The name, vodka, comes from the Russian phrase zhiznennaia voda, or "water of life". It can be made from everything from potatoes to beets. It's considered to be fairly flavorless which makes it a great liquor for mixed drinks.

If you thought lemonade was just lemons, water, and sugar then you are missing out. A little sparkling water is the Applebee's trick for an especially good glass.

1 quart water
1 cup sugar
1 cup fresh lemon juice
sparkling water (not tonic water, like Perrier)
Mix first three together. Fill a tall glass 2/3 to 3/4 with Lemon mixture then fill with sparkling water.
An interesting variation is to puree some fruit (raspberries, strawberries, etc) with a little superfine or powdered sugar and put that in the glass before adding the the lemonade and water.
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The name, vodka, comes from the Russian phrase zhiznennaia voda, or "water of life". It can be made from everything from potatoes to beets. It's considered to be fairly flavorless which makes it a great liquor for mixed drinks.
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reviews & comments
June 15, 2014
Great recipe. I used half a cup of sugar and it was just fine. 50% lemon+sugar+water mix, 50% seltzer water in place of sparkling water. Delicious.
July 21, 2013
I don't know if this is like Applebee's or not but it's good lemonade. I did the variation with adding some raspberry puree to it and that was quite good. You can adjust either the sugar or lemon juice, of course.
June 14, 2008
This was very good!