Food! OMG best treat ever!

[Basil Dreadflint]

Originally Posted by TDSChristy

I have made this 5 times within the past 2 weeks. LOL. It is yummers.

No wonder we don't see you and Blue around, you're all buzzed up on choco highs and prolly can't even reach the keyboards.

[Angulique]

For TLAPD we had a Pirate Picnic/BBQ and I decided to try my hand at sangria, something which has always intrigued me yet I had never tasted. Oh. My. Gawd!!! It was DELICIOUS! We took a recipe we found online and tweaked it and this is what we got. Enjoy!

(I listed specific ingredients because I saved the recipe to recall what exactly I used!)

Las Vegas Black Hat Society (LVBHS) Pirate Picnic/BBQ Sangria

Ingredients:
-1 Bottle of Ravenswood Cabernet Sauvignon (Vintner’s Blend)
-1 Lemon, cut into wedges
-1 Lime, cut into wedges
-1 Orange, cut into wedges
-2 Tbsp. Natural Cane Sugar (Turbinado/Demerara Sugar)
-“Splash” (About 1/8 cup) Orange Juice
-1 Shot 10 Cane Rum
-1 Bag (About 2-3 cups) Frozen Berries (Strawberries, Blueberries, Blackberries and Raspberries)
-1 Small Can of Pineapple Chunks with Juice
-1 Liter of Ginger Ale
-Ice

Preparation:
Pour wine into a large pitcher and squeeze the juice wedges from the lemon, orange and lime into the wine. Toss in the fruit wedges (leaving out seeds) and pineapple, then add sugar, orange juice and rum. Chill overnight. Add ginger ale, berries and ice just before serving. If you'd like to serve right away, use chilled red wine and serve over lots of ice, but the best Sangrias are chilled around 24 hours in the fridge, allowing the flavours to really marinate into each other.

Note: Next time maybe try removing the rinds from the citrus fruits. They added a slight bitterness to the drink (it was akin to sucking and lightly nibbling an orange/lime/lemon rind), though it was not really a detriment.