Looks good. And here I am eating a slice hick slice of ham on plain flatbread. Lol.

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Anyone have a particularly festive, "tried and true" alcoholic holiday punch or (cocktail recipe that is easily batched) to serve about 20?

Anyone have a particularly festive, "tried and true" alcoholic holiday punch or (cocktail recipe that is easily batched) to serve about 20?

You have enough time to boil up some lemons, limes, oranges, cloves, cinnamon and grated ginger root with dark brown sugar. (Quarter \ half kilo sugar per gallon is enough for fizzy punch. You can use sweetner to sweeten if dry after ferment.)

Before that get as many recently emptied diet coke bottles as you can. (Diet coke as it doesn't leach flavour into the plastic.)

1 for ever two or 3 people so 10? (2ltr)

Prepare a clean bucket (swab in boiling water \ baby bottle cleaner etc...)

Add cold water.

Mash the boiled syrup and fruit and add that.

Cover. Leave to cool in a warm place :)

Just less than hand warm (not hot) add a packet of bread yeast.

Next day.

Use a colander and funnel to pore into empty diet coke bottles.

(Or just let the must cool.. Add a bit to each bottle and add tap water if you know it is clean.)

Leave in warm place (15 to 20 deg C?)

Make sure you go around the bottles every few days and then every day and tap them to listen to their ring... You might need to open the cap and release some gas... (You don't want them exploding on you..)

Depending on how much sugar you put in and the temperature 2 to 3 weeks might give you 3 to 5 percent as it clears.. (If everything is perfect you might even reach clearing and a very dry 7% in 3 weeks.)

Unlike bought fermented and filtered alcohols it will be a naturally complex alcohol so may be a little bit more punchy than expected :)

Anyway try a couple of bottles and if it works decant (so as not to pour out the yeast) and add some ice, something sweet and pride that you tended all the yeasties that made your fab alchohol.

In between time once the alcohol has started fermenting you could always decant a little of the young brew and make some batter for fish.

Or add a little to flour and next day make a loaf of bread or pizza base..

As a bought thing I like elder flower, fizzy water, a little vodka and orange blossom water.

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~Sue~

Not sure how tried and true these are but some look interesting.
Holiday Party Punch with Alcohol recipes.

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cRunchy, thanks for the time it took to share this recipe. It looks wonderful, but I think I need something more speedy.

Sue, your recipe also looks great, but it sounds a bit rich for cocktail hour.

Admiral G, I'm going to try the Thanksgiving Jungle Juice. Thanks! We actually have a bottle of fireball in the pantry that my "hipstah" godchild gave me as a gag gift several years ago. Sounds like a good way to use it.

Let the cheese melt a bit then use the gas range (or a blow torch) to do the final melt and caramelise it a little.

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Bob Smith
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Somewhere in the (un)known Universe?

I've been mixing grated cheese into my scrambled eggs for a few weeks. Now I'm finding that I no longer enjoy scrambled eggs without the cheese. :-(

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~Sue~

Cheese fixes everything. :~)

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The mind is a weird and mysterious place

Go on show us the cheesy-fold!

I'm sure there's some nice pin-ups in there.

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Cheese fixes everything. :~)

But it wasn't broken. :-( Now it is. :-(

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~Sue~

Cheese fixes everything. :~)

But it wasn't broken. :-( Now it is. :-(

I see your point.

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The mind is a weird and mysterious place

I bought some dill havarti at Trader Joe's, today. I just can't resist when I see a new cheese to me. Haven't tried it yet, but I plan to make a grilled cheese sandwich with some, this weekend.

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You mean flødehavarti?

I cannot even pronounce it:)

Here's a picture the cheese I'm talking about, in my refrigerator:

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@Moomin
Your picture almost does it justice. Yours is a open face version of the closed two slices of bread sandwich that Gordon wants. Yum.

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