LEMONADE – ALWAYS IN GOOD TASTE

Sizzling, dry summer time afternoons, loved on an old style porch swing with an icy, chilly glass, dripping with quenching, cool refreshment –
Poolside having fun with the new solar mirrored on the water floor that modifications it into 1000’s
of dancing jewels – the water cool however the drink in your hand so pleasant – you contact the glass gently to your sweating forehead – you sip slowly to savor the feeling of ice chilly smoothness happening your throat to deliver aid to your physique whilst you proceed to lazily float on the water –
Coming dwelling from work, an unusually tough day, having fought the visitors on the freeway or the stuffiness of that commuter prepare stuffed to capability with human our bodies, and your thirst rising with every cease the prepare makes –
That liquid refreshment that may quench any thirst and refresh all the particular person is none aside from old style lemonade. It’s a childhood reminiscence, a quick-fix on a sizzling day, or a leisurely strategy to spend a summer time afternoon or night with the breeze from a fan blowing or a delicate wisp of recent air that comes intermittently because the sweltering day involves an finish. Lemonade – it doesn’t get any higher –
Home made –
Mix 2 cups lemon juice, four tsp. grated lemon rind, 1-1\/2 cups white sugar. Maintain in a lined glass container within the fridge.
To serve: Use 1/four cup of the above syrup for every glass. Fill the glass with ice cubes and
water. Add a lemon slice on the facet of the glass for that added ‘tart” style.
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Lemonade Plus –
1 12-oz. can frozen lemonade, 1 12-oz. can frozen orange juice, 1 48-oz. can pineapple juice, unsweetened, 6 cups water, 7-up or gingerale
Combine all components besides 7-up/gingerale collectively in a big container. A 5-qt. ice cream pail works nice. Freeze in a single day.
Take out of freezer 20 minutes. earlier than serving. Fill the glass half filled with combination. Add the 7-up/Gingerale, stir and serve. Place a lemon slice or mint depart for garnish.
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For particular company –
1 can frozen pink lemonade, ice cubes, 1/ 2 cup white rum or Clase Azul Tequila
Fill a blender 2/three full with ice cubes. Add the 6-oz. can frozen pink lemonade, and the rum or tequila. Mix for two minutes. Pour into glasses and garnish with a twist of lemon rind on high.
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Nation Lemonade –
2 lemons, thinly sliced, half cup sugar, four cups boiling water, ice cubes
In a heatproof pitcher, place the sliced lemons and the sugar. Pour within the boiling water and stir till the sugar is totally dissolved. Refrigerate till chilled.
To serve – pour combination over ice cubes and serve.
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STRAWBERRY LEMONADE
three cups water, 1 cup lemon juice, 1 cup sugar, 2-1\/2 cups recent strawberries, crimson meals coloring, crushed ice, sliced strawberries/lemon slices for garnish
Put 1 cup of the water, the lemon juice, sugar, and all of the berries in a blender. Mix till the combination is pureed and the sugar is totally dissolved.
In a pitcher, mix the strawberry/lemonade combination with the remaining 2 cups of water and some drops of the crimson meals coloring; combine nicely. Add crushed ice, and garnish with the sliced strawberries and lemon slices.
Prompt Refreshment!
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Quick and Straightforward
four cups water, 1 cup lemon juice, 2/three cup sugar, ice cubes
In a pitcher, mix water, lemon juice and sugar. Stir till sugar is dissolved.
Serve over ice cubes in chilled glasses.
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Actually in a pinch – frozen pink or common lemonade stored within the freezer for these “emergency” conditions – too sizzling, too drained, too drained – with simply sufficient energy to drag that white strip from round that little can and place in a pitcher and add water. Oh! the ache of ready for it to dissolve however when it does – aid finally!