Newfie Slush

Anyone who has been to just about any house of a Newfoundlander over the holidays has been offered a glass of Slush.  It's a tradition!  Slush is a frozen low alcoholic drink made up of lots of fruit juices.  This year I made up 2 batches, one with alcohol and one without.  What I didn't realize was how comforting Slush is when you're feeling ill.  Soothing on the throat and stomach, thirst quenching for that nasty dehydration that comes from either pukin or a constant runny noise and breathing through your mouth... you get the idea. I'm putting on another batch of the non-alcoholic version tomorrow (you can always add a bit of booze when you make up a glass if you're feeling festive and not at death's door) to have on hand as we swing full on into cold season around here.

Newfie Slush
Makes 2 good size ice cream containers

Ingredients:

• 1 can frozen unsweetened orange juice
• 1 can frozen unsweetened pineapple juice
• 1 can frozen lemonade
• 1 cup sugar ( you can add a little less if you don't like it too sweet)
• 6 cups water
• 1 pint or 375ml vodka (optional)
• lemon lime pop, ginger ale or club soda to serve it with it

Instructions:

1. Mix everything from orange juice to vodka together and pour into buckets
2. Freeze 24 hours.  If you aren't using alcohol be sure to stir up the freezing mix with a large fork several times during the first 6 hours or so.  Otherwise you'll end up with one big slush ice cube. 
3. Scoop out enough frozen slush to almost fill a glass.
4. Top with pop or soda and mix.
5. Enjoy!