Melon Juice Cooler

== Description ==
Contributed by Catsrecipes Y-Group
* Source: Marlboro Country Cookbook
* Makes 16 to 20 servings.
== Ingredients ==
* 3 quarts chopped ripe melon (casaba, cantaloupe, honeydew, etc)
* 1½ cups pineapple-orange juice
* 1½ cups bottled sweetened lime juice from concentrate
* pinch of salt
* ½ to 1 cup orange or melon liqueur
* 2½ to 3 cups tequila, vodka, or rum, optional
* 2 liters lemon lime soda, chilled
* ice
* lemon and lime slices
== Directions ==
# Put chopped melon into a large bowl.
# Combine pineapple orange juice, lime juice and salt and pour it over chopped melon.
# Let stand for two hours or refrigerate overnight.
# Mash or crush in small batches using a potato masher or blender.
# Press mashed fruit through a food mill or sieve to remove stringy pulp.
# There should be 9 to 11 cups juice.
# Add orange liqueur to juice and chill.
# To serve, pour juice into large serving bowl; add liquor if desired.
# Pour in chilled soda.
# Float ice and sliced fruit.
# Serve at once.
=== Juice slush ===
# Put 2 cups chilled juice and 10 to 12 ice cubes into a blender; blend until ice is crushed.
# Pour into 4 glasses (1 cup each) and top off with chilled soda.
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