Summer is approaching and it’s the perfect time for refreshing drinks. I used to love to hear my mom talk about the weird concoctions she used to drink when she was young. She always had a smile on her face when she described them. Maybe you can remember your own mom or grandmother talk about these too. Let’s bring them back!
Homemade Lemonade
- 1 ¼ cups sugar
- 6 cups of water (divided)
- 5-8 lemons
Combine the sugar and one cup of the water in a medium saucepan. Bring it to a boil over medium heat and stir until the sugar is dissolved. Remove from the heat and cool it to room temperature and then in the fridge while you make the rest of the lemonade.
Juice the lemons over a strainer until you have one cup of fresh lemon juice. Add the lemon juice to the remaining five cups of water. Stir in the simple syrup you made.
Serve over ice and add a mint sprig, if desired.
Egg Cream
- 1 cup of cold milk (approximately)
- ¼ cup of seltzer water (approximately)
- 2 tablespoons of chocolate syrup
Pour milk into a cold glass and add seltzer until the bubbles reach the top of the glass. Spoon the chocolate syrup on top. Stir with a straw. My mom had such happy memories of drinking these at her local soda shop.
Coke Float
- 1 can of coke (or root beer)
- Vanilla ice cream
This is an easy one. Put a large scoop of vanilla ice cream into a tall glass. Add coke until the bubbles reach the top of the glass. My mom loved these so much that she had special long soda spoons so she could stir hers into a creamy, frothy mixture.
Orange Cream
- 7 up
- Pineapple juice
- Orange sherbet
In a glass, place a scoop of orange sherbet. Add a shot of pineapple juice and fill the glass with 7up until the bubbles reach the top. This is an old classic.
Kids’ Sangria
- Fresh fruit – sliced or diced
- Grape juice or sparkling grape juice
Just fill your glass with sliced citrus, cherries, and diced fruit and then top off with grape juice. Your kids will love it.
I hope you’ll try some of these classics. They make me smile whenever I drink them.
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