Wednesday, November 14, 2012

Warm Country Smile in Canada, Barn Burner in the US

Not long ago our friends had us for Canadian Thanksgiving and had this hot drink to welcome us into their home; it was such a nice day to spend with them.  Today the weather was cooler and rainy and we had to go to a Happy Hour for campers and my husband thought it would be a different thing to bring - and it's festive too!   Everyone loved it.  In the Southern US they call it a "Barn Burner".
Ingredients
1 jug of Apple Cider - 64 oz
3 cinnamon sticks
1 tsp allspice
1 tsp cloves
1 pint of Southern Comfort - we call it a Mickey in Canada
When we stopped at the liquor store to buy it Billy asked for a Mickey and the lady had no clue what we wanted.  He described it "you know it fits in your coat pocket".....  "oh she says you want a pint".  Sure we do!

So we put the cloves and allspice in a small piece of clean cloth (scrap) and tied it with a twist tie.  Pour the jug of cider in the pot and put in the bag of spices.  Throw in 3 cinnamon sticks.  Warm up slowly on the stove then transfer to a slow cooker to stay warm.  Take this to the Happy Hour and plug in.  Take a ladle and cups and mickey of SC.  In each cup everyone can put as much Southern Comfort in as they like - perfect is about 1 1/2 oz to every cup of cider mix.   SMILE.

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