Recipe: Jalapeño Lemonade Slushies

Jalapeño Lemonade Slushies

Happy & Healthy Cooking,

Fun-Da-Mentals Kitchen Skills

• blend :

  to stir together two or more ingredients until just combined; blending is a gentler process than mixing.

• measure :

  to calculate the specific amount of an ingredient required using a measuring tool (like measuring cups or spoons).

History of Lemonade!

• Lemonade was probably the first of the fruitades. Egyptians made a drink with lemons and sugar cane called "qatarmizat" in the 11th century. In 1676 a Parisian company was the first to sell lemonade. 
• Frozen lemonade was first made and sold in the local market in Naples, Italy, in 1840 by Signore DeLucia. His son, Franco, brought it to the United States around 1900. Franco's son, Angelo, produced a machine to create consistent frozen lemonade, and in 1948, Del's Frozen Lemonade was first sold at a stand in Rhode Island.
• Old-fashioned lemonade, or cloudy lemonade, is made from the juice of freshly squeezed lemons, non-carbonated water, and sugar and is a very popular summer drink in the US and Canada. 
• Pink lemonade includes other fruit juice, like grape juice, or food coloring to make it pink. Ireland uses brown sugar to sweeten their lemonade and calls it brown lemonade. 
• Many countries have other varieties, including France, which serves "citron pressé," providing lemon, water, and sweetener to customers who prefer to measure and mix their own lemonade.

• To get even more flavor from the lemon (or any fruit), you can make a lemon crush by pressing (muddling) pieces of the squeezed, unpeeled lemon (make sure it's been washed!) in the bottom of the glass or pitcher.

• Limeade is another popular citrus fruit-flavored drink made with lime juice, water, and sugar. Brazilian or Swiss Lemonade is actually a limeade (limonada) made with pieces of unpeeled lime, sugar, water, sweetened condensed milk, and ice cubes.