Alternative to lemonade

I got this from Walter Becker's newsletter... he attributes to a Lama Dudrup Golyakin, M.T.P., D.C.,
of Upcountry, Hawaii. Keep in mind Becker is a notorious smart-ass satirist:


"don't waste money, don't make bad karma, if life
give you lemon tree, then piss on it every day
and take shower!"

-joan smith

Best Lemonade Ever

Submitted by: Jo

Photo by: Inger

"This is a very refreshing drink!" Original recipe yield: 20 (4 ounce) servings. Prep Time: 30 Minutes Cook Time: 5 Minutes Ready In: 4 Hours 35 Minutes Servings: 20 (change)

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INGREDIENTS:

• 1 3/4 cups white sugar
• 8 cups water
• 1 1/2 cups lemon juice

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DIRECTIONS:

1. In a small saucepan, combine sugar and 1 cup water. Bring to boil and stir to dissolve sugar. Allow to cool to room temperature, then cover and refrigerate until chilled.
2. Remove seeds from lemon juice, but leave pulp. In pitcher, stir together chilled syrup, lemon juice and remaining 7 cups water.

Rise and Fall and Rise

Someone was getting Dee Dee Ramones leather jacket appraised on The Antiques Roadshow and after I got over the shock, I realized that what is labeled passe is right behind us. Maybe the Ramones are a bad example. They are, after all, stilll popular and were, after all, really made by the Seventies which is now ancient history in a way that made them time specific. Their long hair that started to look dated in the Eighties along with the Fifties inspired song structures wrapped up in a heavy guitar taken from early Heavy Metal all had a shelf life. So they go through their 4 or 5 album heyday but keep trudging on. Like many bands the best work comes first. The decline is inevitable for creative reasons of the moment, because of age and opportunity. How things slowly date is a matter of chance. But this is only the short term, because both the music of the Ramones and their attitudes have lived on to influence others and, in retrospect, once you get beyond that constant short term trendiness of everything, the time period, you can appreciate things without the benifits of being Twenty when new things are much more important. Luckily, The Ramones were never overplayed like a lot of earlier and later bands. Perhaps what makes they still sound fresh is the honesty. They certainly stand out in dull alt-country music sets on the radio today. Another thing; I would kill to have Dee Dee's or Joey's hair now.

- James Rosenthal

the Philadelphia Eagles blew another one, as I said to a friend of mine, Philadelphia sports teams never surprise you but always disapoint you

they say that we learn from our mistakes, but that's just a way to make you feel better about failure

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