Cocktail Recipes

Lesurly asked:


Need recipies for a party

Andy G asked:


We’re using our son’s first birthday as an excuse to have a cocktail party with our adult friends (and no kids will be invited… but don’t worry, he gets his own little party, too.). And we’d like to riff on the “kid birthday” theme by serving gourmet versions of kid food.

Besides mini hamburgers and gourmet mac and cheese, any suggestions for appetizers or even cocktails that follow the theme? (Or, heck, any other ideas we could use to take the theme a notch further?)

Thank you in advance…

PostGrungeJunky asked:


Anyone remember mixing sodas at the fountain for fun when they were kids but they it usually ended up tasting strange? What are some soda combinations that actually taste really good? Plz specify the portions. Hehe.
**NON-alcoholic folks! Although I do love alcohol! I’m talkin, if I went to a typical soda fountain at a fast food place. Thanks for the answers though!
**Non-alcoholic, folks. As in, I went to the soda section of a 7-11 or somethin. Thanks for answering.

mrhappy asked:


and I’m taking my youngest daughter to work with me…how can I convince her that I really do have a job?

Poll: shrimp cocktail or baked clams

Meeshe asked:


I am looking for ideas on ‘Xmas Magic’ for kids…here’s what we already do (looking to try some different things)…

Keep the Magic of Christmas alive with your kids by doing the following:

Starting December 1st…

Read the story of Elf on a Shelf (can be found online). Set up a miniature elf doll or figurine somewhere in your home. (the elf travels to and from the North Pole to report on your naughty or niceness each and every night. each morning he is magically in a new spot of the house and usually leaves a trail of glitter or glittery footsteps in his path, its fun looking for him in the mornings before school).

Set up a magical elf door. You can buy these online pre-made or make your own. We usually set ours up on the baseboard near the tree. Magical elves come and check in on the kids and also visit with your Elf on a Shelf (the door doubles as a portal for him). They also leave glittery footprints, sometimes tiny bells fall off their clothes, etc. they also are known to leave tiny surprises each morning for the kids in tiny wrapped boxes. In lieu of tiny gifts, sometimes they just leave decoration on or near their magical elf door—things like tiny wreaths, tiny xmas cards on string, tiny stockings, etc..—all of which can be found at your local Michaels or Hobby Lobby. (look in the dollhouse miniatures section or make your own with free online printables).

On Christmas Eve before the kids go to bed…

Make sure you have set up a landing strip for Santa and his reindeer. You can do this in your yard or on your roof by lining up 2 strings of lights long enough and far enough apart to simulate a landing strip. You can invest in specialty lights that actually have a runway lighting pattern effect, which are very cool. You can even make a sign that reads ‘Santa Land Here” with a big arrow. (make sure you use glow paint for the sign).

Make sure to leave the reindeer a snack near the landing strip. A plate of carrots and sprinkle some dry oats with glow in the dark glitter (so they can see it).

Set up your Santa Trap and video recorder to catch Santa on tape! The Santa Trap consists of leaving him his snack along with a note. Attached to the note you want to run some yarn discreetly to a bell. When Santa picks up the note, the bell will ring. For the Santa video, you want to make a nicely wrapped gift box with a hole just large enough for your camcorder lens. You set up your camcorder inside, on night vision mode, and record the entire night. Its fun to watch the video the next morning and see Santa.
** a note on Santa’s snack…we leave him traditional cookies, however, we leave him a very nice drink to get him thru the night, either some hot coco with a shot of crème de menthe or a Grinch cocktail (midori melon, vodka, cointreau, sweet and sour).

Before the kids go off to bed, read the Santa Key poem (can find online), and put the magical Santa key on your doorknob (any old key will do with a bit of glitter to jazz it up or you can make your own from glittery foiled foam board).

On Christmas Eve after the kids are fast asleep…

After the kids fall asleep is when the real magic happens…LOL.

First, you want to go outside and break all the carrots off except the ends and throw away somewhere the kids won’t find them. You want to toss a nice sleigh bell in the yard (one must have fallen off Santa’s sleigh) and you want to make lots of hoof prints in the snow. Sprinkle some glitter—glow in the dark works good- inside the hoof prints.

Next, you will need a Santa suit and sack for this or borrow one if you can, you are going to enter the house with the magic Santa key and place the gifts under the tree. While doing so you are going to snag a piece of your suit on or near the tree and also lose a button in the process (these items can be loose in your pocket–just simulate the actions and leave the evidence). You are going to slam your drink, eat your cookies, and lastly, pick up the note. The bell will ring at this point from the Santa Trap and you will need to run on out of there.

The kids may or may not wake up at this point.

If they DO wake up—they are most likely up now until those gifts are opened and the video is watched! So, why not? Take them outside to see if you can see Santa in the night sky and they will find the carrots have been eaten, there are tons of hoof prints with glowing magic dust, and a pretty bell which fell off his sleigh. They will also find in the house the button and red velvet which snagged off his suit, the drink and cookies are gone, and you can watch the video of Santa too since he was caught on tape!!

If they DO NOT wake up—time for some more evidence planting, LOL. At this point, you are going to stop the video recorder long enough to leave some Santa tracks in the house. You basically are just going to alternate left and right foot stencils to and from the tree from whichever entry point Santa used. You will use glittery gl

Voice of reason asked:


Upper middle class town.
A group of parents- with children all in elementary school or younger.
Parents are all on drugs. They have parties, and all sorts of crazy things go on. I know I know all the parents, they ‘tell’ me about their ‘wild’ night and I have been to one of the parties, which I was horrified. And I’m my no means a prude but they have out and out brawls (yes physical fights) they curse, snort coke, just awful crap.
Worst thing about it is the Kids are running around these ‘cocktail’ hours….sometimes…after midnight. The kids crash on coaches, in sleeping bags etc… at house the parents happen to be partying at. (noble parents don’t drink and drive) lol- that’s because most of them have lost their liscence already!

Anyway, This involves 6 kids that I KNOW of. They hear swearing, seethings of sexual nature, and are around smoking, etc. The kids are starting to swear and are getting all screwed up. The parents think they are being good parents because they are with their kids. They think that the kids are not being harmed by it and have fun playing together at these parties. “They don’t know anything…”. Yeah right!

I can’t stand it. So, what I’ve been doing (often) is offering for the kids to sleep at my house.
I say my own kids want the company and I have to be home anyway so why not? Of course the parents say ok. Now it’s almost assumed that I will take them any ol’ time. I will even go to salvation army and get clothing for these kids not because the parents can’t afford it, but because they are neglected and just don’t buy them proper clothing (winter accessories that are needed, etc). I will give bags of clothing to the parents/kids and be like “oh a family member passed them down to me”. I didn’t at the time tell them I buy them. When the kids sleep over they have to wash face brush teeth eat dinner and go to bed at reasonable hour. We always do something fun like outdoor kickball or movie night or whatever. Sometimes they try to get crazy here like they do at the party houses, but I put a stop to it, and they actually seem to LIKE the discipline. (verbal explanation/reprimand).
I also am a single mother and this is very costly to me.
I was thinking of calling DSS on the parents but I could NEVER do that to the kids. I couldn’t rest at night knowing that the kids might be placed in a strangers home, and their situation could be worse than it is now. I couldn’t stand them missing their (screwy) parents. And I would fear the retaliation of the parents on me and my family.
But I can’t keep doing this.

So, I said to some of the parents, “If you want to go to rehab (some KNOW they have a problem)I will watch your kids for you. I will help you find a place that is suitable for you. I will support you in any way. But this can’t keep going on with all these kids involved. One acted like she was considering…

But then suddenly the whole pack of animals turned on me. It’s ok for me to watch their kids while they party and to feed and dress them. But mention of rehab and I’m the enemy. They said I was acting “holier than thou”. They said I should “mind my own business”. They say that “the kids are fine, and are not allowed to come to my house anymore.” One mother even threatened to beat me up.

It’s such a sad situation. I don’t feel better than them as people, but yes, it’s true I feel that I give better care to their kids than they do right now. And they MADE IT MY BUSINESS by telling me about all this crap and by inviting me to see it with my own eyes. I can’t just be like “oh well, child abuse ho-hum, not my business”.

What do I do?
Nothing? Anything? Help!

It’s Slime Time asked:


i remember when i was a kid in ‘82, or ‘83, my grandma always had pudding that came in a green can. i think it was by the same company that makes those peaches, and fruit cocktails in the with the same can with the green label.

those were the days.

do they still have that pudding on the market? cause i can’t find it here anywhere.

Laboulady S asked:


I let my sister and 2 kids and boyfriend move in with me, my husband and 3 kids don’t worry there is more than enough room for everyone. we decided that i’ll pay the gas. She’ll pay the light. and we’ll split the rent down the middle. Since then about 3 weeks ago , She has lost her job and Therefore has no income. Her last check from work she helped with her portion of rent but i picked up the light bill as well as all my portions. Her unemployment has came in so now she has some kind of income her first ck. was 300 and her portion of the rent is 220 she’s upset because her car insurance was due. Am i wrong for telling her she had to pay rent? another thing is that her kids are always tearing my things up one fo them broke a 500 pair of eyeglasses that belong to my husband, my 4 month old cocktail table has been cracked, all while my sister and her boyfriend are up in the bed room all day watching t.v. my husband is cooking meals for everyone in the house. I work and attend school full time. she does not want to help with food bill she goes to the grocery store and buys $30-$40 worth of food out of $326 at the beginning of the month and takes the rest and buys junk food with the rest. I’m i wrong for telling her that she has to be responsible for feeding her children. And I’ll be responsible for feeding mine? Her complaints are that i Keep late hours and that my house isn’t clean enough for her that is why she stays in the room all day which i think is a crock of s***.I have told her that she has till the first of december to find somwhere else to live. She said to me that she’ll be out sooner than that and that i don’t have to worry about seeing her or my nieces anymore. what do i do work this out with my sister or let nature take it’s course?