{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Selling Trust ","title":"Making Milk Punch Memories: Crafting Connections with Milk Punch - Mixology and Authenticity","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":950,"description":"Milk Punch, Authenticity, and Crafting Connection Points\nNathan, on the Selling Trust podcast, shares the history and process of clarified milk punch—citing Benjamin Franklin’s recipe and Alton Brown’s version—and describes his own riff made with high-proof Wild Turkey bourbon, ruby red port, lemon juice, bergamot Earl Gray tea brewed with orange peel, and sugar. He explains how pouring the acidic mixture into simmering milk curdles it, with milk fats binding impurities to produce a clear, lighter drink rounded by whey, and notes non-alcoholic versions exist. Nathan argues milk punch and other hands-on hobbies like cooking, gardening, canning, and pottery can be conversation starters that express personal authenticity (the MARk method) and strengthen relationships in both personal and professional life, illustrated by gifting homemade pepper jelly and lemon vanilla marmalade to clients and sharing leftover milk punch with neighbors.","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/2vSqiDSjmXfJ-qe7TSFTqsh4SXsrkZlWV9s5q4uj17A/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9lMmEx/YzliYWMzNjI0YWUw/MjM1ZjdkYThlYjlj/OWEyOS5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}