I dug up the other recipes. The Richmond Light Infantry Blues (which
my father was a member of from 1935-40) had a famous 32 gallon "India
china" punch bowl in which they mixed brandy, rum, madeira, lemons,
sugar and ice. For their cookouts they also roasted a pig and had
oysters, salads, breads and cakes, and they and leading men of the
area played cards and quoits. Chatham Artillery Punch from SC
consisted of 1 1/2 gal. catawba wine, 1/2 gallon rum, 1 qt. brandy,
1/2 pt. Benedictine, 2 qts. maraschino cherries, 1 1/2 qt. whiskey, 1
1/2 gal. "strong tea", 2 1/2 lbs brown sugar, and 1/1/2 qts each
orange juice and lemon juice. Mix 36- 48 hours before drinking. It
was said to have also been used to fire Confederate cannons when the
powder ran out. Everybody carrying on the well-lubricated tradition
of Gov. Spotswood and his gentlemen adventurers, no doubt.
Nancy
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On Jan 29, 2007, at 1:59 PM, Barrett Decker wrote:
> Nancy- The 7th Virginia Infantry during the Civil War drank a
> creation from home called "Cherry Bounce"- apparently if you drank
> two small glasses you couldn't walk- Barrett
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>> Yes, wouldn't it? Upon reaching the Shenandoah River, they of
>> course feasted and drank more toasts to the King and to his family
>> [one wonders to what degree- 5th cousins? Great-great aunts?
>> Another round, boys!]; the account lists Virginia red wine and
>> white wine, Irish whiskey, brandy, shrub, two kinds of rum,
>> champagne, canary, cherry punch, cider, "etc." Maybe that's why
>> there is no list of the gentlemen along. Everyone forgot who was
>> there, once they got home and their wives made them sober up.
>>
>> That could bring up another topic for this group- the amazing
>> alcoholic drinks that were common in the south. "Chatham
>> Artillery Punch" from SC, and I need to look up a similar
>> concoction mixed for the barbeques of the Richmond Light Infantry
>> Blues. Apparently all these local militias had their own recipes.
>> Incredible stuff, they would probably double as paint-stripper.
>>
>>>
>> Nancy
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>> I was never lost, but I was bewildered once for three days.
>>
>> --Daniel Boone
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>>
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