Revolutionary era holiday punch

[Jackie Smith]

Liberty Tree (http://www.libertytreefdr.org/) a pro-democracy group with some interesting and inspiring ideas about local participation "...advocates the honoring of America's revolutionary heritage. In the spirit of the season, we offer the following recipe for a holiday punch of another kind. The story is that the appropriately named "Flip" was a popular revolutionary-era drink, and that, together with coffee, it fueled the excitement --the ferment, you might say-- that became the American Revolution. We've cobbled together a few different recipes here, and then modified it, for your own edification:"

   Revolutionary Flip
    * An anti-imperial Pint (17.76 oz) of strong, (locally brewed) beer
    * 2 tablespoons of (organic) sugar, unrefined
    * 1 tablespoon of (fair trade) molasses
    * 2 tablespoons of (CSA) dried pumpkin, finely ground
    * 1 measure of (locally distilled) rum

Get yourself a large mug and pour the beer in. Mix in the sugar, molasses and dried pumpkin, blend well. Heat up an iron poker (or, if you don't have an iron poker, some other metal utensil (and please watch that you don't burn yourself)) and stick the red hot end into the liquid for a second or two. Add the rum. Now you're ready to get up on a soapbox and shout, "Good riddance to George!"

[Kolin Hodgson]

Finely ground dried pumpkin? That will be tricky, but the rest sounds do-able, but be sure to scrub that poker well, before dipping it into your beer!

 

Thanks for the recipe Jackie and Merry Christmas!