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Comments (4)Apple juice with cinnamon schnapps is a very good holiday drink. And of course there's always eggnog. Here are two recipes that are very good. Christmas Punch and Hot Buttered Rum. Christmas Punch 1/2 cup white sugar 2 cups orange juice 2/3 cup lemon juice 1 (4 ounce) jar maraschino cherries, with juice 1 fluid ounce triple sec liqueur 1 (750 milliliter) bottle light rum 1 orange, sliced into rounds 1 lemon, sliced into rounds 1 (8 ounce) can pineapple chunks 1 liter carbonated water Directions 1 In a punch bowl combine sugar, orange and lemon juice, stirring until sugar dissolves. Add cherries, triple sec, light rum, orange slices, lemon slices, and pineapple chunks. Set for 1-2 hours to allow flavors to blend. 2 Add carbonated water and ice just before serving. Hot Buttered Rum Ingredients 1 cup unsalted butter, softened 1 (16 ounce) package confectioners' sugar, sifted 1 pound light brown sugar, packed 1 quart vanilla ice cream, softened Directions 1 In a large bowl cream the butter and the sugars together until smooth. Add the softened ice cream and mix until a creamy consistency is obtained. Transfer this to a freezer container with a tight fitting lid. Place in the freezer for up to 1 month. 2 To Serve: Place a heaping 2 tablespoons of the frozen mix in a highball glass or coffee mug. Add 1 to 2 tablespoons dark rum. Pour over the mix 6 ounces of boiling water and stir until the mixture is melted. Sprinkle top with cinnamon or nutmeg and serve forth!...See MoreCocktail party menu? and more questions?
Comments (14)We throw a large Holiday cocktail party (60-70)each year and I fix most of the food myself. Although I put out small plates, I make sure all food can be eaten with fingers or a pick, don't have a lot of stuff that can fall off, and can be eaten in one or two bites. Guests can browse instead of trying to find a place to sit and balance a plate and glass. I always fix a special drink but have wine, beer (have a friend who brews), and martinis. For the food, I have fish, beef, chicken and vegetarian appetizers. I only have one or two dishes that need to be warmed before serving. I usually have deviled eggs with caviar (not the expensive type). One year I ordered miniature hamburgers from the appetizer store and they were very good and just needed a quick zap before serving. Wraps can have a variety of fillings and be sliced into bite size pieces. I steer away from those horrible vegetable trays at the supermarket and the yucky frozen shrimp! I buy those very large raw shrimp at Cosco and cook them myself. They can be served room temp or cold. Mostly I get ideas and recipes from Epicurious.com. One other thing I always do is make place cards with name of the dish setting beside each appetizer. Always have small bowls of nuts and breadsticks sitting around the house. Most nuts taste great with just a quick toasting but you can buy specialty nuts at Trader Joes for a reasonable price. I used to make elaborate trifles and candy trees, etc. but dessert this year will be assorted cookies from the Dancing Deer Co. They supply Whole Foods and have great tasting stuff. I have ordered cheesecakes on a stick from the Appetizer Store and everyone thought they were great. I hire one person to help with getting food out and help with clean up because this is a large party. I also enlist my friends to help serve the special drink, hand out favors, etc. We are very lucky to have a bunch of fun neighbors who have formed a tap dance group (The Tappin Santas) that entertain at our party each year. Be sure to have plenty of peppy Christmas music ready to go and enjoy your own party....See MoreDarn, it's time to taste-test holiday cocktails again.
Comments (27)En route home from the library, after my comment here last Friday ... there was a "RIDE" check, with a couple of cop cars with lights flashing at a road junction, and we all had to roll down the window to let one of the cops get a sniff of our breath. If one blows too heavy on the breathalyzer - give up keys, right there ... walk home. Didn't envy the cops their task, on that snowy, rather blowy, night ... ... but, 10 mi.from town, with no phone nearby to call a cab (expensive!) ... it'd be a long walk home! And the fine for drinking and driving is massive! ole joyfuelled ... and fuelled by just gas in the car, that night...See MoreOkay, the holiday cocktail tasting has commenced!
Comments (16)LOL You're right, Maire_Cate. I have almost no closets in this house, no built-ins other than a couple of bookcases, and a severe shortage of storage. So what do I have? An overflowing liquor cabinet and a filled wine rack. The reason is that I like the idea of having a drink with friends, but it doesn't happen often. And I think drinking alone is no fun. I do come up with a special drink each year for my family at the holidays, but all that experimenting requires more ingredients than I'll use in the end result. As for the wine, I love searching for bargains in decent wine, but I would never open a bottle just for me. Wine doesn't keep well. So it sits there on the rack until I have guests or until (like this weekend) I bring a bottle to a party. I think another factor is that my parents always had a well-stocked liquor cabinet. They didn't drink wine, but they had lots of close friends, couples who would stop in for an evening. My dad would make Manhattans, or Tom Collinses, or serve beer, depending on the season. No one ever got drunk; it's just that the cocktail hour was a tradition in our circles in New York. My in-laws in CT did the same. But although it was what we grew up with, my DH and I didn't drink at all for about 20 years when our children were growing up. No time to "relax with a drink" with three kids in the house. I didn't learn to like good wine until about ten years ago....See More- 7 years ago
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