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June 28, 2004

Back By Popular Demand

It's the "Tuesday Recipe," but early, following in the grand tradition of Americans handing power back to the Iraqi people. Consider this our culinary tribute to all that has come before.*

So, a toast to the future of Iraq - and for that, we'll be using Sangria:

• One bottle of Spanish Rioja red wine
  
• 1/2 cup lemon juice
  
• 1/2 cup orange juice
  
• 1/3 cup sugar
  
• 1/4 cup Triple Sec
  
• 1/4 cup brandy
  
• 1 lemon, thinly sliced and seeded
  
• 1 orange, thinly sliced and seeded
  
• A mix of peaches, apples, strawberries, prepped as necessary (peeled, cored, pitted, whatever)
  
• 2 cups club soda
  
• Ice (if you need the recipe, let me know)
  

Directions

1. In a large pitcher, combine the wine, lemon juice, orange juice, sugar, liqueur, and brandy. Mix well. Add the fruit, cover, and put in the fridge overnight.

2. Just before serving, add the club soda. Serve with ice and some of the fruit.
   

I found this recipe here, and I must say that it is damn good.

We had this with chicken in a tropical fruit sauce (a modification of a recipe in the same book, ask me and I'll post it too), mixed vegetables, and one daughter that somewhere along the way decided that everything she loved to eat a month ago now must be thrown on the floor instead. Well, not that we ate our daughter, but some stern looks were certainly given in her direction.

Salud!

* Seriously, this is a great day for the Iraqi people and I hope their new government becomes a model of the power of the people in the Middle East, rather than the power of a tyrant.