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We Love God!

God: "I looked for someone to take a stand for me, and stand in the gap" (Ezekiel 22:30)

4-fruit Wedding Punch

January 30, 2023

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Fruits		Beverage	1	Servings

INGREDIENTS

2		Parts orange juice
2		Parts lemonade
1		Part pineapple juice
1		Part grapefruit juice
		optional but gives a
		nice
		tang
2	qt	Lemonade from a mix
		prepared
1		12-oz frozen orange juice
		reconstituted
1/2		"tall can" frozen pineapple
		juice reconstituted
1/2		"tall can" grapefruit juice
		reconstituted optional

INSTRUCTIONS

This recipe contains no carbonation and no ice cream.  I have not
tried it spiked, but you could probably add rum to it (I'm not up on
alcohol, but I believe that's supposed to be good in punch). This is
our family's punch recipe--we serve it for all special occasions.  I
will give what I think are the proportions first, then I'll give the
exact amounts my mother-in-law uses for the 11 people in our extended
family.  *Sorry, I don't know the size of the "tall can", but it's the
standard U.S. size that is larger than the 12-oz.-can size.  Prepare
lemonade.  Reconstitute orange juice, pineapple juice,and  grapefruit
juice, according to package directions, and in separate  containers.
Add lemonade to punch bowl. Add all of the orange juice,  1/2 (up to
3/4) of the pineapple juice, and 1/2 of the grapefruit  juice.  Slice
thin orange wheels and float on top for a festive look.  Cherries would
also look nice.  JILLS@VNET.IBM.COM  REC.FOOD.RECIPES  From
rec.food.cooking archives.  Downloaded from Glen's MM Recipe  Archive,
http://www.erols.com/hosey.

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Nutrition (calculated from recipe ingredients) ---------------------------------------------- Calories: 716 Calories From Fat: 52 Total Fat: 5.6g Cholesterol: 0mg Sodium: 2600.3mg Potassium: 2498.3mg Carbohydrates: 149.4g Fiber: 8.2g Sugar: 136g Protein: 23.3g