Mojito local tropical ingredients: lime, sugarcane juice, and mint. Lime juice on its own would have significantly prevented scurvy and dysentery, and tafia/rum was soon added as it became widely available to the British (ca. 1650). Mint, lime and sugar were also helpful in hiding the harsh taste of this spirit. While this drink was not called a Mojito at this time, it was the original combination of these ingredients. Some historians contend that African slaves who worked in the Cuban sugar cane fields during the 19th century were instrumental in the cocktail's origin. Guarapo, the sugar cane juice often used
Bethuel Kitchen the process of being transferred to West Virginia and its votes for Kitchen did not represent the majority of Virginia's 7th District. Therefore, the House passed the committee's resolution that Kitchen was not entitled to a seat, but also dismissed McKenzie's claim. Kitchen was afforded mileage and pay to the date of this resolution. The 7th District seat remained vacant for the duration of the 38th Congress. Bethuel Kitchen Bethuel Middleton Kitchen (March 21, 1812 – December 15, 1895) was a nineteenth-century politician from Virginia and West Virginia. Born in Ganotown, Virginia (now West Virginia), Kitchen attended common schools as