# Bumbo

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{{Short description|Rum-based drink}}
{{Infobox drink
| name        = Bumbu
| image       = File:Bumbo Cocktail.jpg   
| type        = [Cocktail](/source/List_of_cocktails)
| ingredients ={{plainlist|*2 ounces [rum](/source/rum)
*1 ounce [water](/source/water)
*2 [sugar cube](/source/sugar_cube)s
*Sprinkle {{frac|1|4}} teaspoon to taste [cinnamon](/source/cinnamon)
*Sprinkle {{frac|1|4}} teaspoon to taste [nutmeg](/source/nutmeg)}}
| served      = [Straight up](/source/Straight_up): chilled, without ice
| garnish     = [Nutmeg](/source/Nutmeg)
| prep        = Mix and garnish.
| drinkware   = [Old fashioned glass](/source/Old_fashioned_glass)
}}

'''Bumbo''' (also known as '''bumbu''' or '''bumboo''') is a drink typically made from [rum](/source/rum), water, and sugar, and with [nutmeg](/source/nutmeg), [cinnamon](/source/cinnamon), or both added.<ref>{{Cite OED|bumbo}}</ref> Modern bumbo is often made with dark rum, citrus juice, [grenadine](/source/grenadine), and nutmeg.

A related drink is the Traitor, made with [orange juice](/source/orange_juice), rum, [honey](/source/honey), and cactus, mixed and heated.

Bumbo was commonly used during [election](/source/election) campaigns in colonial [British America](/source/British_America), to the extent that treating [voter](/source/voter)s to gifts and other freebies during election campaigns was referred to as "swilling the [planters](/source/Planter_class) with bumbu".<ref>[http://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/swilling-the-planters-with-bumbo-when-booze-bought-elections-102758236/ "Swilling the Planters With Bumbu: When Booze Bought Elections"], The Smithsonian</ref> [George Washington](/source/George_Washington) was particularly noted for using this technique; his papers state that he used 160 gallons of rum to treat 391 voters to bumbu during campaigning for the [Virginia](/source/Virginia) [House of Burgesses](/source/House_of_Burgesses) in July 1758.<ref>Michael Pinto-Duschinsky (2002). "Financing Politics: A Global View". ''Journal of Democracy'' '''13:4''': 69–86.</ref>

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

Category:Caribbean cuisine
Category:Cuisine of the Thirteen Colonies
Category:Cocktails with dark rum

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