Wha? Well, there's a funny story to this and it starts with me reading an MPR Blog entry titled
A Punch That Could Kill a Donkey:
[Today] is St. Cecilia's Day, Feast Day of the Patron Saint of Music. Once upon a time, it was a day for music making and celebration. Considerable celebration, if this St. Cecilia's Day Punch recipe is any indication.
Oh yes, there's a recipe for Charleston St. Cecilia Punch at that linkola.
So share your prayer to St Cecilia or any other patron saint you like, suggest a patron saint for the sake of something that needs one, or simply enjoy some beverage to celebrate the Feast Day of the Patron Saint of Music.
and good morning, postentarten!
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Guten Morgen Julia!
Charleston St. Cecilia Punch
6 lemons
1 quart brandy
1 pineapple
1-1/2 pounds sugar
1 quart green tea
1 pint heavy rum
1 quart peach brandy
1 gallon champagne
2 quarts carbonated water
Slice lemons thin and cover with brandy. Allow to steep for 24 hours. Several hours before ready to serve, slice the pineapple into the bowl with the lemon slices, then add the sugar, tea, rum, and peach brandy. Stir well. When ready to serve, add the champagne and water. 80-90 servings.
80-90 servings?! One would hope so with those amounts. Now that I re-read that, it has green tea in it, must be healthy!
That reminds me of a rum punch that I made one time which was awesome. Basically a liter of Dark Rum, Light Rum, and spiced Rum each, put it in a large glass container. Cut up a fresh, whole pineapple into chunks, and put the chunks in the rum. Seal the container and let it sit on the counter for about 2 days. Then, serve in small glasses over ice with more fresh pineapple as garnish. Tas-tee! It's fruity and knocks you on your keester.
Uh, that punch wouldn't only kill a donkey, it would kill Zeldapie. I get blerfy just reading the recipe.
When you think about it, it makes sense to have a kick-ass punch to celebrate the patron saint of musicians. Those I've known tend to be mega-partyers (not saints - musicians!)
I've always liked St. Francis of Assissi. No big surprise there, as I have an abiding love for animals. A few years ago, a friend of mine gave me a statue of St. Francis - it had been her mom's, and after she died, my friend came across it and thought of me. It stands next to my PC in the salt mines.
I think there should be a patron saint for really good drivers (like ME) - he or she could smite the crappy drivers! Hee hee!
I can totally see and understand your affinity for St. Francis of Assissi, Zeldapie. You have a small statue but no garden grotto?
To play on Zpie's Patron Saint, may I suggest "Saint Reasonable, who quite literally drove the tailgaters out of the parking lot"? No?
♪Joanne with the musical note, this cup of punch is for you. Let me get this straight - you guys would drink and then go back to work? *blinking*
St. Reasonable sounds good to me. (Now, there MAY be some PTs who think that this saint would smite Zpie, but I beg to differ.)
*wink* to Frick. Wouldn't that be fun? "No no, let me get you a cup of Keister Punch."
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Suggested Saint: St. Detailian, patron of those who must struggle with minutiae.
[Julia attempts to mimic Zeldapie's expert innocent expression]
Your tax dollars at work....
So reallyJoanne, you worked for the Department of Debauchery and Vice. Imagine that on a business card...
BTW you guys will appreciate this: I desperately want a landspeeder in 2017, but didn't think it appropriate to the discussion.
Julia, yup, those WERE the good old days...
Z - That's my patron saint.
Ponce (bashful): I just thought that… well…. you know… you might want this seeing as how… it's your big day and all tomorrow…
How about Mr. Friendly?
*Z jumps up and down excitedly and claps her hands
Will have to pass on any of those relics, Frick.
Thanksgiving With Ponce! Live! On Ice! This NSF Family show includes the hit songs, "As God as My Witness" and "A Good Buddy Deserves a Wild Turkey Now & Then!"
Ponce (whispering): Didn't you know? The poor kid's nutty for thanksgiving. He gets all dressed up like a pilgrim and parades around the town proclaiming what he's thankful for and why… he's really quite a nuisance. He was arrested last year, and well, let's just say he put up quite a fight. Didn't you hear about that? It was in all the papers. It's really kinda sad…
Hearty congratulations to Julia for starting her first Gather Lounge thread.
Ponce, what's his name?
Z (aghast): LOOK what I found in Frick's room. BUCKLE SHOES! I think it's high time we have a chat with our pilgrim-wannabee.
I'm busy doing last minute hiding the junk behind closet doors, sweeping the dust under the Chinese rug, wrestling with a frozen bird, hauling all the good china, silver and crystal out, checking my list of groceries, again... *sigh* Today is a B U S Y day, folks...
Can I dilute that punch recipe to a 10th of it's potency and serve it to the relatives and friends without getting punched in the keister? They get rowdy while playing games after the big meal!
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Ponce: AAAAAAGGGGHHHHHHHH! Get away from my Hulk Hogan!!
So that's what he's calling it these days...
You're talking about hot dogs right?
Hello Auntie! [waving] I usually leave the lounge alone, but really, after reading that blog entry... it was simply too tempting.
Hey! Who let "Lil' Frick" get into the punch bowl?!? Ponce, you gotta keep a better eye on that bird!
Ponce: Halp! Halp!
[Frick takes carboard pilgrim hats and places them on the sleeping forms of Auntie, Ponce, Zelda and the rest. He takes a picture with his digital camera]
FRIIIIIIICK!
*Z puts her arm around the gigantic, angry turkey, who starts eating her cardboard hat.
happy thanksgiving everyone!
[frick starts photoshopping the Tart pics in their hats for later publication]
Hi juni! I thought that menu was set for tomorrow's holiday. Glad to see you here!
Today we're having Keister punch. I'm going to think that is funnier than it is for lots longer than you'd like, so ... fyi, fwiw.
I'm still in the salt mines, hoping the Boss Man will come by and tell us all to go home early.
*Z thinks about the TOFURKEY she had a few years ago. Mmmm. And the seitan Drummies. Mmmmm.
*drool