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grasswire

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Mon Nov-21-05 05:21 PM
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favorite holiday punch?

Sixty people, twelve of whom are not drinking age.

Holiday party, with a vintage 1930s theme.

We're serving an heirloom rum eggnog. But we also want to serve a festive punch that can be good for adults as well as teens, but not gloppy or too sweet.

I was thinking of something with pomegranate or cherry juice.

Any ideas?

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OldLeftieLawyer

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Mon Nov-21-05 09:55 PM
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1. Watch the pomegranate juice

If you read the label carefully, you'll see that you're getting mostly apple juice.

We always made a great champagne punch out of ginger ale, champagne (not the cheap stuff - headaches, you know), orange juice, and - I'm trying to remember - I think we threw strawberries in it. And orange sherbet.

You mix together the sherbet, juice, and ginger ale, and then start adding the champagne - slowly, so you don't lose all the fizz immediately - until it passes your taste test.

Maybe we didn't throw strawberries in it. I'm not sure. And I'm not married to him anymore, so I can't ask him, thank god.

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grasswire

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Mon Nov-21-05 10:49 PM
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2. out west here....

.......we have pure pomegranate juice available. It's really expensive. Six bucks for eight ounces, I think. But I know what you're saying. So much "juice" is mostly corn syrup.

I just found a recipe for a punch using grapefruit soda, some green tea, fresh ginger sticks and fresh orange juice. It sounds quite refreshing, although I'll wager that teenagers would think it weird.

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