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Hi guys,So this show is close to my heart in many ways! Yes, it's tiki and I'm the tiki guy but also we are going to talk about International Rum Day (August 16th) and Black Tot (July 30th 1970) which just pasted. We will also have drinks of course...what is a show without drinks...hmmm..Cosmos maybe (yeah I like the show too Ok). No, we will also be talking about Sea Shanties which for me brings me back to family home turf of Nova Scotia. Why and what is a Sea Shanty? Well, you have to listen now won't ya!!!So, drinks for this show is a classic Grog and Bahama Mama! But, Craig, we know these drinks and you have done them before....well with a new twist from our good folks at Pusser's British Navy rum and their website we given them a new look!!!So what is Black Tot day and what does it mean?? Well, you have to go back to 1655 (yeah that far back when the British Navy took over Jamaica and realized that they had this amazing supply of rum and so it became a staple and essential item on their ships which eventually carried over to pirates and privateers (what are they?...that's our "Talk like a Pirate" show with Rob Brunner our navy expert soon to come)!!! ON That note...way off topic. So Black Tot Day is when the British Navy said no more rum rations to the sailors on the ships daily and it became a rum that you and I could buy. Get this, you buy a bottle and some of the proceeds go to the British Navy retirement fund. Yeah, so drink up!!!We go more in-depth into this rum , the word "proof" and so much more.On "Did you know?" segment: we talk about sea shanties and how they started. Sailors started this along time ago (over 100 years ago). Today, we see it on Tik Tok as a popular part of our social media now (even the Trailer Boys have their version). What is Tiki Tok? Well, hmmm I don't know. Get it...anyways we talk about how a sea shanty went from ship to shore and now is famous folk songs in a place called??? Wait for it Legend...dairy...no, Nova Scotia and yes other parts of the world. Famous bands such as Irish Rovers and Rankin Family have song that started as sea shanties!!!Link to the recipe page: https://tikicentralcanada.ca/recipes/You Tube video for Wellman sea shanty: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qP-7GNoDJ5cYou Tube video for Drunken Sailor Shanty: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PV-052YJ-ZsDocumentary Video on the history of sea shanties: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lqC2-wY_AxwYou Tube video on drinks and sea shanties: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLlIMN1RTJEPusser's Rum Grog and Bahama Mama page: https://pussersrum.com/blogs/logbook/5-delicious-rum-cocktails-to-help-you-celebrate-black-tot-day?_pos=1&_sid=136980fee&_ss=r