Recipe: Garnishes for Drinks

Garnishes for Drinks
recipelink.com Chat Room Recipe Swap - 2001-08-27
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FOR FRUIT AND MILK DRINKS
- Mint leaves
- Lemon or lime slices
- Orange slices
- Maraschino cherries; on toothpick
- Whipped cream
- Candy canes
- Pineapple chunks; on toothpicks with cherries Strawberries, fresh; on toothpick
- Chocolate; shavings or curls
- Coconut; shredded
- Ice cubes with frozen fruit inside or chunks of fruit dipped in lemon juice & frozen

FOR VEGETABLE DRINKS
- Parsley
- Watercress
- Celery; sticks
- Carrot; sticks or curls
- Lemon or lime spirals
- Scallions
- Chives; chopped
- Paprika
- Pepper; freshly ground
- Olives, black or green on toothpicks
- Radish; spirals

FOR COFFEES
- Cinnamon sticks
- Whipped cream; topped with cinnamon or shaved chocolate

FROSTING GLASSES

To frost glasses: Dip glasses into water, and while still dripping wet, place them in the freezer of the refrigerator. Leave them at least 2 or 3 hours.

Sugar Frosted Glasses (for fruit drinks): Moisten top of glass and rim area with a wedge of lemon, lime or orange. Just rub it along the glass edge, then dip in superfine sugar & place in freezer for a few hours. Moistener could be grenadine syrup.

Salt Frosted Glasses (for vegetable drinks): Use salt along the rim area.