Aunt Ruth'S Society Punch - cooking recipe

Ingredients

3 c. sugar
4 c. water
4 c. drained pineapple juice
juice from 8 oranges
4 c. ice water
4 oranges, sliced very thin (do not remove rind)
2 c. crushed or grated pineapple
1/2 c. maraschino cherries

Preparation

Mix sugar and 4 cups water.
Boil 5 minutes.
Chill, then add drained pineapple syrup, juice from oranges and 4 cups ice water. Add sliced oranges.
Add crushed or grated pineapple from which syrup has been drained.
Add maraschino cherries.
Pour over block of ice in a punch bowl. This will serve 25 persons.