{"id":2491,"date":"2012-11-28T17:00:32","date_gmt":"2012-11-28T23:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/missalaneyus.com\/?p=2491"},"modified":"2014-08-03T14:59:41","modified_gmt":"2014-08-03T19:59:41","slug":"drink-be-merry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.missalaneyus.com\/wordpress4\/2012\/11\/drink-be-merry\/","title":{"rendered":"Drink &#038; Be Merry"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We had some friends over to watch football and eat an unhealthy amount of queso. I&#8217;ve been wanting to try a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rachaelraymag.com\/recipe\/apple-cider\/\" target=\"_blank\">mulled apple cider recipe <\/a>I found in the October issue of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rachaelraymag.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Every Day with Rachael Ray<\/em><\/a> for a while now\u00a0and thought this would be a good excuse.<\/p>\n<p>Our largest pot was occupied with chili, so I threw the ingredients into the slow cooker instead. I started the mixture on high an hour before the party and then, turned it down to warm as guests started to arrive.<\/p>\n<p>It was really delicious. Serving the alcohol on the side allows guests to mix their own drink and keeps it kid-friendly, perfect for holiday get togethers. Something tells me this will be popping up a lot around our house over the next few weeks. You should try it at your house too. <!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>Mulled Apple Cider via <em>Every Day with Rachael Ray<\/em> Magazine\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Makes about 10 cups<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Ingredients<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1\/2 galloon fresh apple cider<\/p>\n<p>2 cinnamon sticks<\/p>\n<p>6 whole cloves<\/p>\n<p>1\/4 tsp. freshly grated nutmeg<\/p>\n<p>1 piece lemon peel<\/p>\n<p>10 oz. (1 1\/4 c.) calvados (optional)<\/p>\n<p>1. In a crockpot\u00a0or large saucepan, combine all of the ingredients except for the calvados. If cooking on the stovetop, bring to a simmer and then lower the heat and let warm, without boiling, for 15 minutes.\u00a0\u00a0For the crockpot method, heat over high heat for an hour and then, turn to warm.<\/p>\n<p>To serve, pour into mugs and let guests add their own calvados. If you can&#8217;t find calvados (it&#8217;s usually in the brandy section), whiskey also works well.<\/p>\n<a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-share synved-social-size-24 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-facebook nolightbox\" data-provider=\"facebook\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Share on Facebook\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.missalaneyus.com%2Fwordpress4&#038;t=Drink%20%26%20Be%20Merry&#038;s=100&#038;p&#091;url&#093;=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.missalaneyus.com%2Fwordpress4&#038;p&#091;images&#093;&#091;0&#093;=&#038;p&#091;title&#093;=Drink%20%26%20Be%20Merry\" style=\"font-size: 0px;width:24px;height:24px;margin:0;margin-bottom:5px;margin-right:5px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Facebook\" title=\"Share on Facebook\" class=\"synved-share-image synved-social-image synved-social-image-share\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" style=\"display: inline;width:24px;height:24px;margin: 0;padding: 0;border: none;box-shadow: none\" src=\"https:\/\/www.missalaneyus.com\/wordpress4\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-media-feather\/synved-social\/image\/social\/regular\/48x48\/facebook.png\" \/><\/a><a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-share synved-social-size-24 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-twitter nolightbox\" data-provider=\"twitter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Share on Twitter\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.missalaneyus.com%2Fwordpress4&#038;text=Missalaneyus%3A\" style=\"font-size: 0px;width:24px;height:24px;margin:0;margin-bottom:5px;margin-right:5px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"twitter\" title=\"Share on Twitter\" class=\"synved-share-image synved-social-image synved-social-image-share\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" style=\"display: inline;width:24px;height:24px;margin: 0;padding: 0;border: none;box-shadow: none\" src=\"https:\/\/www.missalaneyus.com\/wordpress4\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-media-feather\/synved-social\/image\/social\/regular\/48x48\/twitter.png\" \/><\/a><a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-share synved-social-size-24 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-pinterest nolightbox\" data-provider=\"pinterest\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Pin it with Pinterest\" href=\"https:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.missalaneyus.com%2Fwordpress4&#038;media=&#038;description=Drink%20%26%20Be%20Merry\" style=\"font-size: 0px;width:24px;height:24px;margin:0;margin-bottom:5px;margin-right:5px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"pinterest\" title=\"Pin it with Pinterest\" class=\"synved-share-image synved-social-image synved-social-image-share\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" style=\"display: inline;width:24px;height:24px;margin: 0;padding: 0;border: none;box-shadow: none\" src=\"https:\/\/www.missalaneyus.com\/wordpress4\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-media-feather\/synved-social\/image\/social\/regular\/48x48\/pinterest.png\" \/><\/a><a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-share synved-social-size-24 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-mail nolightbox\" data-provider=\"mail\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Share by email\" href=\"mailto:?subject=Drink%20%26%20Be%20Merry&#038;body=Missalaneyus%3A:%20https%3A%2F%2Fwww.missalaneyus.com%2Fwordpress4\" style=\"font-size: 0px;width:24px;height:24px;margin:0;margin-bottom:5px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"mail\" title=\"Share by email\" class=\"synved-share-image synved-social-image synved-social-image-share\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" style=\"display: inline;width:24px;height:24px;margin: 0;padding: 0;border: none;box-shadow: none\" src=\"https:\/\/www.missalaneyus.com\/wordpress4\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-media-feather\/synved-social\/image\/social\/regular\/48x48\/mail.png\" \/><\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We had some friends over to watch football and eat an unhealthy amount of queso. I&#8217;ve been wanting to try a mulled apple cider recipe I found in the October issue of Every Day with Rachael Ray for a while now\u00a0and thought this would be a good excuse. Our largest pot was occupied with chili, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[790],"tags":[42,78,116,159,170,377,436,464,534],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Drink &amp; Be Merry - MISSALANEYUS<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.missalaneyus.com\/wordpress4\/2012\/11\/drink-be-merry\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Drink &amp; Be Merry - MISSALANEYUS\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"We had some friends over to watch football and eat an unhealthy amount of queso. 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