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Grimy 'Lemonade' - What Can I Get You Folks?
Photo: gabindu, Flickr
A blogger over at the Huffington Post recently found a novel way to discourage restaurant goers from making tableside "lemonade": She argues the penny-pinching practice is as filthy as it is uncouth.
It's a point that bears repeating, if only because heaping scorn on the sugar-and-lemon set has done little to dissuade them. It's an argument that also has the distinct advantage of being true.
I'm not sure exactly when lemon wedges became as obligatory as plates and napkins, but I've never worked in a restaurant that didn't garnish their glasses with them. Server sidework invariably involves slicing a few dozen lemons into half-pinwheels, a process that's almost always messy.
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Cheese and Lemon Cake - Feast Your Eyes
Photo: Javier Garcia, Flickr
As we near the end of Florida's Meyer lemon season (which usually runs from December to April), it may be time for a lemon-dessert marathon. The Meyer, a hybrid of lemon and mandarin orange that originated in China, is more round and sweet than your average lemon, and its juice adds amazing zest to pies and cakes.
Spanish-language blog conicadelsol offers the recipe for the lemon cake above, which is made with mascarpone cheese for creaminess (in case you don't read Spanish, there are step-by-step illustrations, and the ingredients are simply a stick of butter, 4 ounces of mascarpone, a cup of sugar, 3/4 cup of flour, 2 eggs and the zest of one lemon). For a super-creamy lemon cheesecake, see our recipe, as well as a recipe for a fluffy lemon cake sans cheese. And for the rest of the lemon-season marathon, see Kitchen Daily for lemon recipes from appetizers to midnight snacks.
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Six Ways To Use Lemon Zest - Tip of the Day
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Best Lemonade: Our Taste Test Results
Our team of food editors shook, stirred, popped the top and puckered their way through 70 cartons, bottles, cans and pouches in search of the most thirst-quenching, soul-satisfying brand of store-bought lemonade. In the end, they selected several runners-up and a winner in each of seven categories: plastic bottle, can, juice box or pouch, powder, glass bottle and paper carton, as well as the best pink lemonade and the absolute best and worst overall. Read on for results and see how store brands can sometimes rule.
Lemonade Taste Test
by AOL Food Editors
Our team of food editors shook, stirred, popped the top and puckered their way through 70 cartons, bottles, cans and pouches in search of the most thirst-quenching, soul-satisfying brand of store-bought lemonade. In the end, they selected several runners-up and a winner in each of seven categories: plastic bottle, can, juice box or pouch, powder, glass bottle and paper carton, as well as the best pink lemonade and the absolute best and worst overall. Read on for results and see how store brands can sometimes rule.
Rachel Been, AOL
Runner-up: Plastic Bottle
Tropicana Lemonade
Sweetener: High Fructose Corn Syrup
Calories per serving: 100
Tart (1) - Sweet (5): 3
Lemon strength: Medium
Our panel says: "More like lemon soda than lemonade, this was light and refreshing."
Learn more about Tropicana
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Runner-up: Plastic Bottle
Simply Lemonade
Sweetener: Natural Sugar
Calories per serving: 120
Tart (1) - Sweet (5): 3
Lemon strength: Medium
Our panel says: "It was balanced and non-sticky with a smooth, lime-like finish." "I tend to like the 'Simply' series -- orange juice, limeade, etc. -- and this does not disappoint."
Learn more about Simply
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Winner: Plastic Bottle:
Citarella Freshly Squeezed Lemonade
Sweetener: Pure Cane Sugar
Calories per serving: N/A
Tart (1) - Sweet (5): 5
Lemon strength: Mild
Our panel says: "With notes of (unadvertised) coconut and lime, this was a tropical dream." "It's like a vacation in a bottle."
Learn more about Citarella Store brand
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Runner-up: Canned
Country Time Lemonade
Sweetener: High Fructose Corn Syrup
Calories per serving: 140
Tart (1) - Sweet (5): 3
Lemon Strength: Solid
Our panel says: "It's wonderfully bold and lemony, neither too tart or too sweet." "The finish is a little bit sticky, but the flavor makes up for it."
Learn more about Country Time
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Runner-up: Canned
Arizona Lemonade
Sweetener: High Fructose Corn Syrup
Calories per serving: 110
Tart (1) - Sweet (5): 2
Lemon Strength:
Our panel says: "The flavor is just about perfect -- a wonderful balance of sweet and sour. Only drawback is the slightly sticky mouth feel, but just solve that by ditching the can and serving over ice." "Nicely balanced, assertive, no messing around."
Learn more about Arizona
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Winner: Canned
San Pellegrino Limonata
Sweetener: Sugar
Calories per serving: 141
Tart (1) - Sweet (5): 2
Lemon Strength: Intense
Our panel says: "This is incredible front-porch lemonade -- if your front porch happens to sport marble columns with ivy growing up them. This is grown-up lemonade that's strong, clear, effervescent and utterly addictive."
Learn more about San Pellegrino
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Runner-up: Juice Box
Minute Maid Lemonade
Sweetener: High Fructose Corn Syrup
Calories per serving: 90
Tart (1) - Sweet (5): 4
Lemon strength: Medium
Our panel says: "A refreshing small box for when you're on the go" "It wasn't as sweet as I thought it would be -- and that's a good thing."
Learn more about Minute Maid
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Winner: Juice Box
Hi-C Poppin' Lemonade
Sweetener: High Fructose Corn Syrup
Calories per serving: 100
Tart (1) - Sweet (5): 3
Lemon Strength: Mild
Our panel says: "A crowd shocker, it wasn't as sweet as the majority of juice boxes." "A well balanced drink."
Learn more about Hi-C
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Runner-up: Powdered
Crystal Light Lemonade
Sweetener: Aspartame
Calories per serving: 5
Tart (1) - Sweet (5): 3
Lemon Strength: Right up front
Our panel says: "This is the rarest of all creatures -- a low-calorie lemonade that doesn't have a nasty aftertaste! The taste that it does have is actually a really nice balance of tart and sweet."
Learn more about Crystal Light
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