LEMONADE - ALWAYS IN GOOD TASTE

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For special guests - 1 can frozen pink lemonade, ice cubes, 1/ 2 cup white rum or tequila Fill a blender 2/3 full with ice cubes. Addrepparttar 6-oz. can frozen pink lemonade, andrepparttar 111581 rum or tequila. Blend for 2 mins. Pour into glasses and garnish with a twist of lemon rind on top. ********************* Country Lemonade - 2 lemons, thinly sliced, 1/2 cup sugar, 4 cups boiling water, ice cubes In a heatproof pitcher, placerepparttar 111582 sliced lemons andrepparttar 111583 sugar. Pour inrepparttar 111584 boiling water and stir untilrepparttar 111585 sugar is completely dissolved. Refrigerate until chilled. To serve - pour mixture over ice cubes and serve. ********************* STRAWBERRY LEMONADE 3 cups water, 1 cup lemon juice, 1 cup sugar, 2-1/2 cups fresh strawberries, red food coloring, crushed ice, sliced strawberries/lemon slices for garnish Put 1 cup ofrepparttar 111586 water,repparttar 111587 lemon juice, sugar, and allrepparttar 111588 berries in a blender. Blend untilrepparttar 111589 mixture is pureed andrepparttar 111590 sugar is completely dissolved. In a pitcher, combinerepparttar 111591 strawberry/lemonade mixture withrepparttar 111592 remaining 2 cups of water and a few drops ofrepparttar 111593 red food coloring; mix well. Add crushed ice, and garnish withrepparttar 111594 sliced strawberries and lemon slices. Instant Refreshment! ************************** Fast and Easy 4 cups water, 1 cup lemon juice, 2/3 cup sugar, ice cubes In a pitcher, combine water, lemon juice and sugar. Stir until sugar is dissolved. Serve over ice cubes in chilled glasses. ******************** Really in a pinch - frozen pink or regular lemonade kept inrepparttar 111595 freezer for those “emergency” situations - too hot, too tired, too drained - with just enough strength to pull that white strip from around that little can and place in a pitcher and add water. Oh!repparttar 111596 pain of waiting for it to dissolve but when it does - relief at last!

However you serve it - there’s just one very important thing to remember about lemonade - ENJOY! ©Arleen M. Kaptur 2002 May

Arleen Kaptur has written numerous articles, cookbooks, and the novel: SEARCHING FOR AUSTIN JAMES Websites: http://www.arleenssite.com http://www.Arleens-RusticLiving.com http://www.webspawner.com/users/rusticliving http://www.topica.com/lists/simpleliving


TOMATOES IN YOUR GARDEN

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What is a perfect tomato? Here too opinions vary but most gardeners do conclude that it should be solid, red, and weight between 12-14 ozs. It is not cracked and it has no blemishes. Hybrids seem to producerepparttar best in this category and are more disease-resistant.

The soil tomato plants are placed in should be well aerated, clumpy and loose. The health of your tomato plant is very dependent on root health and growth. The harder it is forrepparttar 111580 roots to push throughrepparttar 111581 more difficult your plant will find it togrow. They need water, and more water. Use peat moss, compost or manure asrepparttar 111582 main food for your plants.

What about insects? An occasional spraying with a mild soap solution takes care of a lot of these unwanted guests. Check your plants and catch any infestation early and if you deal with it immediately, you will have very healthy plants.

When you water your tomato plants, aimrepparttar 111583 flow atrepparttar 111584 ground, notrepparttar 111585 plant. The best time to water is inrepparttar 111586 early morning, especially ifrepparttar 111587 day’s temperatures will be onrepparttar 111588 high side.

Enjoy growing tomatoes, experiment with varieties, but most importantly, enjoyrepparttar 111589 taste of just-off-the-vine flavor. Summertime and tomatoes were a match made in heaven - ENJOY! ©Arleen M. Kaptur 2002 June 1

Arleen Kaptur has written numerous articles, cookbooks, and the novel: SEARCHING FOR AUSTIN JAMES Websites: http://www.arleenssite.com http://www.Arleens-RusticLiving.com http://www.webspawner.com/users/rusticliving/ http://topica.com/lists/simpleliving


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