Longfellow House Pink Lemonade

gluten free / vegan

When I was a preteen/teenager, I spent every spare moment in the summertime at the Longfellow House pool in Pascagoula, Mississippi.  There was a walk-up bar at the pool where we used to order Pink Lemonades.  They were sooooo refreshing with loads of fruit!   Here's the best rendition of the recipe and a beautiful memory of youth. The Longfellow House is an historic home built in the 1850's and has been the subject of ghost stories, stories about Henry Longfellow writing a poem there, and the victim of many hurricanes on the Gulf Coast.  In my youth, it was owned by Ingalls Shipbuilding and was a private club and resort.  I remember it best for the fun summers and the pink lemonade!
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Makes 6  large glasses.
Ingredients
1 cup fresh lemon juice  (4–6 large lemons)

1 cup sugar

5 cups cold water

1/4 cup unsweetened cranberry juice (100% Unsweetened) or Grenadine

Lemon and orange slices

maraschino cherrries
Steps

  1. Stir lemon juice, sugar, water, and cranberry juice or Grenadine together in a pitcher until sugar is dissolved.
  2. Fill glasses with ice.  
  3. Pour in lemonade and garnish with lemon slices, orange slices, and maraschino cherries


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