Day Seventeen (or Lemonade )

When Life hands you lemons, make lemonade ~ well that's the proverb anyway. I'd rather make something more refreshing and adult in nature. We have about half a dozen citrus trees on the deck - hanging out until they are big enough to survive the attentions of the multitude of deer that roam the property. Each one of these trees doesn't realize that it is less than 5 feet tall, and root bound in a pot. They produce the sweetest smelling blooms in the spring time and drive the bees and birds mad with the sweet nectar. As a result, we end up with over a hundred fruit set on each tree. I can't bear to see the branches overloaded, so I end up culling them down to about a third of the final set. That's still a lot of lemons and limes (only a few oranges). The limes go into Mark's Magic Margaritas, and the lemons go into:

Lorili's Luscious Lemonade

1 part Citrus Vodka

1 part Peach Schnapps

1 1/2 parts fresh squeezed lemon juice

Super Fine Sugar to taste (usually for me, that's about 1 T)

Treat as if it's a margarita - ice in the cocktail shaker, a nice cold glass frosty from the freezer. Pour the liquids over the ice in the shaker, add the sugar. Shake until well blended, taste, adjust as needed (sugar, peach, lemon), shake again, then pour into a lemon/sugar rimmed glass. Garnish with a fresh peach slice if you have it.

I've tried this with prepared lemonade, and lemon juice from a bottle, it doesn't work. Don't do it if you don't have the fresh lemons to juice.