Aunt Caroline's Dixieland Recipes/Beverages/Swanee Fruit Punch

by Emma McKinney

SWANEE FRUIT PUNCH

Two cups of sugar,
One cup of water,
One cup of tea,
One pint of strawberry syrup,
Juice of ten lemons,
Juice of six oranges,
Two cans of grated pineapple,
One large bottle of Maraschino cherries.

Make syrup by boiling sugar and water together for ten minutes. Add the tea, fruit juices, pineapple, and strawberry syrup. Let stand thirty minutes, strain and add enough iced water to make one or one and one-half gallons of liquid. Turn into large punch bowl over a piece of ice and lastly add cherries. This quantity will serve about ten people.