- 1 tbsp. lime juice
- 1 tsp. plain or sugar syrup
- 2 tbsp. rum
- 1 small ripe banana
Directions
- Blend all ingredients together until smooth.
- Serve over crushed ice.
Serves 1
+2-4Banana Daiquiri
Banana Daiquiri
+2-4Beetroot Drink
- 1 cup diced beetroot
- 2 cups water
- 1/4 tsp. nutmeg
- 2 tbsp. condensed milk
Directions
- Place water and diced beetroots in blender.
- Cover and blend fine. Strain.
- Rinse blender. Pour in strained juice, other ingredients and three cubes of ice.
- Blend for 10 more seconds and serve cold.
Serves 4-6
+30Big Bamboo
- 1/2 oz. lime juice
- 1/4 oz. sugar syrup
- 1 oz. dark rum
- 1 oz. light rum
- 1/4 oz. Tia Maria
- 3 oz. pineapple juice
Directions
- Shake or blend ingredients with crushed ice.
- Serve in 12oz Collins glass with 1 pinapple slice, 1 oange slice, 1 cherry and a long straw.
Serves 1
+20Brown Cow
- 2 oz. evaporated milk
- 1 oz. brown coffee liqueur or creme de cacao
Directions
- Mix ingredients together and serve with crushed ice.
- Pour into 9 oz. rock glass.
- Serve with a straw.
Serves 1
00Carrot Drink
- 2 cups diced carrots
- 2 cups water
- 1 cup evaporated milk
- 7 tbsp. granulated sugar
- 1/4 tsp. nutmeg
- 1 tsp. vanilla
- 4 cubes ice
Directions
- Add carrots to water in blender.
- Cover and blend for 30 seconds, until carrot is blended.
- Strain and rinse blender jar.
- Pour strained juice back in blender and add remaining ingredients.
- Blend again and serve chilled.
Serves 6
Cook’s Tip Carrots can be cooked before blending, but the taste is slightly different to the drink made with raw carrots.
+20Chilled Egg Nog
Use same ingredients as hot punch; you may reduce milk to 3 cups and add 1 cup cream.
- 6 eggs
- pinch of salt
- 5 tbsp. granulated sugar
- 4 cups milk
- 1 cup Jamaica rum or 1 cup brandy
- grated nutmeg
Directions
- Separate eggs and beat the yolk until thick.
- Gradually beat in sugar and rum or brandy. A shaving of lime rind may be best.
- Allow to rest.
- When ready to serve, blend in milk, stiffly beaten egg whites and cream, and add grated nutmeg.
Serve 6
+40Fruit Punch
- 6 cups orange juice
- 2 cups pineapple juice
- 1 cup guava nectar
- 1 cup tea
- strawberry syrup (optional)
Directions
Mix together all ingredients and bottle. Leave at least 30 minutes. Serve over ice.
Serves 10
+10Garden Cherry Drink
- 2 cups garden cherries
- 1 cup water
- 1 cup sugar
Directions
- Wash cherries. Combine water and cherries and allow to stand for 30 minutes.
- Strain mixture through coarse sieve. Sweeten and put all ingredients in blender. Blend on low speed.
- Strain and chill.
Serves 2
00Ginger Beer
Recipe #1:
- 2 oz. root ginger, grated or blended
- 2 1/2 lb. granulated sugar
- 1 oz. cream of tartar
- juice of 8 limes
- 10 qt. boiling water
- Mix all ingredients together. Cover and leave for a day or two.
Yields 24 servings
Recipe #2:
- 1 oz. green ginger
- 4 qt. water
- 1 1/2 lb. sugar
- 1/2 lemon
- l/4 oz. cream of tartar
- 1 oz. dry yeast
Directions
- Pound the ginger and put in water.
- Add the sugar and boil for about 1 hour.
- Skim and add the sliced lemon and cream of tartar.
- When almost cold, stir in yeast.
- After 2 days, strain and bottle.
Use in a day or two.
Serves 10-12
+10Ginger Wine
- 1/4 lb. ginger
- 4 lb. dark sugar
- 4 qt. water, boiled and cooled to 110° F.
- 2 tsp. yeast
- l/2 lb. dried fruit
- 1/2 oz. mace
Directions
- Crush ginger and put into jar.
- Add all other ingredients and leave for 21 days.
- Strain and bottle.
Yields approximately 4 bottles
+10