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has anyone got a recipe for organic raspberry lemonade?

er shouldn't that be raspberryade

Sorry Pam, you'll get used to me. I wouldn't even know how to go about lemonade making. Have you tried a google for soft drinks, or maybe the WI might have something.

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Remember that a lone amateur built the Ark.
A large group of professionals built the Titanic

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If you find the recipie else in the meantime Pam, can you post it here? That sounds nice...

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Shortie

"There are only two lasting bequests we can hope to give our children; one of these is roots, the other wings" - Hodding Carter

Raspberryade

Ingredients:
4 pints water
1 pint raspberry syrup

RASPBERRY SYRUP
2 quarts fresh raspberries
2 pounds granulated sugar
2 cups water


Directions:
Place ice in a pitcher or punch bowl. Add the berry syrup and water; stir well. Makes 20 servings.


RASPBERRY SYRUP: Wash the berries, mash and strain the juice through a jelly bag. Boil the sugar and the water to a soft ball stage, 234F. Slowly add the fruit juice and boil again. Skim off any foam, then pour into hot sterilized jars, seal, then refrigerate until used.

Also can be found in printable format here:
http://www.gsnrecipes.com/shared_con...cipes/1683.pdf

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Andrewo
Harbinger of Rhubarb tales

I think I know what you mean, its like old fashioned pink lemonade. I'm sure I've seen a recipe somewhere, probably Mrs Beeton, but my copy isn't the complete book. Basically you need a lemonade recipe and then you just mix to taste with raspberry syrup made from Andrew's recipe. I think its a case of experiment and taste. Oh Mrs B does say that Lemonade is improved by adding sherry - if that's any help.

Wooo, it certainly is!!!!!

Mrs Beeton also recommends adding an egg white - can't say I fancy that though.

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could you add Rhubarb Schnapps instead of sherry I wonder Would the egg white be to act as a finning agent LJ?

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ntg

Never be afraid to try something new.
Remember that a lone amateur built the Ark.
A large group of professionals built the Titanic

http://grief-encounters.blogspot.com/

I think rhubarb snapps with lemonade sounds quite delightful. Hugh fearnsley whittingstall has recipes for several rhubarb cocktails in the river cottage year book. is this the way to make the younger generation like rhubarb do you think?
PS How do you make rhubarb snapps?

There is a thread about four below this one titled Schnapps and Nigella's recipe for rhubarb schnapps is there Kitty.

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Thanks, I'll have a go when the rhubarb gets big enough!

Rhubarb schnapps with lemonade and even coke works well. However be aware it gets into your system alot quicker.

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Andrewo
Harbinger of Rhubarb tales

...Rhubarb schnapps with lemonade and even coke works well....

I assume you mean the brown fizzy liquid & not the expensive white powder Andrew

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ntg

Never be afraid to try something new.
Remember that a lone amateur built the Ark.
A large group of professionals built the Titanic

http://grief-encounters.blogspot.com/

I've just looked up the recipe for Schnapps and it seems quite starightforward. A bit like the old gin thing. Equal volumes gin, fruit and sugar, shake the bottle around every so often for six months or so then strain and bottle. This works with blackberries, plums, damsons, passionfruit and raspberries. (probably others too, this is just tested to date - in the interest of science I'm thinking of testing apricots and nectarines this year)
My father in law tried chilli vodka and left the chilli's in for six months - I'm thinking I might be able to dilute it and use it as weed killer

Why would you want a drink that blows your hat off & burns everything it touch's Or did he save this for people he didn't like

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ntg

Never be afraid to try something new.
Remember that a lone amateur built the Ark.
A large group of professionals built the Titanic

http://grief-encounters.blogspot.com/

the end result was not intentional

Just got the new GYO, Nick the Grief is in the forum picture and they mention the RHUBARB SCHNAPPS...wow, from small acorns a whole drunken movement descends through the cities and the country, anyone for a drunken ramble and sing?

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Andrewo
Harbinger of Rhubarb tales

Hi All! Ok, so I will back of with the distilation thing, but you can use high alcohol tolerant yeast to create 15-20% by volume alcohol content wine . You could do this with rhubarb and make a drinkable rhubarb sherry in say 6 months. It would be as strong as schnapps but would cost about one tenth of the price of using shop bought Vodka. I am just trying to lower your costs for the same amount of fun.

Hey Andrewo/Brewer, maybe we should all have a go at both, and meet for a drunken ramble and sing , both of which I am good at when I've had too much

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Shortie

"There are only two lasting bequests we can hope to give our children; one of these is roots, the other wings" - Hodding Carter

Then we could all sing the Vine song. "Schnapps, schnapps, schnapps, schnapps, schnapps, schnapps."
You sing it to the same tune as "Spam, spam, spam, spam, spam."

Jax, I think I could just about remember that one come the time

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"There are only two lasting bequests we can hope to give our children; one of these is roots, the other wings" - Hodding Carter

Hi All,

I am getting very confused here. The last time I logged on for a quiet peruse of your posts about Gardeneing(Hah!) I thought I was on the wrong site as the conversation was about sex!! Albeit between ladynirds etc. but it was abit of a shock to the system until you realised that. Now I think I'll have a little peruse on this lovely Sunday afternoon to find you all swapping recipes for Booze, and something about expensive white powder!!!!!!. I am sooo looking forward to my next visit???????

Seriously though guys keep it up it does make me smile.