Witchy Recipes

2 cups boiling water
1 cup honey
4 cups cranberry juice
2 cups orange juice
1 cup lemon juice
1 quart ginger ale
Ice cubes

Combine boiling water and honey, stirring to dissolve. Chill. In large punch bowl, combine cranberry, orange and lemon juices. Stir in honey mixture. Just before serving, add ginger ale and ice cubes. Garnish with strawberries.

There is an old Swedish saying, “Midsummer night is not long but it sets many cradles rocking.” In Alaska, where the summer nights are also long, 72% of babies are conceived between May and September. Perhaps it is a carry-over from summer solstice celebrations that June is still a popular month to get married. As the character Jose Ferrer plays in Woody Allen’s delightful film A Midsummer Night’s Sex Comedy concludes, “These woods are enchanted! Filled with the lucky men and women of passion…”

Serving size: 48 balls
Ingredients:
1 cup raisins
1 cup figs
1 cup dates
1 teaspoon lemon juice
1 cup potato chips or pretzels, crushed

Directions:
Grind together raisins, figs and dates. Add lemon to potato chip crumbs. Roll one rounded teaspoon of fruit mixture into a ball. Roll ball in potato chip crumbs until coated. Repeat with the remaining fruit mixture. Serve right away or store in airtight container.