?

http://watchmojo.com/lifestyle/drinks/023_mojito.php

I saw that a Tom Collins video was added to the Wikipedia page, I spoke to Wil Mahan and he asked that I post this request here.

Thanks in advance

[edit] Caipirinha a spinoff?

Who the hell put that? I deleted it

If anything, it's the other way around, since caipirinhas have existed at least since the 1920s

[edit] Trivia cleanup

Thanks to the anonymous user who cleaned up the trivia/pop culture section. I would like to see the following changes, if nobody objects:

• A flaming version was referenced in the 2006 movie, The Pink Panther, when it was first being consumed in a casino by 006, in parody of the aforementioned James Bond movie.

I am attempting to improve the Flaming beverage article and planned to add more information about flaming mojitos. This ties in well with the prior bit of information and provides reference to the flaming version. It would be helpful to keep it.

• In the 2006 film, Miami Vice, Isabella takes Sonny Crockett to a Havana bar that is well known for serving mojitos, after Sonny tells her he's a "fiend for mojitos".

I'd remove this one. The original TV series was very notable, but the follow-up movie was quite the opposite.

• Mojitos are referenced on a regular basis in the TV Series CSI:Miami

The CSI Miami reference would be a better one (I think) to replace the Miami Vice one (and they are even both in Miami, how about that) :-)

--Willscrlt 00:00, 7 January 2007 (UTC)

Wasn't the drink in Thank You for Smoking a Mint Julep, not a Mojito? It was always shown in a metal mint julep glass. And that does fit in better with the Southern US place-setting.—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 67.160.9.118 (talk • contribs) January 16, 2007 (UTC)

A recurring reference to The Family Guy appears. It was removed earlier as one of the non-notable references. The most recent re-addition states that the dog drinks "one or more", which is rather non-encyclopedic. I am aware of this television cartoon, but have no clue as to how notable the show is or not, how notable the dog is on the show (or even why a dog would be drinking one or more alcoholic beverages--even Snoopy drank root beer) :-) If it's relevant, then lets get some hard numbers behind the statement (so and so drank 3 mojitos in episode "Dog gets drunk", or something like that). Vague references do not help very much. --Willscrlt (Talk·Cntrb) 05:47, 21 January 2007 (UTC)

Brian is a major character of Family Guy, and is an integral part of every episode. He often drinks, but rarely mentions what he drinks, but he mentions the Mojito, in this episode, and is seen in other episodes with a green drink that is probably also Mojitos. I had never heard of the drink before I say this episode, and I would guess it is the same for many. Now, it is my favorite drink. My edit: "In the Family Guy episode Brian the Bachelor, the Mojito is mentioned by Brian as not being a gay drink, and he is seen taking a sip of one." should therefore absolutely be a part of this article, as it is more important than most of the other trivia entries. Either that or some of the more vague ones of the other trivia should be removed. Here is his exact quote from the show: "I didn't know there was going to be an open bar. And the guy really knew his stuff! He made me a mojito. I don't think it's a gay drink. Mo-ji-to..." [1] He pronounces the last Mojito with a Spanish accent. 193.157.239.191 22:53, 28 January 2007 (UTC)

I can confirm Brian's big part of the series, and I agree with the aforementioned notion.Salem4 14:24, 30 January 2007 (UTC)

People are getting ahead of themselves. The idea behind listing the pop culture references are something people can recognize. The word "mojito" is spoken once in the entire history of the Family Guy show, that's far from notable. You might as well add a Family Guy pop culture reference to every food, soda, or company on wikipedia mentioned on the show. The Shop Girl reference is definitely not notable. Shop Girl was an obscure movie panned by critics that grossed $229,000 its opening week (compared to $25 million the first week for Miami Vice and $5 million for Havana Nights). So relatively speaking, nobody watched Shop Girl, its simply not notable. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 74.230.195.228 (talk) 08:23, 13 February 2007 (UTC).

If you are a regular watcher of FAMILY GUY, you know that even one passing reference to something can be a major joke in the episode and series a s a whole. Because of the "character" of the show, there are a lot of single references to pop-culture topics that probably ANY serious fan of the show would understand if you repeated in their presence. I can guarantee you that any serious fan of the show repeats the word "mo-JI-to" either in their head or out loud, with the same inflection that Brian did in that one episode whenever the drink is mentioned in their presence. Therefore, it definitely warrants a pop culture reference here.

Thus is the genius of the show.

Relunctantly agree. Shopgirl made less than $20 million in US cinemas and shouldn't be considered notable. Also deletely Havana Nights which also made less than $20 million. Duggy 1138 19:07, 17 February 2007 (UTC)

Regardless of how well something did, unless the mojito was some kind of central memorable piece of a movie, some guy ordering one at a bar once during a 2 hour movie isn't exactly information that requires recording in an encyclopedia.--Crossmr 06:43, 22 February 2007 (UTC)

Unless anyone objects, I think that we should completely remove the pop culture section and add the Hemingway reference to the main area of the article. The pop culture area is too subjective, but its inarguable that Hemingway was known for Mojitos. Miami Vice is notable mostly because Bacardi used the film to help promote mojitos made from Bacardi. I'm going to rearrange things, if anyone doesn't agree, please add to the discussion. 74.230.195.254 16:42, 2 March 2007 (UTC)

I'd support this. There's a lot of pages where the "trivia" or "in pop culture" sections are out of control. No reason for this to be one of them. Travisl 16:46, 2 March 2007 (UTC)