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You Asked For It

Toast the holiday

You asked for it: holiday drinks.

By ELLEN FOLKMAN
Published December 6, 2006

Jennie Miller wanted some non-alcoholic beverage recipes for a family reunion. Dave Highlands gets rave reviews for his pina colada punch. For those wanting to spice it up a bit, put a bottle of rum close by so adults can do so. Norma Thoma shares a recipe that can easily be adapted for any size party, and Bill Henry offers another fruit punch.

Recipe requests

Rea Browning would like a recipe for Hungarian or Polish cookies with a ground nut filling. They are rolled with the ends twisted and rolled in powdered sugar. Ronni Kustin would like the recipe for house dressing from Gus's Restaurant on Northdale Boulevard in Tampa. Ronni says it is sweet, garlicky and wonderful.

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Pina Colada Punch

1/2 gallon vanilla ice cream, softened

1 20-ounce can crushed pineapple

1 (8-ounce) can coconut cream

1 (46-ounce) can pineapple juice

1 (2-liter) bottle lemon-lime carbonated beverage

- In a large plastic container, combine ice cream, crushed pineapple, coconut cream and pineapple juice. Mix well and slowly stir in the lemon lime soda. Freeze for a few hours or until slushy.

Serves 30.

Source: Dave Highlands, St. Petersburg

Fruit Punch

2 large cans frozen pink lemonade

1 large can frozen limeade

1 large bottle Ocean Spray Cranapple juice, chilled

Sliced fruit, such as kiwi, lemons, limes, oranges

1 liter Canada Dry ginger ale

- Put ice in a large punch bowl. Add frozen pink lemonade. Use empty can and add 2 1/2 cans water. Add frozen limeade and 2 1/2 cans water. Add the cranapple juice and stir. Add fruit slices.

- Add ginger ale just before serving.

Source: Norma Thoma, Spring Hill

Tropicana Pink Punch

2 (6-ounce) cans frozen concentrated pineapple juice

1 (6-ounce) can frozen concentrated pink lemonade

1 (6-ounce) can frozen concentrated orange juice

9 3/4 cups water

1/2 cup lemon juice

2 cups superfine sugar

1 liter chilled club soda or seltzer

Maraschino cherries

Pineapple slices

Strawberries

Lime slices

- Thaw frozen pineapple juice, lemonade and orange juice; combine in large container. Add water, lemon juice and sugar; stir until sugar dissolves. Chill well.

- Add club soda. Pour into punch bowl with block or ring of ice. With toothpicks, fix cherries into centers of pineapple slices. Float fruit on punch.

Makes about 30 one-cup servings.

Source: Bill Henry

[Last modified December 6, 2006, 06:31:02]