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BEVERAGES

Below you'll find some of my favorite recipes. Enjoy!

SOUTHERN SWEET TEA
(from Mother)

10 tea bags
1 cup granulated sugar

2 quarts water
Lemon, if desired

Bring 2 quarts water to boil on stove; add tea bags, cover and remove from heat. Let tea steep for 20 minutes. Pour into pitcher and add sugar. Chill. Serve over ice. Add lemon if desired.

MILK & BANANAS
(from Mother)

1 banana
2 tsp. white sugar

1 tsp. vanilla

Milk

Peel and quarter banana lengthwise, then slice into glass. Add sugar and vanilla. Fill glass with milk. Serve cold.

A note from Vickie: "My mother use to make this for me when I was little, as a special treat. Other variations were made with strawberries or fresh peaches. It always tasted great on a hot day."

ORANGE JULIUS™
(from Vickie)

6 oz. frozen orange juice concentrate
1 cup milk

1 cup water

1/2 cup sugar

1 tsp. vanilla extract

1 egg white (optional)

10 ice cubes

Combine all ingredients except ice cubes in blender. Blend for about 1-2 minutes, adding ice cubes one at a time. Serves 2.

HOT CHOCOLATE
(from Mother)

1/2 cup granulated sugar

1/3 cup hot water

1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder

4 cups milk

Dash salt
3/4 teaspoon vanilla

Mix cocoa, sugar, water and salt in a saucepan. Over medium heat, stir constantly until mixture boils. Cook, stirring constantly, for 1 minute. Stir in the milk and heat, but do not boil. Remove from heat and add vanilla; blend well. Top with miniature marshmallows, if desired.

A note from Vickie: "Mother use to occasionally make this with malted milk powder added. Try it!"

OLD-FASHIONED SODA
(from Vickie)

3 oz. flavored syrup
10 oz. seltzer water
Ice

Mix 3 oz. of syrup to 10 oz. of seltzer water, stir, and you're done. Add ice if desired.

A note from Vickie: "Original fountain sodas, or phosphates, were a mixture of carbonated water and flavored syrups. The old-fashioned flavor syrups (other than Hershey's Chocolate and Strawberry) are hard to find, but you can substitute the type of syrup used for ice cream topping or for mixing into coffee drinks, if you wish."

MALTED MILKSHAKE
(from Vickie)

4 tbsp. malt powder

1/4 cup chocolate syrup

2 lg. scoops chocolate ice cream
1/4 cup cold milk

Combine all ingredients in a blender or milk shake machine. Blend at medium speed for 2 minutes and pour into a tall glass.

A note from Vickie: "For other flavors, substitute syrups and use vanilla or other flavored ice creams. (Example: caramel syrup with vanilla ice cream; strawberry syrup with strawberry ice cream.)"

FRUIT PUNCH
(from Grandma Teddy)

2 cups granulated sugar

1 cup water

1 cup raspberry juice

1 cup cranberry juice

1 cup pineapple juice

8 lemons, juiced
1/4 cup orange juice

1 pint club soda (2 cups)

Combine sugar and water in saucepan; bring to a boil. Boil for 5 minutes, or until sugar has dissolved. Stir in rest of ingredients. Serve cold. Makes 2 quarts.

RUSSIAN TEA
(from Vickie)

1 - 9 oz. jar Tang™ (orange flavored drink mix)
1/2 cup granulated sugar

1/3 cup instant tea

1/2 tsp. cinnamon

1/4 tsp. cloves

Dash of salt

Mix all ingredients together and store in covered container at room temperature. Makes 2 cups mix.

For each serving, place 2 - 3 teaspoons dry mix in a cup. Fill with boiling water. Serve immediately. This may also be fixed cold, and poured over ice cubes.

BAILEY'S LIQUER
(from Vickie)

1 can Eagle Brand™ Sweetened Condensed Milk
2 tbsp. dry cocoa

1 tsp. instant coffee

1 pint heavy cream
1 1/2 cups Irish Whiskey

Blend all ingredients together. Store in covered container in the refrigerator.

EGG NOG
(from Grandma Teddy)

3 eggs

1 cup whole milk

1/4 cup granulated sugar

1 cup heavy cream

1/2 cup brandy (optional)

1/2 cup crushed ice

Whip eggs and sugar until frothy, then add rest of ingredients; pour over crushed ice.

A note from Vickie: "This recipe contains raw eggs. Please make sure they are fresh."

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