Appetizers and Beverages

[mari]

Orangina is a soda, kind of, but made of just OJ and bubbles. It's a European brand. I am pretty sure they have it in Walmart.

[Crazyboutsometaylor]

(10-26-2008 05:54 PM)Silent Rebel Wrote:  

(10-26-2008 05:45 PM)dg90001 Wrote:  

(10-26-2008 05:41 PM)Silent Rebel Wrote:  well, to cook southern vegetables, just put the beans and some meat/fatback in the water and cook like hell.

Well one day maybe you can give me more details. I am dying to know how to cook things like 'fried green tomatoes'.

I am so bad...I order them every time they are on the menu -- cause I could imagine how to cook them from scratch.

I'm really not a cook. It is against the geneva convention for me to cook.

Boy Can I identify! ROTFL!

[Stangy]

Beverage:

Chrystal Light Pink Lemonade. Make the pitcher, but leave out the last eight ounces of water. Mix 1/4 Skyy Vodka, 3/4 Lemonade and enjoy...it's not too sweet and low in calories...oh and it sneaks up on you because you don't taste the booze and drink too fast....just a good time all the way around!

[Mac]

One of my favorites. Summertime or anytime!

Sangria

4 oranges
2 lemons
2 750-milliliter bottles dry red wine
1/3 cup sugar
1/4 cup brand
2 cups carbonated water, chilled

Using a potato peeler, cut the outer peel from one orange into a spiral strip, being careful not to remove any while membrane. Place peel in a 2-quart container. Squeeze peeled orange, 2 more of the oranges, and 1 of the lemons; add juice to peel. Cut the remaining orange into wedges and the remaining lemon into thin slices; add to fruit juices along with wine, sugar, and brandy Stir to dissolve sugar; chill, Pour into a punch bowl or two pitchers; remove orange peel. Slowly pout in carbonated water; stir gently. Makes 20 (4-ounce) servings.

[UHadMeAtWooHoo]

Now that the nights are getting chilly

Mulled Wine
There’s no autumn harvest recipe better suited to the Napa Valley than a steaming cup of mulled wine! Here’s a simple way to give it some oomph.
½ gallon red wine, or 2 bottles (zinfandel or syrah are nice choices)
2 cinnamon sticks
2 whole cloves
2 allspice berries or whole nutmeg
½ orange peel and ½ lemon peel, cut into strips
Pour the wine into a large stainless steel pot (crock pots or slow cookers are best). Place spices and peels into a cheesecloth. Drop the cheesecloth into the apple juice. In a regular pot: Heat to just short of a boil. In a crock pot: Heat for 2 hours. Remove cheesecloth and serve. Garnish with a cinnamon stick for fun.
Variation: replace the wine with apple cider


Check this one out-really easy but very pretty!



It's just all kinds of different cheeses thin sliced and cut out with leaf cookie cutters. Bowl of cranberry relish in the center. Salsa would work too.