Celebrating a New Year without drinks…not possible right? It is not necessary to serve alcohol and probably end up in a bad scene by the end of your beautiful party…you may serve fruit juices or even good beverages that would liven your party and help the guests welcome the New Year with Cheers. SO make your beverage special and wonderful in taste, you may try recipes that are readily available. Some of the most popular beverages that would enrich your New Year Party are listed for your ready reference.

Makeover Eggnog: This tasty eggnog can be prepared in a jiffy and is a delicious drink as well as very healthy. You may also use it as a dessert when you use whipped cream. The ingredients are eggs, vanilla extract, 2 teaspoons rum extract, cream and all purpose flour.

Chilled Mocha Eggnog: In this version cinnamon and brown sugar is combined and served chilled. This is any day tastier than iced coffee and will win your guests over. It can be cooked very quickly there is no hassles. Celebration punch, a combo of citrus fruits makes a very good drink for festivities. Mock champagne punch is made by tossing raspberries or strawberries into this champagne hued punch so that all enjoy it.

You may also specify in your invitations which alcohol or non-alcoholic beverages to bring. Today Martinis are quite popular so if your guests can bring a bottle or too it will ad to your New Year drink table. Champagne is absolutely necessary for New Years Eve parties so ensure that you provide plenty of bubbles for the evening. Bubbles taste great just as they are but you may spice it up with a pinch of flavored liquor for a totally new experience.

Eggnog as already mentioned has become an all time favorite for New Year parties. They were not so popular as they were considered the drink of the rich and wealthy. Eggnog was originally drunk in a small mug of carved wood called a noggin hence the name nog stuck on. The eggnog drink itself originated in Britain from a drink called the posset that contained eggs, milk, and ale or wine. Today eggnog is used to toast the New Year wishing for good health and prosperity in the year to come.

Hot mulled wine has been famous for centuries and Mulled means heated and spiced, making this drink very good for a cold winter New Year’s Eve. Mulled wine has become a party drink for hundreds of years with lots of new variations and recipes available…

A very familiar drink during the festive season is cider. Its use was known in England much before the time of Christ. Common belief holds that the apples used to make the cider come from sacred apple trees.

Whatever be the drink, keep it tasty and delicious so that you welcome the New Year with joy and fervor praying that it may bring along prosperity peace and God’s choicest blessings.

Posted: March 10th, 2008 under Food And Drinks.
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