Juices, Drinks, Herbals

I have to admit, I LOVE the sound of the little "pop" when a lid seals. Home pressed cider from home grown apples... doesn't get much better than that!

Lemon Extract

Simply wash & dry lemons. Peel the outer lemon exterior with veggie peeler. Place peels in the glass jar halfway. Then fill jar with vodka. Put the lid on and place it in a cool dark spot. Shake every so often. Lemon extract will be ready in 6 weeks, but I usually let it go 8-12.

Notes:

With the remaining lemons, I then either freeze dry, or can lemon curd. It's amazing lemon extract.

The vodka is the preservative.

The Directions

Making Apple Cider Vinegar from Crabapples

Rinse and remove stems

I cut pieces off and tossed the cores.

Completed vinegar with Mother at bottom to create a new batch

LEMON JUICE TO LEMONADE:

Next project. I have leftover lemons insides from making HCQ - boiling in 1 C water. I'll strain it and make lemonade!

So I drained off the lemon pulp and tasted the juice. It was like tasting straight lemon juice! Pucker up! Added sugar to the hot liquid. Stirred until desolved. Added water. Huston - we have Lemonade!! Nothing wasted.