Bourbon Slush

Thanksgiving is around the corner.  There are all sorts of tasty dishes that come to mind, but first, and foremost in my swirling little brain is Bourbon Slush.    It just wouldn't be Thanksgiving in my family without the potent potable!  I guess it's something my Mom started, maybe in an effort to get through the holiday.  You know, a little slush here, a little slush there, in between stuffing the bird and baking the pies.  Add in a little family drama, and....yeah...I'm sure it made Thanksgiving a little less stressful.   I'm not much of a liquor drinker...regurgitated enough of that in college...but at Thanksgiving I do become a bourbon lush from Mom's Bourbon Slush.

 Bourbon Slush

32. oz bourbon

33oz. club soda

2 cans frozen lemonade

1 can frozen orange juice

          Stir ingredients together in bowl (duh). 
Freeze overnight, stirring every once in a while.

Now you don't have to get up in the middle of the night to stir it, but do give it a good stir before bed and again when you wake up.  You're wanting a slushy consistency.  Not a frozen block.

Now I might add that you'll want to keep a little extra club soda on hand.  This can be a little strong for some folks.  You may want to dilute it down a bit.  Now my dad and I--we can take it--no need for extra club soda.  Being Kentuckians, we can handle our bourbon......well....except for that one year....

Personally, I think Mom tipped a little more than 32oz of bourbon from the bottle.  She did buy the economy sized bottle.  Maybe it was just an exceptionally good batch.  I don't know.  I do know that I got my workout in running up and down the stairs, to the deep freeze, to refill our slushes.  I also know, and am willing to admit, that well before dinner I was certifiably drunk.  Dear old dad, too, whether he'd admit it or not.  I was then a worthless helper to my poor mother, slaving over the holiday meal.  Herself, having barely a swallow of bourbon slush because her greedy husband and daughter drank it all.  Fortunately, I was in too much of a stupor to fully appreciate her wrath.  I was having me a good time--drinking slush with my daddy.

So....just beware...it's potent, but oh so good!  Maybe you'll want to give it a try and make it your next Thanksgiving tradition, like it is in my family.  Turkey and Bourbon...only a Kentucky girl.....

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