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

 * 1) Put chopped melon into a large bowl.
 * 2) Combine pineapple orange juice, lime juice and salt and pour it over chopped melon.
 * 3) Let stand for two hours or refrigerate overnight.
 * 4) Mash or crush in small batches using a potato masher or blender.
 * 5) Press mashed fruit through a food mill or sieve to remove stringy pulp.
 * 6) There should be 9 to 11 cups juice.
 * 7) Add orange liqueur to juice and chill.
 * 8) To serve, pour juice into large serving bowl; add liquor if desired.
 * 9) Pour in chilled soda.
 * 10) Float ice and sliced fruit.
 * 11) Serve at once.

Juice slush

 * 1) Put 2 cups chilled juice and 10 to 12 ice cubes into a blender; blend until ice is crushed.
 * 2) Pour into 4 glasses (1 cup each) and top off with chilled soda.