Cocktails for summer

Need to cool off? Grab a refreshing summer cocktail! Whether you prefer alcohol-free fruity tastes, liquors or hard drinks, we've got 3 simple recipes that are sure to refresh and impress.

 

 

 

Piña Colada Punch

 

When you're fed up with your job or just would like to cheer up, alcohol-free punches and cocktails really come into their own. Why should you drink water when you can keep cool with a refreshing Piña Colada Punch?

 

46 oz chilled pineapple juice

15 oz coconut cream

1 tablespoon coconut syrup

1 tablespoon cinnamon

2 literschilled pineapple soda

1 pint vanilla ice cream

1. Blend pineapple juice, coconut syrup, coconut cream and cinnamon in a blender until creamy. Place in refridgerator if desired or continue immediately to next step.

2. Add mixture from previous step to a punch bowl. Add ice-cream and allow to mostly dissolve. Add pineapple soda, an ice ring, and thin orange slices.

Tropical Sundae Cocktail

If you are a beginner alcoholic, this is a must try for you!

2 oz Malibu Sundae
1 oz Creme de Banana
2 oz half & half
1 oz pineapple juice
1 banana cut into chunks
ice
chocolate syrup, 1 maraschino cherry, 1 pineapple chunk for garnish (optional)

Combine all ingredients except the garnish ingredients in a blender and blend.  Swirl chocolate syrup inside the glass, pour and enjoy!

.50 Caliber

This .50 Caliber Whiskey Cocktail is rightly named so. Are you a whiskey lover? Try this extremely hard drink that brings together a few whiskey brands and other spirits! This cocktail is not meant for amateur drinkers!

Ingredients:

Jack Daniels  1⁄2 Ounce
Jim Beam      1⁄2 Ounce
Gin              1⁄2 Ounce
Vodka          1⁄2 Ounce
Citrus          1⁄4 Ounce

Thanksgiving Day

Previously we dealt with a British traditional holiday. Now it is the American's turn as today is the fourth Thursday of November.
 
Thanksgiving Day is always the fourth Thursday in November. It is a federal holiday in the USA, so schools, banks, post offices, and government offices are closed. Thanksgiving was the first holiday celebrated in America.

The first Thanksgiving was in 1621 when the pilgrims (a small group of people who sailed from England to North America in order to start a new life) invited the Indians to a three-day feast to celebrate the autumn harvest.

  

                                              The pilgrims and the Indians feasting together

Typical Thanksgiving Day meal:

Main Course: Stuffed turkey with mashed potatoes and gravy and cranberry sauce

 

Gravy 

 Cranberry sauce

Desert: Pumpkin pie with whipped cream

Order the directions how to roast a turkey.

                                 

-          Put 3 tablespoons of butter on both sides between the skin and breast meat

-          Place the turkey in a roasting pan

-          Preheat oven to 175 degrees C

-          Cover with foil

-          Sprinkle seasoning salt over the turkey

-          Rinse and wash the turkey

-          Separate the skin over the breast to make little pockets

-          For the last 45 minutes or so, remove the foil so the turkey will brown nicely

-          Bake it in the preheated oven 3 ½ to 4 hours