Cucumber vodka lemonade

Ingredients

• Lemons
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 cup water
• Cucumber Vodka (Plain cucumber.  Not cucumber lime/lavendar/anything else.  Effen and Stolichnaya are both good)
• Selzer water

Instructions

• Make simple syrup ahead of time.
• Combine 1 cup sugar and 1 cup water.  
• Heat until sugar dissolves.  
• Store in fridge in container until ready for use  
• Juice lemons - set aside
• Add icecubes to glass
• Add 1 shot of cucumber vodka, 1 shot of lemon juice, 1 shot of simple syrup & stir
• Top off with selzer to desired sweetness

Melissa's Homemade Grape Juice

Melissa just moved to a new house which has a huge garden including a grape arbor. 2009 has been filled with all sorts of awesome cooking projects. Among them is homemade grape juice!

Ingredients & Tools
2 big pots
one big bowl
4 or 5 lbs of grapes

Directions
1. Place grapes into large vat or sink. Fill it with water and separate all the good grapes into the big bowl.

2. Mash grapes with a potato masher

3. Place into one big pot and bring to a simmer over medium heat. Let simmer for at least 10 minutes.

4. Mash mixture a few more times while simmering, and stir every occasionally to ensure nothing sticks to the bottom.

5. Place a fine strainer or cheesecloth (strainer would be easier) over the other big pot and strain out all the seeds and skins. There will still be a bunch of sediment, so you may want to strain twice. A third straining will make the juice less thick feeling.

6. Let it cool, or pour over ice and enjoy!

7. Add sugar if you need to, but taste it first without sugar.

Note: 1lb of grapes only makes about a cup or so of juice.

This recipe was obtained from Simply Recipes

Rårörd saft - Strawberry Saft (Juice)

Ingredients
6 l bär (6 Liters Strawberries)

30 g vinsyra (30 grams Cream of Tartar or Tartaric Acid)

4 l vatten (4 Liters water)

Sugar

Directions

Tvätta bären snoppa jordgubbarna, strö över vinsyran och häll det kokta vattnet över. (Boil the water. Wash the berries. Take the tops off the strawberries. Sprinkle the cream of tartar over the barries, poor in boiling water).

Låt stå över natten. (Let sit over night)

Sila saften, och mät upp mängden. Lika mycket socker som saftens vikt. (Strain the juice off the berries. Add as much sugar as the juice weighs).

1 l saft väger ca 925 g (1 Liter of juice weighs approximately 925 grams)

Rör saft och socker tills sockret är löst, ca 1 tim. (Stir the juice and the sugar until the sugar dissolves -- approximately 1 hour).

Frys in saften. (Freeze the strawberry juice).

***** English conversions and note below added by Brittany***

One of the great foodie things about Sweden is the saft (homemade juice). If you've been to IKEA, you've probably tried their lingonberry saft. My favorite type of saft is the strawberry saft that Carin makes. Although you can make this saft with any type of berry or fruit, the English translations that I've added Carin's recipes specify strawberries.