Red Wine Sangria

2 large Peaches washed and sliced
Strawberries sliced
1/4 cup granulated white sugar
1/4 cup Triple Sec
1 (750 ml.) bottle inexpensive, fruity, medium-bodied red wine, chilled

Now mind you, I was making this for a party so I tripled the ingredients.

Add peaches, strawberries and sugar to large pitcher; mash gently with wooden spoon until fruit releases some juice, but is not totally crushed, and sugar dissolves, about 1 minute.

Stir in Triple Sec and wine.

Refrigerate for at least 2 hours or even better, overnight.

  Before serving, add cubes and stir briskly to distribute settled fruit.

Whopatooli

1 bottle of Rum
1 bottle of Vodka
1 package of Fruit Punch Kool-aid (the premixed kind)
2 liters of Sprite
2 liters of Raspberry Ginger Ale
100 slices of mixed fruit
6 cans of beer optional

Cut pieces of fruit (strawberries, apples, pears, pineapple, grapes, watermelon, peaches, banana, kiwi, anything else) and set aside.

Mix rum, vodka, kool-aid, sprite, ginger ale in a large container (I bought a tote from Target after Halloween). Add pieces of fruit and let soak overnight with the cover on.

Add beer if you want to just before serving as this increases the alcohol content but if added earlier will be "stale" and taste nasty.

Scoop or pour Whopatooli into a punch bowl and add some fruit and ice cubes.

Watch out as the fruit has soaked up a ton of the alcohol... don't give these to the kiddies! I made this for a party that we threw for our birthdays. It was a hit!