When we were living in Scotland (yonks ago), we came across an old doctor’s book dating back to the 1900’s.  There was a section on diet in convalescence and this is where we discovered an old-fashioned recipe for lemonade.  Gnome remembered the time that I made it and he absolutely loved it.  Since then, he has said a few things now and then like:

“Dearest…do you remember that smashing lemonade you made once in Scotland…it was really good!”

and,

“Oh, I could do with some of that lemonade you made once.”

and,

“Oh it’s hot today, a nice glass of refreshing lemonade would go down well, don’t you think?”

I would normally respond with,

“Yes dear, when I have the time.”

and then promptly forget.

Well this time, Gnome (after 12 years of waiting patiently for lemonade which never materialised) growled at me at said,

“MISSUS!!!  WHAT DO I NEED TO DO TO GET A GLASS OF LEMONADE AROUND HERE!!!!”

At that point it suddenly dawned on me that he had asked me millions of times for over a decade.  He really was losing patience…and gosh…what an amount of patience he had!!

This is what I said,

“Yes, right away dear.”

And this is what I made:

Old Fashioned Lemonade:

Squeeze the juice of 5 lemons,

Add one lemon, sliced

Add 1/4 cup of sugar and 1 tbsp tartaric acid dissolved in 1 cup of water

Add enough water to all ingredients above to make up  a quart (about 1 litre) and refrigerate until nice and cool.

Serve with ice.

Ahhhhh!!  Lovely and refreshing….

This is what Gnome said after I made the lemonade in a record 15 minutes,

“Well it didn’t actually take that long to make!  Why did I have to wait so long for it!!”