Old Fashioned Front Porch Lemonade
From krumkake 15 years ago
- - to make
- Serves 6
My mother used to make this back in the ‘70s…we didn’t have air-conditioning to cool us off, and a big tall glass of this, poured over a mountain of ice was a sure-cure for the heat. It’s so easy to buy the prepared stuff now, but for something really special sometime, make your own “home-brewed” lemonade and see if you don’t agree it’s so much better than the powdered mixes, or the canned or refrigerated pre-made mixes from the store. Read more If you’re as old as me (older than dirt), it might bring back some great childhood memories, too! See less
Ingredients
- 1½ white sugar shopping list
- ½ cup boiling water shopping list
- 1½ cups fresh squeezed lemon juice (about 8 to 10 lemons, depending on size and juiciness) shopping list
- 4½ cups ice cold water shopping list
- lemon slices shopping list
- orange slices shopping list
- lots of ice cubes shopping list
How to make it
- To make the base, place sugar in a heatproof pitcher or bowl, and pour boiling water and lemon juice over it.
- Stir vigorously until sugar dissolves.
- Cover and store in refrigerator until ready to serve.
- To serve, add the ice cold water and lemon and orange slices.
- Pour lemonade over glasses filled with ice cubes.
- Makes about 7 cups of lemonade, enough to serve 6 to 8 people, depending on glass size and how much ice is in the glass.
- NOTE: for old-fashioned soda fountain-style lemonade, substitute well-chilled lemon-lime soda for the 4½ cups water when ready to serve (7-up, Sprite, etc – I’ve even used orange soda and that’s a good flavor, too...create your own flavor with fruit juices or other soda flavors in place of the ice cold water).
The Rating
Reviewed by 10 people-
Sounds so refreshing, sure will be great for these hot summer days.
taylorsue82
in Wapakoneta loved it
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This sounds so good Krumkake. Thank you so much for posting.
Chichi
chihuahua
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Love it, krum! :)
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