Prohibition Party Punch

LilPinkieJ's Note:

This recipe is from an old cookbook I found. Homemade wine or beer was legal as long as it contained no more than one-half per cent alcohol. From Every Woman's Cook Book by Mrs. Chas. F. Moritz (1926) p. 617. If you can find a bootlegger in your area, I think some rum or whiskey would really perk this up. This recipe makes a LOT! Please keep this in mind when preparing this party punch for your local Speakeasy :)

• Total Time: 5 mins
• Prep Time: 4 mins
• Cook Time: 1 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 24

• 1 1/2 lbs sugar
• 1 quart strong black tea (hot)
• 2 dozen lemons, juice of
• 1 dozen orange
• 1/2 quart maraschino cherry (with juice)
• 1 lb canned pineapple slice
• 6 quarts ginger ale

Directions:

1. Dissolve sugar in tea. Juice the lemons and half of the oranges; add to tea.
2. Pour the whole jar of cherries with the juice into the tea mixture. Cut oranges and pineapple into small pieces, then add with all juice to tea.
3. Place in refrigerator until serving time, then add chilled ginger ale.
4. Serve ice cold. Spike if you can obtain the "spike.".