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Kids All-Natural Fat Tuesday Cocktail
By Jamie (Photography by Chariya Leeds)
Mardi Gras, which means “Fat Tuesday” in French, is often thought of as a party consisting of drunken debauchery. However, many people do not know that the Mardi Gras season begins on Epiphany (which is observed on January 6th). The period between Epiphany and Ash Wednesday is known as Carnival. Fat Tuesday is the day before Ash Wednesday, which leads observers into 40 days of Lent.
In honor of Mardi Gras we … Keep Reading!!!
4th of July Firework Cocktail Recipe
This firework cocktail recipe will rival any pyrotechnic sky show. Ingredients (for 2 cocktails):
- 6oz rum
- 6oz orange-mango juice
- 5oz pineapple juice
- 2 teaspoons sweetened lime cocktail mix
- 1 fresh lime sliced into 1/2 inch circles
- sugar cubes
- 151 proof rum
- ground cinnamon
Directions:
- Mix rum, lime cocktail mix, orange-mango juice, and pineapple juice in a cocktail shaker with ice cubes.
- Fill large cocktail glass with crushed ice to top of glass.
- Strain cocktail mix into cocktail glasses.
- Lay
Ginger Gigi Cocktail
This drink recipe was discovered at the Grange in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Light and refreshing! The perfect cocktail to sip in these warm summer months.
- Mint (muddled or slapped)
- 1 ¼ oz Tanqueray
- ¼ oz Lime Juice
- ¼ oz ginger simple syrup (this can be done by allowed a few pieces of fresh ginger to sit and infuse in some simple syrup for 1+ hours)
- Shake – rocks glass
- Top with Ginger Beer
- Garnish with a piece of candied ginger
