Home made Lemonade

One sip of this lemonade and I vowed to never, ever, make the stuff from the can again.

You need:

8 lemons, washed and dried
1 cup sugar
boiling water

In a heatproof bowl, rub each lemon vigorously with 1/3 cup of the sugar. Cut the lemons in half and squeeze to make about 1 1/2 cups of lemon juice; pour juice onto the sugar. Pour in the rest of the sugar and lemon shells. Cover with 3 cups of boiling water and let sit until cool. Remove the lemon shells and discard. If you prefer your lemonade without pulp, then you can strain the syrup through a sieve lined with cheesecloth. We loved it as is, and so we skipped that step.

If you would like sparkling lemonade, add the syrup to 2 cups club soda. For plain lemonade, add the syrup to 2 cups of cold water.