Monday, 12 December 2011 14:07

Russian Tea (#2)

Ingredients:

  • 1 cup Tang
  • 1 cup instant tea
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 tsp. cloves
  • 1 pgk. lemonade mix (can substitute instant tea with lemon)

Preparation:

Mix all ingredients together and store in a jar. Will keep indefinitely. Use 2-3 teaspoons in a cup of hot water. Amounts of ingredients can be changed to taste.

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Sunday, 11 December 2011 20:43

Russian Tea

Ingredients:

  • 3cups iced tea
  • 1 cup apple juice
  • 1 cup orange juice
  • 1½ cup pineapple juice
  • 1 tbsp. lemon juice
  • 1 stick cinnamon
  • 10 whole cloves

Preparation:

Combine and simmer 20 minutes. Serve hot.

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Sunday, 11 December 2011 19:19

Strawberry Punch

Ingredients:

  • Sm. can orange juice concentrate
  • Sm. can lemonade concentrate
  • 3 oz. box strawberry Jello
  • 1 cup sugar
  • Sm. pkg. frozen strawberries
  • 1 liter ginger ale

Preparation:

Dissolve sugar and Jello in 2 cups of hot water. Mix with orange juice concentrate, lemonade concentrate and frozen strawberries. Chill. At serving time, add ginger ale. Makes 1 gallon.

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Sunday, 11 December 2011 19:07

Strawberry Jello Punch

Ingredients:

  • 3 cups sugar
  • 3 cups water
  • 1 (6 oz.) pkg. strawberry Jello
  • 1 lg. can pineapple juice
  • 1 sm. can frozen lemonade
  • ½ gal. ginger ale

Preparation:

Mix sugar, water and Jello over low heat until dissolved. Cool. Add pineapple juice and lemonade. Pour into a gallon container. Add additional water to fill gallon container. Pour punch into punch bowl. Add ginger ale just before serving. Yield: 1½ gallons punch. Can be frozen before adding ginger ale.

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Sunday, 11 December 2011 18:46

Wassail

Ingredients:

  • 1 gal. apple cider
  • 1 qt. grape juice
  • 1 qt. strong tea (14 small bags)
  • 1 cup real lemon juice
  • 1 box brown sugar

Spice:

  • 1 cloves
  • 10 allspice balls
  • 7-9 cinnamon sticks (brocken)
  • 1 tsp. or 3 whole cardamom

Boil; simmer 10 minutes. Strain.

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Sunday, 11 December 2011 18:33

Wassail Punch

Ingredients:

  • 1 gal. apple cider
  • 2 tbsp. whole cloves
  • 2 tbsp. allspice
  • 2 sticks cinnamon
  • ⅔ cup sugar
  • 2 oranges, studded with whole cloves

Preparation:

Heat everything except oranges to boiling. Reduce heat, cover and simmer 20 minutes. Strain punch and pour into heatproof punch bowl. Float oranges in bowl.

Make 32 punch cup servings.

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Sunday, 11 December 2011 15:46

Orange Nog

Ingredients:

  • 1 pt. vanilla ice cream (divided)
  • 1¼ cup milk, (divided)
  • ⅓ cup frozen orange juice concentrate
  • 1 egg yolk
  • ¼ tsp. nutmeg
  • ⅛ tsp. ginger

Preparation:

In a blender on low speed, blend 2 cups ice cream with milk. Add remaining ingredients and process on high until smooth.

Makes 8 servings.

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Sunday, 11 December 2011 13:18

Hot Wassail

Ingredients:

  • 1 qt. unsweetened apple juice
  • 3 cups unsweetened pineapple juice
  • 2 cups cranberry juice cocktail
  • ¼ tsp. ground nutmeg
  • 1 cinnamon stick
  • 3 whole cloves
  • Lemon slices

Preparation:

Combine all ingredients in a large kettle. Simmer 10 minutes. Serve hot! Makes 18½ cup servings.

 

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