Beverage Recipes
Old Hotel Vicksburg Punch
This Old Hotel Vicksburg Punch recipe was passed down by word of mouth until 1946 when it was tasted by General Eisenhower at a reception in Vicksburg, Mississippi.
Yield: approximately 1 gallon
Ingredients
- 2 cups boiling water
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1/2 to 1 cup lemon juice
- 3 (12 ounce) cans frozen orange juice, made according to directions
- 1 (46 ounce) can pineapple juice
- 1 (20 ounce) can crushed pineapple
- 1 (6 ounce) jar maraschino cherries
- 1 (32 ounce) bottle ginger ale
Instructions
- To boiling water add sugar and lemon juice. Boil for 5 minutes. Set aside to cool.
- When cooled, add orange juice, pineapple juice, pineapple and cherries. Chill.
- Just before serving, add ginger ale.