Sweet or Salty Limeade or Lemonade
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 cup freshly squeezed lime or lemon juice, pulp and rinds reserved (from about a dozen limes or lemons)
- 2 teaspoons salt, or to taste
- In a small saucepan combine sugar with 1 cup water, and place over medium heat; cook, stirring, until sugar dissolves.
- In another pan bring 6 cups water to a boil; remove from heat, and add rinds and pulp.
- Cover, let steep for 10 minutes and then strain.
- Combine strained liquid in a pitcher with lime or lemon juice and salt.
- Refrigerate until ready to serve.
- (Fruit mixture and sugar syrup can be refrigerated separately for a couple of days, until needed.)
- Add syrup to taste, and serve over ice.
sugar, freshly squeezed lime, salt
Taken from cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/8703 (may not work)