| MORMON PUNCH |
Subject: MORMON PUNCH by GRIS on 2014/10/6 16:44:22 FEELING LITERARY TODAY. LONG AGO AND FAR AWAY, IN A WORLD THAT IS NO MORE, A SQUADRON OF THE 2D ARMORED CALVARY REGIMENT CHANCED TO HAVE A SIZABLE MINORITY OF MORMON OFFICERS. COMMON COURTESY THEREFORE REQUIRED TWO PUNCH BOWLS AT SQUADRON SOCAL FUNCTIONS TO ACCOMMODATE THEIR AVERSION TO ALCOHOL. TWO SECOND LIEUTENANTS, IN KEEPING WITH THE ANCIENT TROUBLE MAKING TRADITION OF CORONETS OF HORSE, DECIDED TO ADDRESS THIS SITUATION. AT THE NEXT PARTY THE MORMON PUNCH BOWL WAS FILLED WITH A TOTALLY INNOXIOUS TASTING BUT QUITE POTENT MIXTURE WHICH INCLUDED, AS I RECALL, LIME SHERBET AND BLACKBERRY BRANDY AS MAIN INGREDIENTS. A GOOD TIME WAS HAD BY ALL. THE MORMONS TALKED FOR WEEKS ABOUT WHAT A GREAT TIME THEY HAD AND HOW MUCH SUPERIOR IT WAS TO PREVIOUS SQUADRON SOCIAL FUNCTIONS. IN US ARMY KASERNES IN GERMANY GOSSIP WAS SUPREME, AND OF COURSE, THE SECRET HAD TO LEAK OUT. THERE WAS CONSIDERABLE GRUMPING ON ONE HAND AND SNICKERING ON THE OTHER. AND FOR THOSE MAKING UNFOUNDED ASSUMPTIONS, I SERVED IN THE 11TH ACR, NEVER IN THE 2D :-) DARLING WIFE MUST STILL HAVE THE RECIPE TUCKED AWAY SOMEPLACE. |
