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Lammas Recipe—Slushy Punch Hint: Keep the slush in the freezer at all times in the summer for spur of the moment guests. For each serving, combine equal amounts of slush and carbonated water or lemon-lime carbonated beverage like Sprite or 7-Up. 1 cup sugar 2-3/4 cups water 2 ripe medium bananas, cut up 3 cups unsweetened pineapple juice 1 6 oz can frozen orange juice concentrate 2 tablespoons lemon juice 1 1-liter bottle of carbonated water or lemon-lime carbonated beverage Stir sugar and water together until sugar dissolves. Combine the bananas, half the pineapple juice, and orange juice concentrate in the food processor and whirl until combined. Add to sugar mix, and then stir in the lemon juice and the rest of the pineapple juice. Make sure it’s thoroughly blended. Transfer this to a 13x9 baking pan or a similarly shaped freezer container for long-term storage. Freeze for several hours until firm. To serve, let mixture stand at room temperature for 20-30 minutes. To form a ...

Carving a pumpkin this fall? Don't throw any of it away! By Jeff Yeager Posted Mon Oct 12, 2009 10:44am PDT Related topics: Food and Drink , Holidays , Veggies More from The Green Cheapskate blog "Jeff, can't we at least celebrate the holiday before you eat the decorations?" I've heard that more than once from my long-suffering wife during our 26-year marriage. You see, cheapskates like to celebrate Halloween and other holidays just like everyone else. But we grimace at wasteful rituals like throwing away a perfectly good pumpkin after using it for only a few days as a decoration. Americans buy more than one billion pounds of pumpkins at Halloween, and the vast majority of those end up in the trash. But at the Green Cheapskate's house, we eat our jack-o-lantern, every last bit of it. While some particularly meaty varieties of pumpkins are specifically grown to be eaten (including Sweet Jack-be-Littles, Cheese Pumpkins, Sugar Pumpkins, and some delicious heirl...

Black Devil Martini Photo by Steve Murello RELATED LINKS See a Slideshow of All 12 Halloween Cocktails All Halloween Cocktails At-A-Glance Get More Halloween Ideas A martini of a different color, dark rum and a black olive garnish give this drink its midnight hue. Rim the glass with coarse orange sugar to dress it up for a Halloween party. Ingredients: 2 oz. dark rum 1/2 oz. dry vermouth Black olive Preparation: Stir and strain into chilled martini glass, garnish with olive. Recipe courtesy American Professional Bartending Schools of Illinois in Chicago

Liquefied Ghost Liquefied Ghost Photo by Steve Murello RELATED LINKS See a Slideshow of All 12 Halloween Cocktails All Halloween Cocktails At-A-Glance Get More Halloween Ideas This ghostly-white drink tastes like a grown-up version of a milkshake. Mix vanilla simple syrup, cream, vodka and soda and serve in a martini glass. Ingredients: 2 oz. vodka 1 oz. vanilla simple syrup 1 oz. cream 2 oz. soda Preparation: Mix vanilla simple syrup, cream, vodka and soda and serve in a martini glass. Recipe courtesy Janelle Maiocco,

Bloody Brain Shooter Bloody Brain Photo by Steve Murello RELATED LINKS See a Slideshow of All 12 Halloween Cocktails All Halloween Cocktails At-A-Glance Get More Halloween Ideas Channel your inner mad scientist with this Bloody Brain Shooter. Mixing acidic lime juice and Irish cream causes the cream to curdle, creating brain-like strands in the shot. Ingredients: 1 1/4 oz. strawberry vodka such as Stoli 1/8 oz. Rose's lime juice 3/4 oz. Bailey's Irish Cream Splash of grenadine Preparation: Chill vodka for better smoothness. Add vodka and lime juice to a shaker, shake and strain into a shot glass. Using a straw, dip some Bailey's Irish Cream into the shot. Once you submerge the straw into the Bailey's put your finger on top of the straw to hold the Bailey's in the straw. Dip the straw tip into the vodka and slowly release your top finger. The Bailey's will curdle a little bit due to the lime juice and you should be able to make strands of Bailey's. Repeat the...

URL: http://www.fineliving.com/fine/entertaining/article/0,2498,FINE_22197_5673660,00.html Witches Brew Witches Brew Photo by Steve Murello RELATED LINKS See a Slideshow of All 12 Halloween Cocktails All Halloween Cocktails At-A-Glance Get More Halloween Ideas Use a cauldron to mix up a batch of this party-perfect punch. A mixture of pineapple and cranberry juice give this drink its harvest moon-hue, while a shot of Malibu rum gives it a Caribbean kick. Ingredients: 2 oz. mixed pineapple and cranberry juice 2 oz. 7-Up 1 1/4 oz. shot Malibu Coconut Rum Preparation: Mix juices and 7-Up in a highball glass. Pour shot down the side of the glass right before drinking. Recipe courtesy Kelley Meredith, bar manager, Red Brick Tavern, Lafayette, Ohio