A.Punch comes from India, where it was a drink with 5 ingredients - arrack, sugar, lemon, water & tea. 'Punch' comes from 'panch', meaning '5' in Hindi.
Q.Please can you give me a cure for the hiccups that actually works? I'm trying to get to sleep and i an failing because of the hiccups, hence i text you, because i know that you will come up with a brilliant answer like you have done so many other times :-)
A.To stop hiccups, drink through a straw while covering your ears with your hands. The pressure change from swallowing with covered ears stops the reflex.
Q.What is in sangria
A.Sangria is a punch made with red wine, fruit juice, soda water and sometimes brandy. If you make it with white wine instead, it becomes a white sangria.
Q.Why does drinking an alcoholic drink through a straw make the drink stroner?
A.You get drunker when drinking through a straw as alcohol vapour is created by the vacuum in the straw. It's then immediately absorbed via the nose.
Q.Whats in a cosmo cocktail
A.Cosmopolitan: 2 parts (p) vodka, 1p triple sec/Cointreau, 0.5p lime juice & 1p cranberry juice. Shake & pour into a martini glass. Garnish - orange zest.
Q.What's the recipe for mojitos
A.Mojito: Muddle 6 mint leaves, sugar (to taste) & 1/2 lime (wedges) together. Add 60ml rum & ice. Top with sparkling water & splash of Angostura bitters.