At 13/14 they are clearly feeling at that inbetweeny age when they're not children any more, and not adults yet either.
Don't want to appear foolish, don't want to miss out.
Not at all sure what we want to do.........
Don't want to play party games, very happy to play with pizza dough. .....
Don't want to decorate the house, but very happy to decorate cookies - ours weren't quite as neat as these
Want to have grown up party food, but not old enough for grown up party drinks, so we started thinking mocktails. Cocktails but without the alcohol. Miss K then proceeded to get carried away with smoothie recipes requiring weird and unusual ingredients (ok so maybe papaya isn't "that" weird, but my shop of choice doesn't stock them.....)
Anyway we were rescued from our dilemma by the offer of a bottle of Shloer berry punch
We served it with slices of orange and lemon, and ice and put it in fancy wine glasses, and the girls thought it was fantastic. I mean what's not to like really -
pink, fizzy, sweet, looks like a cocktail - recipe for a happy teenager really!
as for the parental view, well I personally found it too sweet *, but I remember drinking it when I was a teenager (it only came in two flavours then - a "white" and a "red") and it used to be such a treat.
*9.9g sugar in 100ml drink = 2 1/2 teaspoons of sugar.... but then again there's no caffeine in it, and it's a definite party time drink not an everyday kind of drink, so I can forgive it the sugar levels, and will no doubt be convinced to buy some more for her birthday party.
what's your favourite party drink ? cocktails or mocktails? or do you have a favourite drink from your childhood? I'd love to know.
just for the record, I wasn't paid to write this post, but we did receive a free bottle for review.
My Dad used to rustle up a mean Shirley Temple - grenadine, ginger ale and a maraschino cherry. The dizzy heights of sophistication.
ReplyDeleteI remember it well. It's what we had before we were legally allowed to drink Martini and Lemonade! J :-)
ReplyDeleteMy friend Elizabeth Shaw used to serve unset jelly mixed with lemonade at her birthday parties. I thought it was the height of glamour. My drink of choice now is a cuupa or glass of white. Well, you can't drink champagne every day can you??
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Mocktails are fabulous for those who are too young for the hard stuff and adults who don't enjoy alcohol. My 19 year old daughter hates alcohol so I've found a non alcoholic champagne which she loves and mixed drinks with non alcoholic bases. Sounds like your daughter and friends had fun.
ReplyDeleteAnne xx
I always associate shloer with a wedding I went to years ago. A Methodist friend of mine (tee total family) married an Irish man, who was very definitely not tee total. Every half an hour or so the Irish contingency got up to go the bar. I was a bridesmaid, plus my parents were there so I couldn't go and join them!
ReplyDeleteNo cocktails here, champagne or wine does the job!
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Ooooh, I bet our children would love this too! That inbetweeny age is hard, isn't it?
ReplyDeleteI came over to your blog, after seeing the GORGEOUS sounding recipe you posted as a comment on Belinda's Sarah Raven post. One word: yummy! Anyway, I'm so glad I id because your blog is lovely! I've subscribed!
Sarahx
The early teens aren't the easiest to please, but they do enjoy some fun stuff :)
ReplyDeleteI loved fizzy sarsaparilla. My Dad is from Lancashire and sees it as an everyday drink but growing up in Somerset where it wasn't popular it seemed a much cooler thing to drink than coca cola!
Yes, that inbetweeny age is a challenge! I have two falling within the range right now, once we're through I'll be an expert for sure. In the meantime, any type of drink containing alcohol will do ;)
ReplyDeleteJanine x
We used to have shloer for special meals when we were growing up, called it 'children's wine'! My own children still think it's pretty exciting now!
ReplyDeleteWe do buy Shloer occasionally - very occasionally - for a Sunday meal perhaps. But I don't remember having anything other than milk or water when I was younger - perhaps because we were uber-skint, or perhaps because we had to carry everything back from the shops.
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