May 24, 2014

Mark of a Man- Peeper's Root Beer Punch

working cover of Amelia Island's Mark of  Man by Jane Marie Malcolm
Amelia Island's Mark of a Man, part of Amelia Island's Goodbye Lie series--
It is 1898 in the north Florida island town of Fernandina...
 
Peeper's bunions are hurting her today so she's stayed at Dunnigan Manor, missing Breelan and Carolena's suffragette rally.  She's attending in spirit, though.  The ladies of the movement insisted her Root Beer Punch be served in her honor. Now if they can keep Aunt Noreen from refilling her teacup too many times, there just might be enough to go around!
 

Grandmother Peeper
Below is Peeper's recipe, just as she wrote it out for them:

Peeper's Best Root Beer Punch
 
"Be sure and follow my formula close-like," Peeper writes, "sos it don't taste different from the intended flavor.

In any large bowl, pretty or chipped, it makes no nevermind, lessin yur atryin' ta put on the dog to impress folks, such as that Aunt Noreen is always doin'. 
 
Ingredients you'll be aneedin':
 
Root beer
Vanilla ice cream
 
Pour yur root beer in the bowl and add lots a scoops a 'nilla ice cream. Ladle inta  cups or jelly jars.  Now, don't be adrinkin' too much or ya might catch a chill.