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Message: <blockquote data-quote="overgeeked" data-source="post: 9035444" data-attributes="member: 86653">Summer is coming in the north.State Fair Lemonade.6 lemons 3/4 cup of sugar 4 cups boiling water 1 cup lemon juice 1 cup ice plus extra to serveThoroughly wash and dry the lemons. Using a vegetable peeler, gently peel the zest of the lemons into a large bowl. Try to avoid the bitter white pith beneath the zest.Put the peeled lemons aside.Put the lemon peels in a large sealable glass jar. Pour the sugar over the lemon peels. Stir well, cover, and let the mixture rest at least 2 hours or overnight.Juice the lemons (yields approximately 1 cup of juice). The lemon peel and sugar mixture should look wet at this point. Pour 4 cups of boiling water over the sugar and lemon peel mixture. Stir to dissolve all the sugar. Allow to cool to room temperature. Strain the peels from the lemon syrup. Add 1 cup of ice. Add the lemon juice. Chill the lemonade for a couple of hours and serve over plenty of ice.We usually do bags of 16-20 lemons in a go, which yields a bit more than a gallon of lemonade.</blockquote>