What's for Dinner, Tues., May 16, 2023

[mike_c]

5. shanghai noodles with shredded pork and pak choi, and a salad

And lemonade. We've been picking lemons since January and drinking fresh lemonade for months. We've just about harvested them all now-- we gave bags full to neighbors and everyone who came to visit or work on the house, lol. Nobody got out without taking lemons! We've juiced six or seven quarts for later, too. I'd just throw the washed lemons into the freezer if they didn't take up so much space.

Make simple syrup by combining equal amounts of sugar and water in a sauce pan, e.g. 2 c sugar + 2 c water, then heating/stirring until ALL the sugar is dissolved. Don't burn it. Stirring keeps it from scorching. I use raw turbinado sugar because we like the taste. Let it cool and store in the refrigerator.

In a tall glass combine over ice:

juice of 1/2 lemon (adjust as necessary-- our lemons are as big as my fist)
simple sugar syrup to taste

Then fill the remaining space in the glass with cold sparkling mineral water. Stir well, taste, and adjust. I use about 2-3 Tbsp of sugar syrup in my glass, while Ms K likes somewhat more.