Alexander
- 1/3 dry gin
- 1/3 sweet cream (half and half)
- 1/3 Creme de Cocao
Shake well with ice, strain and pour in glass.
Bali-Bali
- 2 oz. Daisy Fresh Passion Fruit Juice
- 1 tsp. sugar
- 1½ oz. Puerto Rican Rum
- Juice of ½ lime
Fill 10 oz. glass with crushed ice. Add ingredients. Decorate with sprig of mint. Serve with straw.
Butter Rum
- ½ tsp. butter
- 1 tsp. sugar
- 1½ oz. rum or brandy
- Hot water
- Nutmeg
Christmas Egg Nog
Beat 6 egg yolks about 5 min. adding ¼ c. dessert sugar gradually and beating until sugar is thoroughly dissolved. Whip 6 egg whites until frothy, add ½ c. dessert sugar slowly and continue beating until firm peaks result. Whip 1 pint whipping cream until stiff and fold into egg yolk mixture. Stir in 2 qts. milk, then cut and fold in egg white mixture. Chill until needed. Beat well and add brandy, rum or bourbon (about a fifth) which has also been previously chilled. Serve from punch bowl with sprinkling of nutmeg.
Clara’s October Drink
- 1 pint orange sherbet
- 1 can frozen orange juice (take out of freezer 15 min. before)
- 1 qt. Gingerale
- Vodka
- Pineapple Juice
Mix in blender. Serve in large glasses.
Daiquiri
- 1½ jiggers rum
- Juice of 1 lime
- ½ tsp. powdered sugar
Shake well with ice, strain and pour in class.
Eggnog
Stir one half bottle (about 12 oz.) of Bacardi rum--Light, Dark or Anejo--into a quart of dairy eggnog mix. Fold in cup of whipped heavy cream. Chill. Stir. Sprinkle with nutmeg. Makes 12 servings and tastes as good as it looks.
Egg Nog for a Group
From Lillian Wilson
- 2 qts. cream
- 16 eggs
- 1 pint brandy
- 1 pint rum
- 1 lb. fine granulated sugar
Beat egg yolks lightly Slowly add sugar and liquor. Keep stirring and slowly add cream. Add stiffly beaten egg whites. Let stand at least 1 day and night in refrigerator. Serve with nutmeg.
Mother’s Note: I never made this, but tasted it. Delicious.
Frozen Lemony Lemonade
- 3 lemons
- ¾ c. sugar
- 1 tray of ice cubes
- 3 cups cold water
Scrub lemons thoroughly, then cut in thin slices with a sharp knife. Discard tips, bottoms and seeds. Put slices into a bowl, pour in sugar and pound hard with a wooden spoon or potato masher until all sugar is dissolved and lemon slices look battered. Fill pint freezer jar and freeze. When thirsty, stir ice cubes and water into frozen syrup. Makes 2 quarts.
Gin Drink
- 2 parts Gin
- 1 part grapefruit juice
- 1 part pineapple juice
- ¼ part Grenadine
A Good Drink from Lorraine
Soak lemon rind in whiskey overnight. Use equal parts whiskey and simple syrup (1 jigger each for each serving), ½ part maraschino cherry juice. Cracked ice in cocktail shaker. Serve with cherry.
Good Drink from Aunt Mil
- 1 part Gin or Whiskey
- 1 part grape juice
- 2 parts Gingerale
- Lots of ice
You can mix whiskey and grape juice ahead of time, add Gingerale last. Mix well.
Good Drink in a Punch Bowl
- 1 pint orange sherbet
- 1 can concentrated orange juice
- 1 qt. Gingerale or seven-up
- Vodka as you like it
Good Drink for Ladies
From Ann Loa
- 1 can Pink Lemonade (not diluted)
- 2 cans dry Sherry
Serve on crushed ice in champagne glasses.
Grasshopper Cocktail
- ¾ oz. green creme de menthe
- ¾ oz. white creme de cocoa
- ¾ oz. coffee cream
Shake well with ice, strain into champagne glass.
Jungle-Ade
- 5 oz. crushed ice (in blender)
- 1 bar spoon sugar
- Juice of ½ lime or ¼ lemon
- ½ small banana
- 1 jigger light rum or gin
Mix to snowy or sherbet consistency in blender. Pour into champagne glass. Serve with short straws.
Lorraine’s Drink
1 jigger Vodka in each glass, fill with grapefruit juice, sparkling water and ice.
Patti’s Punch
From Lorraine Gularte
Dissolve 1 cup honey with 2 cups strong hot tea. Put in refrigerator to cool. Add 2 cups orange juice, 1 cup pure lemon juice, 2 pints cranberry juice, 3 lg. bottles seven-up, 2 trays ice cubes.
Pink Lady
- 1 jigger Gin
- ½ jigger sweet cream (Half and Half)
- ¼ jigger Grenadine
Shake well with cracked ice.
Refreshing Punch
From Lorraine Gularte
- 1 large can pineapple juice
- 1 large can frozen orange juice
- 2 sm. cans frozen lemonade
- 2 bottles Sauterne
- 1 bottle Gingerale
Combine above ingredients (do not dilute frozen juices). Pour 1 bottle champagne into mixture. Float ice ring with slices of lemon and orange. Add cherries and food coloring for desired color. Serve with crushed ice.
Note from Janet: This sounds like the punch Mother served at my wedding.
Velvet Hammer
- 2 jiggers Creme de Cacao
- 1 jigger Vodka
- 1 scoop vanilla ice cream
- ¼ scoop crushed ice
Mix in blender. Strain into glass. You may substitute 2 oz. cream for ice cream.
Walker’s Deluxe Eggnog Recipe
Beat separately yolks and whites of 6 eggs. Add ½ c. sugar to yolks while beating. Add ¼ c. sugar to whites after they have been beaten very stiff. Mix egg whites with yolks and add 1 oz. rum to "fix" batter. Stir in 1 qt. half milk and cream. Add 1 pint of Walker’s DeLuxe Bourbon. Stir thoroughly. Serve very cold with ground nutmeg.