tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4189484936539582792.post-35264752529407511152007-10-04T06:24:00.000-07:002007-10-25T23:08:01.377-07:00TEETOTALLERS CAN GET SNAZZY TOO<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_55uKss8wojk/RwTqcqzbZnI/AAAAAAAAAIE/HFsPgPJAMNI/s1600-h/Picture+006.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5117472854846957170" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: pointer; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_55uKss8wojk/RwTqcqzbZnI/AAAAAAAAAIE/HFsPgPJAMNI/s400/Picture+006.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="COLOR: rgb(204,0,0)">A lonely glass of juice or cola looking wistfully at an exotic</span> <span style="COLOR: rgb(204,0,0)">Cosmopolitan or a pinacolada. Boring teetotalers! Not necessarily true. The</span> <span style="COLOR: rgb(204,0,0)">rules of looking good apply universally and do not have to be partial</span> <span style="COLOR: rgb(204,0,0)">to cocktails. You can use good glassware to serve anything from a</span> <span style="COLOR: rgb(204,0,0)">simple juice to a mocktail. Why, even water looks brighter in a nice</span> <span style="COLOR: rgb(204,0,0)">glass.</span><br /><span style="COLOR: rgb(204,0,0)">Lots of ice, slices of fresh fruit, mint and stylish glasses will</span> <span style="COLOR: rgb(204,0,0)">elevate even the most ordinary drink. Some mint sprigs over jal jira. A</span> <span style="COLOR: rgb(204,0,0)">green chilli and coriander over buttermilk or a sprinkling of roasted</span> <span style="COLOR: rgb(204,0,0)">jeera over aam panna.</span><br /><span style="COLOR: rgb(204,0,0)">Let’s take the simple iced tea to greater heights. All you have to do</span> <span style="COLOR: rgb(204,0,0)">is flavour the tea with aromatics such as orange peel, lemon grass or</span> <span style="COLOR: rgb(204,0,0)">ginger before you pour it on ice. Fill a stylish beer pilsner glass with</span> <span style="COLOR: rgb(204,0,0)">ice. Add a generous measure of lemon juice, sugar, mint leaves and</span> <span style="COLOR: rgb(204,0,0)">pour in hot tea. Stir and top with more ice. Garnish with a fruit slice</span> <span style="COLOR: rgb(204,0,0)">and more mint.</span> <span style="COLOR: rgb(204,0,0)"><br />You should also try mixing a thousand milkshakes and generously dousing</span> <span style="COLOR: rgb(204,0,0)">them with ice cream. Fresh strawberries, chickoos, mangoes, bananas;</span> <span style="COLOR: rgb(204,0,0)">the more usual cold coffee and chocolate treated with butterscotch ice</span> <span style="COLOR: rgb(204,0,0)">cream. Serve them in steamed beer goblets or footed pilsners. Garnish</span> <span style="COLOR: rgb(204,0,0)">with fruit or wafer biscuits.<br /></span><span style="COLOR: rgb(204,0,0)">Pina colada is everybody’s favourite drink. It isn’t difficult at all</span> <span style="COLOR: rgb(204,0,0)">to make. Rim a glass by dipping it in pineapple juice and then into a</span> <span style="COLOR: rgb(204,0,0)">plate of dessicated coconut. Put a few cubes of ice in a blender, add</span> <span style="COLOR: rgb(204,0,0)">120ml pineapple juice, a scoop of vanilla ice cream, a spoon of cream,</span> <span style="COLOR: rgb(204,0,0)">60 ml coconut milk and blend.</span><br /><span style="COLOR: rgb(204,0,0)">Then there are the frozen mixes. Fill a jug with crushed ice, add a</span> <span style="COLOR: rgb(204,0,0)">dessert topping, lime juice, soda or lemonade and slush it together using</span> <span style="COLOR: rgb(204,0,0)">a hand blender. Pour into a nice stemmed glass and garnish with fruit</span> <span style="COLOR: rgb(204,0,0)">or mint.</span><br /><span style="COLOR: rgb(204,0,0)">Make an exotic punch using frozen lichees or frozen pineapple with</span> <span style="COLOR: rgb(204,0,0)">coconut water, even frozen watermelon with pineapple juice. Pour into</span> <span style="COLOR: rgb(204,0,0)">stemmed wine glasses. They’re simple, easily accessible and quick. They</span> <span style="COLOR: rgb(204,0,0)">also taste and look very good.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size:78%;">Source Asian Age</span><br /><br /><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: rgb(204,51,204)">For the best in Sweets &amp; Desserts, Log on to...</span><br /><br /><a href="http://www.mysweetsguide.com/"><span style="color:#cc33cc;"><strong>http://www.mysweetsguide.com/</strong></span></a><br /></span></span>Pallavi Salgaocarnoreply@blogger.com