New drink....

[Coden]

this one will really appeal to the lazy people in the world, to which I am one. Ha!!

1 glass full of ice
Fill 1/2 w/ red wine
and 1/2 w/lemonade and stir

Yum!!!

[Tracy in WI]

Really? Sounds weird - is it like sangria? I may have to try it!

[sea-nile]

Hmmm, I'm not really that fond of red wine, but that sounds interesting.

[Coden]

Tracy - It is like sangria. And that is what started this. I had some sangria at a friends house a while back and loved it. Then I made a big batch up, cutting up oranges, lemons and limes, and it was fun to make but time consuming. But the lemonade and wine method, for a quick and cool drink on a hot day, which it was here today, sure hits the spot.

Sea Nile - I'm not big on red wine either, the lemonade really cuts the bite of it. Plus, you could add more lemonade to less wine and have it lighter. But for me the 1/2 & 1/2 method is working pretty good.

[Bilter]

The drink I always make when I am in the islands or just thinkin of the islands is cruzan vanilla rum and lemonade.

[northerngal]

That sounds wonderful! I wonder if I have any vanilla rum left to try that! I need to get back to STJ!!!!

[Coden]

Bilter - I'll have to give that drink a try. Thnx!!

[Jo Ann - VA]

I like lemonade with Cruzan coconut rum.

Yummy!

[Bilter]

Just for the record I use the country time lemonade mix with my cruzan vanilla rum.

[pipanale]

Easy sangria:
1 bottle (750ml) red wine
1 1/2 cups of rum (gold or dark or both (or more, either in the pitcher or taken straight from the bottle))
1/2 cup sugar
1 oz (shot glass) lime juice
1 oz lemon juice
1 cup orange juice

Stir, drink, enjoy.

As long as you keep the proportions OK in your head, you can make a glass at a tie. I do it in a pint glass and sometimes omit the sugar and maybe add more OJ to compensate for the lack of sweetness.

At our house, we've decided that it's the summer of Sangria.