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Charleston Light Dragoon Punch From the 18th Century!

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Citizens! My best wishes to you for a 2015 replete with gastronomic delights, a surfeit of good cheer and a brimstone whiff of revolutionary fervor! 😀

To celebrate, I refer you to one of my favorite historical recipes – for a punch guaranteed to put the Bacchanalia into your New Year’s Eve soirée!

Charleston was the home of the “Light Dragoons”, a pseudo-military society of carousing gentlemen in the late 1700’s who really knew how to throw a party.

This punch WAS in fact the party – it serves about 50!

Interestingly, this particular recipe despite originating in South Carolina ended up being published by a Canadian politician, from her Northernly carpetbagging grandfather. 😉

Read the fascinating history of the drink here!

Enjoy, citizens – stay safe this evening and enjoy yourselves in a manner worthy of your Generalissimo!

Battle on in 2015!

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Charleston Light Dragoon Punch From the 18th Century!

Ingredients

  • Charleston Light Dragoon Punch – AKA “the iron fist in the velvet glove.”:
  • 4 quarts of black tea
  • 4 cups sugar
  • 1 quart and one cup lemon juice
  • 1 quart dark rum (Jamaican)
  • 4 quarts California Brandy (any non-gourmet brandy)
  • ½ pint peach (or apricot) brandy
  • Equal parts Club soda

Instructions

  1. Make the black tea/lemon juice mixture, stirring in sugar when hot. Add the alcohol. Set aside or bottle for later use.
  2. In a punch bowl place blocks of ice and garnishes of lemon and orange peels. Pour in equal parts of the tea-brandy-rum mixture with club soda.
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