L = Lemonade

Perfect Lemonade Recipe

Ingredients

• 1 cup sugar (can reduce to 3/4 cup)
• 1 cup water (for the simple syrup)
• 1 cup lemon juice
• 3 to 4 cups cold water (to dilute)

Method

1 Make simple syrup by heating the sugar and water in a small saucepan until the sugar is dissolved completely.
2 While the sugar is dissolving, use a juicer to extract the juice from 4 to 6 lemons, enough for one cup of juice.
3 Add the juice and the sugar water to a pitcher. Add 3 to 4 cups of cold water, more or less to the desired strength. Refrigerate 30 to 40 minutes. If the lemonade is a little sweet for your taste, add a little more straight lemon juice to it.
Serve with ice, sliced lemons.
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This is such a simple recipe, but it has so much importance. Just think of all of the people who drinks lemonade. Its a symbol of summer time. Some of my best memories of summer revolve around a cold glass of lemonade. My family, friends, and I sitting on the deck in lawn chairs.We are all talking and laughing and sipping sweet lemonade. All of our dogs are running in the yard. Jumping and chasing each other, barking at the sigh of birds in the trees. Or even just simply sitting out by the pool on a quiet day, sipping from a glass thats full with fresh lemonade. Listening to the peaceful sound of the breeze against the trees. This is when I am alone, but do not feel that lonely.  Also the memories of the barn during the summer. I remember how at the end of the day, when I was done with working and ridding, my trainer would offer me a crisp glass of lemonade. The taste of this drink is so refreshing it makes your taste buds jump for joy. Such a god beak from drinking plane, dull water all day. The taste of lemonade on a hot day that was filled with work is priceless. Getting to taste the sweet but also sour taste is like an award for working hard, even though you may not have wanted to. That simple glass of lemonade is saying that someone appreciates the work that you are doing. Yes, lemonade is such a simple recipe, but it has so much importance.