Lemonade

We are going to make some lemonade from scratch.

Ingredients 

I bag of lemons

Sugar

Water

Stuff you will need 

Sauce pan

Whisk

Measuring cups 

Juice extractor 

Cutting board 

Sharp knife 

Ice

Serving container 

Directions

Wash your lemons.  Your water bath should have about a 1/4 cup of white vinegar. 

Cut your lemons across the "equator", not at end to end.  Reserve a lemon or two for garnish.

Using your juice extractor, give yourself a workout getting all the juices. 

You will mix 1 part juice to 4 parts water.

Add that juice/water to your serving container.

To make your simple syrup, add 2 parts sugar to 1 part water.

Add this to your sauce pan.

Heat to medium, whisk whisk whisk till the sugar is dissolved. 

Let the syrup cool before adding to your lemonade. 

If your lemonade is too tart, make more syrup. Just be aware, once the sweet syrup has been added, your can't remove it.

Make sure you have lots of ice in your container.  Serve with a slice of lemon on the side of the glass as garnish.

Or...

Get yourself a can of powdered lemonade mix and follow the directions.