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Foley Family Irish Corned Beef Dip

The way you class up a recipe calling for canned corned beef is to serve it in a hollowed-out bread round that you buy at the best bakery in your neightbourhood - preferably, the bread should be rye, pumpernickel or sourdough.

2 loaves unsliced bread
1 1/3 cup sour cream
1 1/2 cup mayonnaise
2 tsp. dried minced onion
1 can corned beef
1/2 tsp. horseradish

Combine all ingredients excpet bread cubes, mashing with fork to create even consistency. Spoon into hollowed-out bread round. Serve with cut up chunks of the second loaf of bread.
 

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Red Roosters

A Christmassy cocktail that will make your guests crow with delight. Just remember to make it the night before your party so that the juice mixture has time to freeze. And remind guests that this is mighty potent. Supposedly makes ten servings. As if?

1/2 cup granulated sugar
1/2 cup water
1 cup frozen lemon juice concentrate
1 cup forzen orange juice concentrate
2 cups cranberry juice
2 cups vodka
4 cups ginger ale

Bring together the sugar and water to boil in saucepan over low heat, stiring until sugar dissolves. Add all juices and vodka and stir to blend. Freeze mixture in pitcher or freezer safe container. One hour before serving time, add ginger ale to pitcher. As mixture thaws, break into sluch with long spoon.

 

 
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