January 29, 2005
Chatham Artillery Punch: Elegance, and Dead Dicks
Brilliance, or Madness? I think I shall prepare a batch of Chatham Artillery Punch for the Wreckyll in Jekyll. I have no qualms with corn squeeze. Hell, moonshine makes da world go round, but we are supposed to be Respectables at Jekyll, at least until check-in. So I'll bring some Episcopalian Moonshine. Maybe only a mudbucket's worth. It DOES take six weeks minimum to make, so you have to make it in sizeable quantities. Cheer me on. Mom's recipe. Two hundred years of goodness. Yar.
UPDATE: Here is a half-assed recipe for the Punch, to give you an idea. Mine is a bit more involved, shall we say:
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 gallons catawba wine
- 1/2 gallon rum
- 1 quart gin
- 1 quart brandy
- 1/2 pint Benedictine
- 2 quarts Maraschino cherries
- 1 1/2 quarts rye whiskey
- 1 1/2 gallons strong tea
- 2 1/2 pounds brown sugar
- 1 1/2 quarts orange juice
- 1 1/2 quarts lemon juice
Mix from 36 to 48 hours before serving. Add one case of champagne when ready to serve.
I just want to know what the especial ingredients are.
Posted by: Dash at January 29, 2005 9:27 AMAs a habitue I must warn all ye who enter Velociworld and partake of the Chatham. This punch is like a wicked combination of absinthe and everclear that goes down like a well mixed raspberry koolade. You never know what hit you. One minute you are saying, "hey this tastes pretty good." The next minute you are wandering along the proverbial abyss, yelling "hey watch this," most often in some sort of disshevelment.
Caveat Emptor
Proceed accordingly.
Posted by: rankin' rob at January 29, 2005 11:01 AMAye, Rob has partaken of the elixir of life. My most elegant moment? Doing a one and a half gainer off the deck at my mother's Christmas party in front of the bishop and two judges. And, no the judges didn't give me 9's. They did give me 4's for not breaking my neck, however.
Posted by: Velociman at January 29, 2005 11:34 AMJesus Christ........are you trying to get 'em drunk or give 'em all tooth decay? Respect to the family recipe, traditions, and all that, but it seems like a waste of helluva alot of good liquor. Never tasted not one of those damned Wapitui style punches (made at Ole Miss -- even Archie and Miss Olivia were rumored to have imbibed) I liked.
Posted by: bitterman at January 29, 2005 12:15 PMAhh! I LOVE the Punch! Hardly anyone makes it anymore; it was a perennial favorite at weddings in my youth. Bring it, and I shall suck it down, thanking you all the while. Prosit!
Posted by: Queenie at January 29, 2005 12:30 PMBitterman, just get the first glass down. You won't taste ANYTHING after that, but you'll LIKE it.
Posted by: Acidman at January 29, 2005 1:21 PMIf you bring it, I will get drunk in public, something I do very rarely. I might get surly, and mean, and kick someone's ass from here to the state line. Alternatively, I might do table dances. You never know; it depends, largely, on the company.
Either way...bring a camera! :)
Posted by: kelley at January 29, 2005 1:32 PMYall gonna be the most disinfected deaddrunk people ever known... Velicipoison.
... I'll give it a try... but, I think I'll stick to the Scotch...
Posted by: Eric at January 29, 2005 4:38 PMNO secret sauce, please. Uck.
Posted by: Sadie at January 29, 2005 5:48 PMsounds like something i drank a long, long, long time ago that left me face down in pig shit on a farm on the outskirts of town in the morning...
Posted by: mr. helpful at January 29, 2005 7:05 PMJust so you know....I'm keeping my shoes ON.
Posted by: Jim - PRS at January 29, 2005 9:34 PMNo, Mr. Helpful. What you drank was essence of Mr. Billy. Different.
Posted by: Velociman at January 29, 2005 11:07 PMAh yes... the champagne is the accelerator. Got to have that. Been under heavy rest... but Swineherd is limbering up again.
Posted by: torchpraise at January 30, 2005 11:34 PM