If you've never made it, oh man - it's easy! Make a simple syrup...
1:1: sugar, water, lemon juice... you'll need a bit more lemon juice
if you're using Meyer Lemons. I used one cup of each and four
gigantic strawberries (that were whizzed in the blender), but I should
have used slightly less sugar or tarter lemons (which would have been
easier) and I would use one less strawberry because I wanted it to be
a lighter pink. Over all - it was a home run. It's on my "do it
again" list.

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Food is an important part of a balanced diet.

"sf" > wrote in message
...
>
> If you've never made it, oh man - it's easy! Make a simple syrup...
> 1:1: sugar, water, lemon juice... you'll need a bit more lemon juice
> if you're using Meyer Lemons. I used one cup of each and four
> gigantic strawberries (that were whizzed in the blender), but I should
> have used slightly less sugar or tarter lemons (which would have been
> easier) and I would use one less strawberry because I wanted it to be
> a lighter pink. Over all - it was a home run. It's on my "do it
> again" list.

I prefer mine not to be sweet. Just the juice, water and berries muddled
in.

On Wed, 30 May 2012 00:52:53 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> wrote:

>
> "sf" > wrote in message
> ...
> >
> > If you've never made it, oh man - it's easy! Make a simple syrup...
> > 1:1: sugar, water, lemon juice... you'll need a bit more lemon juice
> > if you're using Meyer Lemons. I used one cup of each and four
> > gigantic strawberries (that were whizzed in the blender), but I should
> > have used slightly less sugar or tarter lemons (which would have been
> > easier) and I would use one less strawberry because I wanted it to be
> > a lighter pink. Over all - it was a home run. It's on my "do it
> > again" list.
>
> I prefer mine not to be sweet. Just the juice, water and berries muddled
> in.
>
Goody for you. That's the beauty of making your own.

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Food is an important part of a balanced diet.

"sf" > wrote in message
...
> On Wed, 30 May 2012 00:52:53 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> > wrote:
>
>>
>> "sf" > wrote in message
>> ...
>> >
>> > If you've never made it, oh man - it's easy! Make a simple syrup...
>> > 1:1: sugar, water, lemon juice... you'll need a bit more lemon juice
>> > if you're using Meyer Lemons. I used one cup of each and four
>> > gigantic strawberries (that were whizzed in the blender), but I should
>> > have used slightly less sugar or tarter lemons (which would have been
>> > easier) and I would use one less strawberry because I wanted it to be
>> > a lighter pink. Over all - it was a home run. It's on my "do it
>> > again" list.
>>
>> I prefer mine not to be sweet. Just the juice, water and berries muddled
>> in.
>>
> Goody for you. That's the beauty of making your own.
>
> --
> Food is an important part of a balanced diet.

And nobody has to be taken to the ER with revulsions.

Paul

On 5/30/2012 2:47 AM, sf wrote:
>
> If you've never made it, oh man - it's easy! Make a simple syrup...
> 1:1: sugar, water, lemon juice... you'll need a bit more lemon juice
> if you're using Meyer Lemons. I used one cup of each and four
> gigantic strawberries (that were whizzed in the blender), but I should
> have used slightly less sugar or tarter lemons (which would have been
> easier) and I would use one less strawberry because I wanted it to be
> a lighter pink. Over all - it was a home run. It's on my "do it
> again" list.
>
I might try this, thanks. Sounds refreshing. I blendered some
strawberries and raspberries to make some gelato or granita. They're
combined and frozen now.

On Wed, 30 May 2012 17:36:22 -0400, Cheryl >
wrote:

> On 5/30/2012 2:47 AM, sf wrote:
> >
> > If you've never made it, oh man - it's easy! Make a simple syrup...
> > 1:1: sugar, water, lemon juice... you'll need a bit more lemon juice
> > if you're using Meyer Lemons. I used one cup of each and four
> > gigantic strawberries (that were whizzed in the blender), but I should
> > have used slightly less sugar or tarter lemons (which would have been
> > easier) and I would use one less strawberry because I wanted it to be
> > a lighter pink. Over all - it was a home run. It's on my "do it
> > again" list.
> >
> I might try this, thanks. Sounds refreshing. I blendered some
> strawberries and raspberries to make some gelato or granita. They're
> combined and frozen now.

It was excellent! Add 4 cups of water to the base to serve. I used
soda water but it wasn't as fizzy as I'd envisioned it would be so
don't waste your money.

One of the recipes I looked at said you could reduce the sugar to 3/4
cup (to 1 cup water to make the simple syrup) and I will do that next
time because Meyer lemons aren't as sour as the regular ones are.
This wasn't too sweet by any stretch of the imagination, but I'd like
a little more tartness to it.

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Food is an important part of a balanced diet.