Lemonade

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For other uses, see Lemonade (disambiguation).

Glass of cloudy homemade lemonade, typical in North America, France and South Asia
Carbonated lemonade (R. White's lemonade soft drink pictured), typical in the UK, Ireland and Oceania

Lemonade is a sweetened lemon-flavored drink.

There are varieties of lemonade found throughout the world.

simple syrup, maple syrup or honey.[2] In the United Kingdom, Ireland, Central Europe, South Africa, Australia, and New Zealand, a carbonated lemonade soft drink
is more common. Despite the differences between the drinks, each is known simply as "lemonade" in countries where it is dominant.

The suffix

"-ade" may also be applied to other similar drinks made with different fruits, such as limeade, orangeade, or cherryade.[3]

History

A drink made with lemons, dates, and honey was consumed in Mamluk Egypt, including a lemon juice drink with sugar, known as qatarmizat.[4] In 1676, a company known as Compagnie de Limonadiers sold lemonade in Paris.[5] Vendors carried tanks of lemonade on their backs and dispensed cups of the soft drink to Parisians.[6]

While

R. White's Lemonade has been sold in the UK since 1845.[9]

Varieties

Cloudy lemonade

The predominant form of lemonade found in the US, Canada, and India, cloudy lemonade, also known as traditional or old fashioned lemonade in the UK and Australia, is non-carbonated and made with fresh lemon juice; however, commercially produced varieties are also available. Generally served cold, cloudy lemonade may also be served hot as a remedy for congestion and sore throats,

mixer
.

Children operating a lemonade stand in La Cañada Flintridge, California, 1960

Traditionally, children in US and Canadian neighborhoods start lemonade stands to make money during summer. The concept has become iconic of youthful summertime Americana to the degree that parodies and variations exist across media. References can be found in comics and cartoons such as Peanuts, and the 1979 computer game Lemonade Stand.[11]

Pink lemonade

"Pink lemonade" redirects here. For other uses, see Pink Lemonade (disambiguation).

A popular variation of traditional lemonade, pink lemonade, is created by adding additional fruit juices, flavors, or food coloring to the recipe. Most store-bought pink lemonade is simply colored with concentrated grape juice or dyes.[12]

A 1912 obituary credited the invention of pink lemonade to circus worker Henry E. "Sanchez" Allott, saying he had dropped in red cinnamon candies by mistake.[13]

Another origin story credits another circus worker, Pete Conklin, in 1857. His brother George Conklin tells the story in his 1921 memoir. According to the story, Conklin's lemonade was a mixture of water, sugar and tartaric acid, with the tub garnished with a single lemon that he repeatedly used for the season. One day, he ran out of water. Searching desperately, he found a tub of water a bareback rider had recently used to rinse her pink tights. Adding in the sugar, acid and remaining bits of lemon, he offered the resulting mixture as "strawberry lemonade" and saw his sales double.[12][14]

Clear lemonade

British Formula One motor racing driver Jackie Stewart drinking carbonated lemonade in 1969

The predominant form of lemonade in the UK, Ireland, France, Germany, Switzerland, South Africa and Australia is a clear, lemon-flavoured carbonated beverage.

Sprite and 7 Up. There are also speciality flavours, such as Fentimans Rose Lemonade, which is sold in the UK, the US, and Canada. Shandy, a mixture of beer and clear lemonade, is often sold pre-bottled, or ordered in pubs.[16]

Brown lemonade

There are various drinks called brown lemonade. In

cane sugar and lime.[18]

Other varieties

In

Shikanjvi is a traditional lemonade from this region, and can also be flavored with saffron, cumin and other spices.[20][21][22]

Northern Africa, a drink called cherbat is made of lemon, mint, and rose water.[citation needed
]

Turks & Caicos that can also be made with limes instead of lemons.[citation needed
]

Citron pressé

The French soft drink citron pressé, being diluted with water

In France, it is common for bars or restaurants to offer citron pressé, also called citronnade, an unmixed version of lemonade in which the customer is given lemon juice, syrup and water separately to be mixed in their preferred proportions.[24]

Gallery

See also

References

  1. ^ "LEMONADE – meaning in the Cambridge English Dictionary". dictionary.cambridge.org. Archived from the original on October 25, 2018. Retrieved October 25, 2018.
  2. ^ "History of Lemonade". Buzzle. Archived from the original on October 9, 2015. Retrieved December 26, 2015.
  3. ISBN 978-1-61069-233-5. Archived
    from the original on May 8, 2016. Retrieved December 27, 2015.
  4. ^ "History of lemonade". Clifford A. Wright. March 12, 2012. Archived from the original on March 12, 2012. Retrieved December 26, 2015.
  5. ^ "The Victoria Advocate – Google News Archive Search". news.google.com. Archived from the original on January 23, 2016. Retrieved December 26, 2015.
  6. ^ "Soft Drink". Encyclopædia Britannica. Archived from the original on May 5, 2015. Retrieved April 20, 2022.
  7. ^ Priestley, Joseph. Directions for impregnating water with fixed air; in order to communicate to it the peculiar spirit and virtues of Pyrmont water, and other mineral waters of a similar nature. London: Printed for J. Johnson, 1772.
  8. ISBN 0-7478-0125-8. Archived
    (PDF) from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved December 27, 2015.
  9. ^ a b "Chester homeless charity teams up with lemonade brand". Chester Chronicle. October 8, 2017. Archived from the original on October 8, 2017. Retrieved October 8, 2017.
  10. ^ "Is Lemonade Good for Sick People to Drink While They Have the Flu?". LIVESTRONG.COM. Archived from the original on December 27, 2015. Retrieved December 26, 2015.
  11. ^ Apple Computer (1979), Lemonade Stand (1979) (Apple), retrieved May 3, 2020
  12. ^ a b "The Unusual Origins of Pink Lemonade | History | Smithsonian". Smithsonianmag.com. August 16, 2016. Archived from the original on October 7, 2019. Retrieved October 13, 2019.
  13. ^ "Inventor of pink lemonade dead" (PDF). The New York Times. September 18, 1912. p. 11. Archived (PDF) from the original on January 9, 2021. Retrieved September 21, 2007.
  14. ^ Nickell, Joe. Secrets of the Sideshows, 978-0813123585, University Press of Kentucky, 2005. pp. 31–32.
  15. ^ "Product description". Archived from the original on February 9, 2019. Retrieved February 8, 2019.
  16. ^ "shandy | Origin and meaning of shandy by Online Etymology Dictionary". www.etymonline.com. Archived from the original on November 8, 2021. Retrieved November 8, 2021.
  17. ^ "Brown Lemonade". CooksInfo. Archived from the original on February 5, 2020. Retrieved March 18, 2020.
  18. ^ Locklin, Kristy (October 18, 2020). "Cilantro & Ajo brings Venezuelan street food to Pittsburgh's South Side". Next Pittsburgh. Archived from the original on February 5, 2020. Retrieved February 5, 2020.
  19. ^ "Summer cooler: Try this refreshing lemonade with a twist". The Indian Express. May 19, 2021. Archived from the original on September 28, 2023. Retrieved September 17, 2023.
  20. ISBN 978-81-7764-566-8
  21. ISBN 1-58008-345-5
    , 9781580083454, "... Ginger Limeade (Shikanji) ..."
  22. ^ Mint lemonade / pudina shikanji / pudina nimbu paani / masala lemonade Archived June 19, 2018, at the Wayback Machine. Indian Recipe Secrets. June 16, 2018. Retrieved August 29, 2018.
  23. ^ "Limonana: Not your average lemonade". Zomppa. August 29, 2011. Archived from the original on March 26, 2019. Retrieved May 28, 2012.
  24. ISBN 978-1-4093-6293-7. Archived
    from the original on March 23, 2017. Retrieved November 3, 2016.

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