Emergency Ginerator

Emergency Ginerator
Emergency Ginerator
Your neighbor saw your 5,000-watt crèche with the Light-Up Holy Family and raised you Three Luminous-Halo'd Wise Men. You countered by adding the Animated Waving Santa and Nodding Reindeer to your roof; he got the Ho! Ho! Hover-Over-the-House Motion-Sensored Santa Sleigh Track. Before contemplating your next move, relax with a sparkling, ginger-infused refresher and review the inconvenient truth of your kilowatt hours.
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Gin Alcoholic Ginger Christmas Spirit Drink
  • 1 1/2 cups sugar
  • 8 ounces (1 cup) water

Preparation Pour the gin, syrup, and lime juice into a shaker filled with ice; add the bitters. Shake well (until condensation forms on the entire shaker). Strain the mixture over fresh ice into a tall glass, top with club soda, and garnish with a lime peel. Ginger-Infused Simple Syrup Place the sugar, water, and ginger chunks in a small saucepan over medium heat. Bring to a simmer, lower the heat, and simmer gently for 10 minutes, stirring occasionally. Cool; strain into a glass jar with an airtight lid. The syrup will keep for 2 weeks in the refrigerator. Per serving: 1460.0 calories, 30.0 calories from fat, 3.0g total fat, 1.0g saturated fat, 0.0mg cholesterol, 60.0mg sodium, 339.0g total carbs, 6.0g dietary fiber, 305.0g sugars, 4.0g protein Nutritional analysis provided by TasteBook, using the USDA Nutrition Database Reprinted with permission from Peterson's Holiday Helper: Festive Pick-Me-Ups, Calm-Me-Downs, and Handy Hints to Keep You in Good Spirits by Valerie Peterson. Copyright © 2008 by Valerie Peterson. Published by Crown Publishing Group. All Rights Reserved. Valerie Peterson is a writer descended from a long line of therapeutic concoctionists. A native of Yonkers, New York, she now lives in (and enjoys an occasional) Manhattan.

Preparation Pour the gin, syrup, and lime juice into a shaker filled with ice; add the bitters. Shake well (until condensation forms on the entire shaker). Strain the mixture over fresh ice into a tall glass, top with club soda, and garnish with a lime peel. Ginger-Infused Simple Syrup Place the sugar, water, and ginger chunks in a small saucepan over medium heat. Bring to a simmer, lower the heat, and simmer gently for 10 minutes, stirring occasionally. Cool; strain into a glass jar with an airtight lid. The syrup will keep for 2 weeks in the refrigerator. Per serving: 1460.0 calories, 30.0 calories from fat, 3.0g total fat, 1.0g saturated fat, 0.0mg cholesterol, 60.0mg sodium, 339.0g total carbs, 6.0g dietary fiber, 305.0g sugars, 4.0g protein Nutritional analysis provided by TasteBook, using the USDA Nutrition Database Reprinted with permission from Peterson's Holiday Helper: Festive Pick-Me-Ups, Calm-Me-Downs, and Handy Hints to Keep You in Good Spirits by Valerie Peterson. Copyright © 2008 by Valerie Peterson. Published by Crown Publishing Group. All Rights Reserved. Valerie Peterson is a writer descended from a long line of therapeutic concoctionists. A native of Yonkers, New York, she now lives in (and enjoys an occasional) Manhattan.