Food Monday ~ To quench a thirst
With all the good weather about it is time for outdoor living and BBQs. There is nothing like a good punch to to get the party going.
Gin Punch
3 Bottles of medium sweet white Wine
1 Bottle Gin
2 Bottles orange (dilute able)
Mix wine and gin with one bottle of orange. Add extra orange to taste. Serve in a large bowl decorated with sugar and orange slices.
(75 glasses approx)
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Punch with Champagne and Cointreau
1 bottle of Champagne or sparkling wine
2 bottles white wine
½ bottle Cointreau
1 punnet of fresh strawberries, washed & halved.
Mix champagne, wine & Cointreau add halved strawberries just before serving.
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And if you want something for the drivers why not try this one:
Sea Breeze
1litre Cranberry juice
450ml fresh Orange Juice
A few ice cubes
1 lime
Combine the chilled cranberry and orange juice with the juice from half the lime. Add the ice cubes and serve with slices of lime.
If there are no drivers try adding an extra kick with a good splash of chilled Vodka.
No Nancy, that was Vodka and not Vinegar! 
Lily said,
June 29, 2009 at 7:57 am
What’s this about ‘great minds thinking alike’ and all that?
I had just got a recipe for Elderflower Cordial and about to post as it is a lovely refreshing drink. Waiting to include photo of Eldeflower
Grannymar said,
June 29, 2009 at 8:40 am
Lily,
I look forward to reading and trying your recipe.
Magpie11 said,
June 29, 2009 at 9:42 am
Gin=headaches for me after only one drink….
let’s replace one of the bottles of wine with another champagne….bubble bubble! Weee!
The elderflowers around her are all but over….I was too late…have to wait for the berries and mulberries from around the corner..and Tesco want to “move” the tree!
Grannymar said,
June 29, 2009 at 9:47 am
Magpie,
My Elly cannot touch Gin, so she might like your alternative.
stwidgie said,
June 29, 2009 at 11:42 am
5:40 am is an unholy hour to contemplate punch recipes. :^)
Grannymar said,
June 29, 2009 at 12:03 pm
stwidgie,
Go back to bed!
Nancy said,
June 29, 2009 at 12:57 pm
Grannymar,
I really like it when you print recipes for drinks with Gin and Wine and Vodka. I make them up immediately and drink them till they’re gone…The Gin Punch is the hardest; 75 glasses takes me hours to put away.
You know, I feel sorry for people who don’t drink. When they get up in the morning that’s as good as they’re going to feel all day…
Nick said,
June 29, 2009 at 1:52 pm
I’ve just tried your two punches. Now their semes to be a littel problum with mie mentul fakultys….
Grannymar said,
June 29, 2009 at 2:32 pm
@Nancy - I thought I could hear you singing all the way across the Atlantic Ocean.
@Nick - Let Jenny do the driving today!
Nancy said,
June 29, 2009 at 3:25 pm
Show me The Way To Go Home,
I’m Tired and I Want to Go To bed
I had a little Drink About An Hour Ago
And It Went Right To My Head
Wherever I May Roam
On Land or Sea Or Foam
You Can Always Hear me Singing This Song
SHOW ME THE WAY TO GO HOME…….
Darlene said,
June 29, 2009 at 3:50 pm
Boy, those punch bowls ought to get the party off to a great start.
Darn you, Nancy. I will be singing that song all day.
A punch bowl made with wine and gin ought to get the party off to a great start. (I’m not sure that the end would be so grand, though.)
Darn you, Nancy. I will be singing that song all day.
Darlene said,
June 29, 2009 at 3:52 pm
Well, my first comment didn’t get posted so I wrote another. Both showed up in the comment section. I guess I know how to get noticed.
Grannymar said,
June 29, 2009 at 3:57 pm
Darlene,
We will blame the punch!
Magpie11 said,
June 29, 2009 at 4:23 pm
I meant in both cases……..
I don’t know if this comes under Recipes or Tips but…… can’t afford Pink Champagne?
Put a bud of Hibiscus sabdariffa, known a Sorrel to our West Indian friends, in the bottom of the glass before pouring the Champagne!.
Sit and watch the gorgeous pink to red colour diffuse through the wine!
Nancy said,
June 29, 2009 at 4:36 pm
Darlene,
In your honor I will recite a poem to get the song out of your head…..
“Starkel, starkel little twink
What the heck you are, you think
I’m not under the alcafluence of inkahol
like some thinkle peep I am
It’s just the drunker I stand here,
The longer I get.”
rummuser said,
June 29, 2009 at 5:51 pm
You have just made me nostalgic for my bad old days!
Darlene said,
June 29, 2009 at 6:16 pm
Nancy, you have had tee many martoonies.
Grannymar said,
June 29, 2009 at 6:21 pm
What have I done now? Is there any one left standing?
I am as jober as a sudge. hic!
Baino said,
June 29, 2009 at 10:01 pm
At last! Recipes even I can make. Strawberry champagne punch please! Then I think my favourite summer drink has to be Dango Maquiries. Flesh of three or four fresh mangoes, dollops of white rum, squelch a couple of limes, bung in a blender with a goodly dose of ice and moosh.
Brighid said,
June 30, 2009 at 8:07 am
LOL, the Nancy & Darlene show is a hoot.
Recipes for the drink are much more fun than food ones.
Grannymar said,
June 30, 2009 at 9:58 am
@Baino - I love Mangoes, so that tipple of yours might slip down nicely thank you!
@Brighid - Nancy, Darlene and Steph when she is around can always be counted on for the fun. S
@Steph - We miss you, good wishes from all of us for you to get well soon.