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- Newsgroups: rec.food.cooking,rec.food.recipes
- From: <NDooley@president-po.president.uiowa.edu>
- Subject: Holiday Drink Recipes
- Message-ID: <199412071453.IAA13983@argos.weeg.uiowa.edu>
- Date: Wed, 7 Dec 1994 14:49:00 GMT
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- Here are some recipes for holiday season drinks, copied from Southern
- Living Magazine a few years ago:
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- Slush with a Punch
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- 3/4 C. sugar
- 7 C. water
- 1 12-oz. can frozen lemonade concentrate, thawed and undiluted
- 1 12-oz. can frozen orange juice concentrate, thawed and undiluted
- 1 6-oz. can frozen pineapple juice concentrate, thawed and undiluted
- 1 to 1/2 C. coconut liqueur
- 5 to 6 C. lemon-lime carbonated beverage, chilled
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- Combine sugar and water in a saucepan; bring to boil, stirring until
- sugar dissolves. Cool. Add concentrates and liqueur, stirring well.
- Pour mix into large freezer-safe container, and freeze. To serve,
- spoon about 1 C. slush mixture into a glass and add 1/2 C. lemon-lime
- beverage, stirring until slushy. Makes about 1 gallon of slush.
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- Champagne Fruit Slush
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- 2 C. sugar
- 3 C. boiling water
- 3 bananas, quartered
- 1 8-oz. can sliced peaches, undrained
- 1 12-oz. can frozen orange juice concentrate, thawed and undiluted
- 1 6-oz. can frozen lemonade concentrate, thawed and undiluted
- 1 46-oz. can pineapple juice
- 3 750-milliliter bottles champagne, chilled
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- Combine sugar and boiling water, stirring until sugar dissolves.
- Cool. Combine bananas and peaches in blender and process until
- smooth. Combine sugar syrup, banana mixture, orange juice and
- lemonade concentrate and pineapple juice in large freezer container
- and freeze until firm. To serve, partially thaw frozen mixture and
- put in punch bowl, breaking the mixture into chunks. Add champagne
- and stir gently until slushy. Yield: about 6 quarts.
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- Amaretto Slush
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- 1 C. boiling water
- 3 regular tea bags
- 3 1/2 C. water
- 1 1/2 C. amaretto
- 1 C. sugar
- 1 6-oz. can frozen orange juice concentrate, thawed and undiluted
- 1 6-oz. can frozen lemonade concentrate, thawed and undiluted
- 2 33.8 oz. bottles ginger ale, chilled.
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- Pour boiling water over tea bags; cover and let stand 5 minutes.
- Remove tea bags and discard. Transfer tea to a 2-quart freezer
- container. Stir in 3 1/2 C. water and next 4 ingredients. Cover and
- freeze until firm. To serve, partially thaw until slushy. Pour equal
- amounts of slush mixture and ginger ale into serving glasses. Yield:
- 1 gallon.
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- White Sangria Slush
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- 1 12-oz. can frozen lemonade concentrate, thawed and undiluted
- 1 6-oz. can frozen orange juice concentrate, thawed and undiluted
- 1 1/2 C. water
- 1 750 milliliter bottle Chablis or other dry white wine, chilled
- 1 10-oz. bottle club soda, chilled
- Garnishes: lemon, lime or orange slices
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- Combine first 3 ingredients in a 13 x 9 x 2 inch pan. Freeze until
- firm. To serve, spoon slush mixture into a large pitcher. Add wine
- and club soda; stir gently until slushy. Garnish. Yield: about 2
- quarts.
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- Enjoy!
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