by pinback » Sun Apr 15, 2012 2:57 pm
Tdarcos wrote:pinback wrote:I can't stress this step enough. Lemons: required.
Personally I just buy Target lemonade drink mix. $3.20, makes about 8 quarts of lemonade. Water:
required
According to Safeway.com, one lemon is about 79c, which means to get one cup - 8oz - of lemon juice you're talking six lemons or about $2.40 . On the other hand, a 15oz bottle of Safeway Reconstituted Lemon Juice is $2.19.
Did you consider packaged lemon juice as opposed to squeezing individual lemons?
Yes, tried it. Much like the difference between reconstituted orange juice and fresh, it does the trick in a pinch, but is most definitely a "flatter" taste -- hard to describe. Like lemon juice with the volume and "brightness" turned down. And with citrus, as with any other fruit I'd imagine, you want the VOLUME AND BRIGHTNESS CRANKED.
But yes, it'll do in a pinch.
The cost of fresh lemons is outrageous.
[quote="Tdarcos"][quote="pinback"]I can't stress this step enough. Lemons: [i]required.[/i][/quote]
Personally I just buy Target lemonade drink mix. $3.20, makes about 8 quarts of lemonade. Water: [i]required[/i]
According to Safeway.com, one lemon is about 79c, which means to get one cup - 8oz - of lemon juice you're talking six lemons or about $2.40 . On the other hand, a 15oz bottle of Safeway Reconstituted Lemon Juice is $2.19.
Did you consider packaged lemon juice as opposed to squeezing individual lemons?[/quote]
Yes, tried it. Much like the difference between reconstituted orange juice and fresh, it does the trick in a pinch, but is most definitely a "flatter" taste -- hard to describe. Like lemon juice with the volume and "brightness" turned down. And with citrus, as with any other fruit I'd imagine, you want the VOLUME AND BRIGHTNESS CRANKED.
But yes, it'll do in a pinch.
The cost of fresh lemons is outrageous.