Thursday January 21, 2010

 

 

My Sibling’s Christmas Celebration

Saturday, January 16

 

 

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Our Hershey clan looks forward to being together at the old farm house where many of us grew up, and the others visited lots of times when growing up.

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Our dinner was a bit late this year, because my brother Clair was in Rome – and only coming home on January 9 – plus another brother, Dale, and his wife Dot were visiting him in Rome during Christmas.

 

 

 

 

This meal is one of the most fun (and delicious) we have all year, because everything is hors d’oeuvres or finger food.

 

 

 

 

At the table: Chelsey, Katie, and Tristan. In the background: Gloria, Josh, and Kristen.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jere, Jamie, Kevin, and Jordan

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jeff looks like he giving advice to newlyweds, Kate and Vince.

 

 

 

 

Melissa, Kelci, Dani, and Kevin

 

 

This ice cream mocha drink is a yearly favorite at this dinner.

 

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Recipe for Mocha Punch

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1-1/2 Quarts Water

1/2 Cup Instant Chocolate Mix (my sister-in-law used Nestle Quik)

1/2 Cup Sugar

1/4 Cup Instant Coffee

1/2 gallon Vanilla Ice Cream

1/2 Gallon Chocolate Ice Cream

Optional: 1 Cup Whipped Cream and Chocolate Curls

Bring water to a boil. Remove from heat. Add chocolate mix, sugar, and coffee; stir until dissolved. Cover and refrigerate for four hours or overnight.

Thirty minutes before serving, pour mixture into a punch bowl, and add ice cream by scoopfuls. Stir until partially melted.

Optional: Garnish with dollops of whipped cream and chocolate curls.

Yields 20 to 25 servings.

Variation:

 For Strawberry Punch, substitute Strawberry Nestle Quick, omit the coffee, use vanilla strawberry ice cream. Garnish with whipped cream and strawberries.

 

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For locals, this recipe is in our church’s newest cookbook: Recipes to Remember – White Oak Church of the Brethren. The recipe is Theda Ebersole’s on Page 13

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It’s quickly becoming a favorite of the young ones as well. This is my brother Steve’s granddaughter, Molly.

 

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Oh, I didn’t get to tell you about last night’s picture, and why I was sitting on the floor. I guess it will have to wait until tomorrow night.

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