The word punch means five, originating from the Hindustani word panch. Punch Day sadly isn’t an excuse to drink five glasses of punch; rather, it celebrates the traditional punch base recipe of five key ingredients, which most punches still use – alcohol (usually spirits), lemon (or other fruits), sugar, water, and tea (or other spices, e.g. cinnamon). I can't remember the last time I had punch. I'll maybe punch someone annoying instead to celebrate.
That recipe is pretty vague. I think it translates as - use plenty of hard liquor and add sweet things until everyone agrees it’s nice, and potent. I have been unsuspectedly undone by sweet tasting punches quite a few times
The perfect complEment to Punch, and one of the people most likely to land one on their husband is ............
I do VERY often hear the sound of passing tumbleweed when I've let a bit of my parallel universe seep into this one .... so no shame!
