Jantics

Back in 2001, I belonged to a mailing list called “Cocktail Central Daily”. It was a recipe list for mixed drinks.
Here’s a little background for you, in case you don’t know me all that well. I love reading recipes and cookbooks, yet I hardly ever actually prepare the recipes. It’s more of an “oooh, that sounds good” experience. In the cookbooks, I love looking at the pictures, and imagining how the finished recipe would taste, but I just don’t seem to have the motivation to actually find out.
My mother is the exact same way, so maybe it’s genetic. Or maybe it’s a learned behavior.
Either way, this means I never actually tried any of the mixed drink recipes on that mailing list. I saved the interesting-sounding ones in an e-mail folder that ended up getting forgotten for years.
But here, for the sake of our Manic Monday theme, are the recipes for the drinks I saved in that folder:
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PEPPERMINT PATTIE

1 oz white Crème de Cacao
1 oz white Crème de Menthe

Fill a glass with ice. Pour Crème de Cacao and Crème de Menthe over
ice, stir, and enjoy. This drink is best after dinner, but can be
enjoyed anytime.

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FLYING GRASSHOPPER

1 oz. green crème de menthe
1 oz. white crème de cocoa
1 oz. vodka

Pour all ingredients into a shaker almost filled with ice. Shake hard
and strain into a cocktail glass.

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ORANGE CREAM COCKTAIL

1 (1.5 fluid oz) jigger vanilla schnapps
1/4 cup orange juice
1 wedge orange, garnish

Pour vanilla schnapps into a 4-ounce glass. Fill glass with orange
juice and garnish with an orange wedge.

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MOCHA COLA

2 fluid oz coffee flavored liqueur
2 fluid oz cola-flavored carbonated beverage

Fill a highball glass to 3/4 with ice. Pour in coffee liqueur and
cola. Stir.

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MARIE’S SUMMER MARVEL

1 (1.5 fluid oz) jigger citron vodka
2 fluid oz pink lemonade
1/4 fluid oz lime juice
1/2 fluid oz cranberry juice
1 lime, sliced

Rub rim of cocktail glass with a slice fresh lime and drop lime into
glass.
In a cocktail shaker full of ice combine vodka, lemonade, a splash of
lime juice and a splash of cranberry juice. Shake vigorously for 10
seconds and pour into cocktail glass.

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CASA MARINA

1 fluid oz melon liqueur
1 fluid oz peach schnapps
1 fluid oz coconut flavored rum
2 fluid oz white rum
3 2/3 fluid oz orange juice
3 2/3 fluid oz cranberry juice
2 twists lime zest, garnish

In a cocktail shaker full of ice, combine melon liqueur, peach
schnapps, coconut rum, white rum, orange juice and cranberry juice.
Shake vigorously for about 60 seconds. Strain into 2 tall glasses and
serve with a twist of lime zest.

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CAPE SUNRISE

1 (1.5 fluid oz) jigger coconut flavored rum
3/4 T grenadine syrup
3 1/2 fluid oz guava flavored juice cocktail

Pour rum over ice in a highball glass. Fill the glass with guava
juice cocktail; stir. Drizzle the grenadine syrup over the top.

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TRACEY’S BUZZY J

6 fluid oz orange juice
2 fluid oz melon liqueur

Fill a tall glass with ice. Pour in the orange juice followed by the
melon liqueur. Stir.

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STROLL THROUGH THE WOODS

1 oz blue Curaçao
1 oz Pisang Ambon
1 oz pina colada mix
1/4 oz Bacardi rum
fill orange juice

Put the liquor in a mixer with ice, and fill it up with the orange
juice. Blend and serve.

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