Fourth of July and Memorial Day Recipes




Beverage Recipes

Picnic Tea

10 cups water
6 standard-size tea bags
1 cinnamon stick
1 cup granulated sugar
3/4 cup frozen orange juice concentrate, thawed
3/4 cup frozen lemonade concentrate, thawed
Ice cubes
10 lemon slices
10 fresh mint sprigs

Bring 5 cups water to a boil in medium saucepan. Remove from heat. Add tea bags and cinnamon stick to water; let stand 5 minutes. Remove tea bags. Add sugar and stir to dissolve. Stir in orange juice and lemonade concentrates. Pour tea mixture into pitcher. Add remaining 5 cups water and stir well. Chill until cold, about 4 hours. Discard cinnamon stick.

Fill 10 glasses with ice. Pour tea punch over. Garnish each glass with one lemon slice and one mint sprig and serve.

Yield: 10 servings