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shake. Pour into each glass and garnish with Maraschino
cherries, pineapple dice or any other fruit or berry you and
your guests relish most.
If this doesn't make even a losing bidder smile graciously,
it might be better notto invite him or her again to your game.
THE CREMEDE MENTHEPimCH
Over that now well described square of ice in your punch
bowl, pour a pint of Creme de Menthe. FoUow this with a
pint of white grape juice and then one and a half quarts of
water. Stir well. Now add a quart and a hah of seltzer or
carbonated water; stir slightly so as not to exhaust too soon
the effervescence. Now add diced fruits as you wish—oranges
lemons, bananas, apricots, pears or peaches, or berries, if
desired.
And if your guests don't appreciate this, it may be that
they had a sleepless night or something else that disturbed
their sense of appreciation.
Incidentally,this mixture will furnish about thirty punch
glass drinks.
THE CHATHAM ARTHLERYPUNCH
Here is one of the headiest punches ever concocted,if you
are staging a stag party or bachelor dinner for men who like
to get a real"kick"out of their drinking.
To mix a Chatham Artillery Punch, which, by the way,
originated in Dixie, have your big punch bowl ready with
that square of ice in its center. Over the ice pour two quarts
of Catawba wine, a pint of rye whisky, or Scotch (as you
prefer) and a pint of rum. Now add three pineapples diced,
six diced oranges and a pint of strawberries cut into slices or
quarters. Stir thoroughly until the mixture is very cold.
Now let the corks pop out of six quart bottles of chilled
champagne and add their effervescent bubbles to the big
punch bowl's contents, stirring just slightly.
This mixture gives about seventy drinks in punch glasses
—and a "kick" in every glass. Of course, if you need less.