As Derby day approaches and many Kentuckians dig out their silver cups and refresh their memory regarding their mint julep recipe, I feel a need to fix something. Do not, do not, do not ever follow this recipe, method, or… well, anything really.

The link goes to Jeffrey Morganthaler’s discussion about one very, very wrong way to make a… well, some sort of drink that claims to be a mint julep at least.

However, the young lady in the video was clearly chosen for two reasons — neither of which is her skill or ability.