Lemons and Lemonade

Many thanks to Aussie Therese for the "Making Lemonade" Award! You are so sweet, Therese!

This one is all about attitude; you know ~ taking lemons and making lemonade. This award, I have to admit, especially pleases me, because I'm very proud of the lemonade we make around here. And I won't even talk about the lemons rolling around our ankles, because that would surely counteract the sugar I keep piling in. &:o)

I'm pleased to pass this award along to some bloggers that always brighten my day with their unique and positive takes on life!

Marie and Ginny at View From the Pews
Cathy at A Bit of the Blarney

Bia at La Dolce Vita

Suzy at Sailing by Starlight

Laura at Catholic Teacher Musing

Terrie at Mama of Many
Aubrey at Prosapia Vita

Mighty Mom over at My Wonderful Life

Just For Fun

The History of Lemonade

(From here)

Lemonade recipes are among the earliest beverage recipes. History records that honey-sweetened lemonade was sold by licensed vendors on the streets of Paris as early as 1676, and it became a favorite beverage throughout Europe.In Canada and the U.S. lemonade was the most popular refreshment in the early 1800s. Not only was lemonade served in homes, but it was the preferred refreshment at sports events, church picnics, and other public gatherings.

In 1838, a French perfume dealer by the name of Eugene Roussel operated a small shop in Philadelphia and sold soda water as a means of extending his trade. Seeking a way to improve the taste of the beverage, he created carbonated lemonade by dissolving sugar in water flavored with lemon juice and adding it to soda water.

Roussel is credited with being the first to discover that sweetened fruit flavorings could only be added to carbonated water as concentrated syrups during bottling to avoid lessening the carbonation and to avoid unwanted fermentation, as the boiling of the syrup killed any wild yeast spores or bacteria present in the fruit juice. Roussel's "lemon soda" became the first fruit-flavored soft drink to be bottled and sold in North America.

Below are several vintage lemonade recipes taken from the days of the old-time pharmacy soda fountain. Some lemonades are made in the basic style while others are fancier, calling for flavored fountain syrups and carbonated water (soda water). You are sure to find a recipe for old-fashioned lemonade that perfectly suits your taste.

Old-Fashioned Lemonade Recipes

These vintage lemonade recipes are taken from "The Dispenser's Formulary or Soda Water Guide" compiled by the editorial staff of The Soda Fountain, published by D. O. Haynes & Co., New York, in 1915.Carbonated water (soda water) can be found in the soft drink section of most food stores.

Old-Fashioned Lemonade

If you're looking for the best recipe for fresh squeezed lemonade, this is it.

Old-fashioned lemonade is still a great favorite with many individuals. To make it at the fountain counter place 2 tablespoonfuls of powdered sugar in a 12-ounce glass one-half full of crushed ice. Now cut a lemon in two, slice each section in two or three pieces, add the juice of the lemon and fill the glass with plain ice-cold water. Shake throughly, pour from shaker into glass, and serve with straws. It should be observed that some patrons object to a too great abundance of ice.

Soda Lemonade

Juice of 1 lemon, 1 tablespoonful powdered sugar, 4 ounces soda water (seltzer water), 2 ounces shaved ice. Stir vigorously in a shaker with a spoon, strain into a 12-ounce glass, fill the glass with seltzer (soda) water and stir with a spoon.

(The following two are not vintage)

Lemonade Punch
20 oz frozen raspberry in syrup

12 oz frozen lemonade concentrate

46 oz pineapple juice

64 oz chilled 7-up or Sprite

Place raspberries and lemonade in blender, process till smooth. Strain into punch bowl. Discard seeds. Stir in pineapple juice. Just before serving, add soda.

Grown-up's Party Frozen Lemonade
Frozen lemonade

1 cup vodka
6 cups ice
8 strawberries
1 can frozen lemonade
Throw it all in the blender, mix and enjoy. Serves: 4

** I don't know about you, but all this talk about lemonade has made me really homesick for summer! My mouth is watering for a glass of frosty lemonade in the shade of our back yard cottonwood tree, with clothes hanging on the line and little ones running through the sprinkler...

How many more days do we have?