nPostednon September 20, 2015
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nThenword punchnmay come from the Hindustani word panch,nwhich means “five.” n
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nNow,nI immediately thought of the kind of punch that is a hit with a fist,nand I thought, uhnhuh, five fingers closed up make a fist…nBut, it turns out, THAT sort of punch comes from the Old French wordnponchonner,nto jab, prick, or stamp, which comes from the word ponchon,nwhich is a pointed tool. That makes a lot more sense than connectingnthe hitting kind of punch with something that means five.
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nThenkind of punch we are talking about today is the kind of punch youndrink at a party. What does a party drink have to do with “five”?nyou ask. Well, there traditionally were five ingredients in punch:nwater, fruit, alcohol, sugar, and tea or spices.
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nButnetymologists aren’t sure that this explanation for the word punchnreally… uh… holds water. (See what I did there?) Instead, somensuggest that the word comes from the word puncheon,nwhich is a barrel or cask for liquor. n
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nWhatever.nAll I know is that MY party punch has completely differentningredients (and is super pretty and delicious!):
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1ngallon orange juice
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n ½ncarton raspberry sherbet
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n 1nliter 7-up or Sprite
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nPournthe orange juice into a punch bowl. Fill the top of the punch bowlnwith small scoops of sherbet. Pour the 7-up onto the sherbet so thatnit foams up.
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nInvary this punch with different juices, different flavors of sherbet,nand sometimes ginger ale or cream soda. It’s pretty hard to beatnthese sorts of punches in loveliness or yumminess!
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nButnthere are so many gorgeous, fun, and scrumptious kinds of punch.nCheck out these recipes!n Be sure to notice that there are some crazy Halloween punches amongnthem!
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nHerenare some great ideas: n
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nForna Frozen-themednparty, use Blue Hawaiian Punch, Sprite, and vanilla ice cream.
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nForna luau, combine lemonade with pineapple juice, perhaps some tropicalnnectars, and ginger ale.
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nFornHalloween, get two sizes of punch bowls – mix up some punch in thensmaller bowl, and put dry ice in the larger bowl. Cool, huh?
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nAnChristmas punch could start with cran-raspberry juice, vanilla icencream, and Sprite, for the red-and-white colors. Make it even morenfestive by coating the rim of your glasses with sugar – just dipneach glass into a bowl with a small amount of cool water and thenninto another bowl with the same amount of sugar.
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nAlsonon this date:
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nGlassnartist Dale Chihuly’s birthday
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nScientistnand inventor James Dewar’s birthday
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nAnniversarynof the first patent leather
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nAnniversarynof the first Otis elevators
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nPlannahead:
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nChecknout my Pinterest boards for:
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