Blend and serve. Garnish with sprig af mint

Combine sugar and the 3/4 cup water in a saucepan. Stir over low heat until sugar is dissolved. Cover, bring to boiling, and boil 5 minutes. Remove from heat. Dissolve instant coffee in boiling water. Stir into syrup. Cool; store covered in refrigerator.

In a large saucepan combine sugar and water and heat over moderately high heat tot he boiling point; then reduce heat to low and simmer 5 minutes. Remove from heat and cool. Combine wine, fruit juices, sugar syrup and strawberries. Pour over ice in a punchbowl. Stir in carbonated water when ready to serve. Garnish […]

Boil water and sugar until dissolved. Turn off heat. Slowly add dry instant coffee and continue stirring. Add a chopped vanilla bean to the vodka, then combine the cooled sugar syrup and coffee solution with the vodka. Cover tightly and shake vigorously each day for 3 weeks. Strain and filter. Yield: about 4 cups I […]

Saute onion, celery, cucumber and garlic in butter until soft. Add tomato juice, lemon juice, sugar, Tabasco and Worcestershire; simmer 7 to 8 minutes. Chill. Place vodka bottle in No. 10 can filled with water; freeze until ice is solid. Remove can but keep vodka surrounded in ice and wrapped in a towel. To serve: […]

Mix together and pour into glass container(s) – it is quite pretty sitting on the counter! Use: 3-4 tsp of mix per 1 cup hot water . ps: this makes excellent gift, pour tea mix in small glass jar, place jar in basket with a special tea or coffee cup, add some ribbon and you […]

Plums can be found from May to August. Choose rich coloured ones ranging from fairly firm to slightly soft. Avoid hard, shriveled, poorly coloured, soft, bruised or split ones. Halve and pit plums and combine in jar with vodka (gin may be used also), sugar syrup, and cinnamon. Cover and invert jar daily until sugar […]

Bring 3 cups of water, 3 cups of sugar and 1/4 cup of instant coffee to a boil, then simmer for 1 1/2 hours. Cool to room temperature and add 1 fifth of white rum and 1/2 of a fifth of Triple Sec.

Add all ingredients together and steep for 3-4 weeks. Turn jar every few days. The coconut tends to be porous and absorbs the alcohol so be sure to thoroughly strain and filter the mixture to yield the largest amount. Natural coconut may also be used, but tends to be watery and requires more coconut. Yield: […]

COMBINE WATER AND HONEY in saucepan and bring to boil over high heat. Remove from heat. Add mint and let cool. Pour liquid through strainer into pitcher and discard mint. Add lemon juice. Taste and add sugar to desired sweetness. Chill. To serve, fill glasses with ice and pour in lemonade. Makes 1 Quart