Strawberry Punch

Reprinted from IT’S THE BERRIES: EXOTIC AND COMMON RECIPES by Anton and Dooley, Garden Way Publishing, Pownal, VT 05261.

4 cups strawberries (1 liter)
3 cups orange juice (750 ml)
1 quart ginger ale, chilled (1 liter)
1 12-ounce can frozen pineapple juice, diluted (400 ml)

Mix well and serve in a punch bowl.

TO MAKE A PUNCH ICE RING
Take a circle mold with a hole in the center. Fill to about one inch with a fruit juice of your choice. Put a mixture of berries and mint leaves in the juice. Freeze. Add water to fill mold. Freeze until solid. To unmold, quickly dip in hot water. Turn into punch bowl.