Oct 7
Today's free tip is recipes for ALCOHOLIC Halloween punches.
These look great at any Halloween party but remember, if there are kids at the party too, that they punch bowl is well out of reach of the children.
QUICK & EASY STOMACH CHURNING BLOOD RED PUNCH
Chill the Vodka (in the freezer) and lemonade (in the fridge) for at least 24 hours. Just before the party combine "spirits" and the lemonade in a large punch bowl.
Add red food colouring to make it blood red.
Then place the marshmallows on top of the mixture to create a gooey, stomach churning blood red punch.
For a truly exhaustive list of Halloween shots, cocktails and punches go to http://www.drinkoftheweek.com/special/halloween.htm
Tomorrows tip #7 will show you how to make a great ICY HAND for your punches, and tip #8 coming up is non-alcoholic Halloween punches.
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Sep 30
These little faces, made from dried apples, can look really nasty and sinister -- the perfect thing to decorate a Halloween party. Tuck them in among the food at your Halloween Buffet.
Once dried, they last and last for years.
apples
whole cloves
a few grains of rice
1/2 cup lemon juice
2 teaspoons salt
Instructions:
Peel a large apple and coat with mixture of lemon juice and 2 teaspoons of salt to prevent browning. With a potato peeler or small knife carve out eye sockets, a nose, mouth and ears. Don't worry about carving small details as they will be lost when the apple dries. Go for the big features and nature will take care of the rest.
Use whole cloves for eyes and raw rice grains for teeth (the faces also come out looking great without these extra props, just carve and let dry if you want to keep it simple). The photo below right shows the freshly carved apples used to make the apple heads in the photo above.
Sit apples on a wire rack in a warm, dry place for about 2 weeks. You can speed the drying process a little by drying in an oven set at the lowest temperature. However, the process will still take several days.
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