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Pat's North Carolina's Beverage Recipes
From The Coast To The Mountains 
Pat's Almond Tea
1-1/2 quarts of water
1-1/4 cups of sugar
Juice of 1 lemon and grated rind
2 cups very strong tea (2 family size tea bags to each 2 cups of water
1-6oz can frozen lemonade concentrate
1 tablespoon of vanilla extract
1 tablespoon of almond extract
Combine water and sugar in sauce pan. Bring to boil. Add lemon juice and peel. Simmer 3-5 minutes. Add lemonade and tea. Bring back to boil. Stir in flavorings and serve warm or over ice. Serves 16
Pat's Strawberry Iced Lemonade
10 - servings
10 - 10 to 12 ounce glasses
50 to 75 - Strawberry Ice Cubes (or desired fruit)
4 - cups of strawberries
1 - gallon of Lemonade (Homemade is the best, but you may use from concentrate)
The day before serving wash and cut up the strawberries. Put one cup of sugar or artificial sugar on them. Mix strawberries and sugar together. Make up frozen strawberry ice cubes by filling the individual ice cube section half way with water. Then spoon in the rest of the way with strawberry mixture. Take a toothpick and stir gently. Then put into freezer to be ready the next day.
Make up Lemonade and also chill over night (very important you do not want to melt the strawberry ice cubes when you pour lemonade in glass, let them melt slowly.). When you are ready to serve, put strawberry ice cubes in glass, pour in lemonade, garnish glass with lemon slice or Strawberry with leaves attached, and enjoy. Other fruits you may use, cherries, lemons, mangoes, or peaches.
Pat's Sun Brewed Sweet Ice Tea
Make 2 gallon of sweet tea.
Take 2 gallon glass jugs
Place 4 family size tea bags in each one.
Fill with water
Place in window or on porch early in the morning in sun for 6 hours.
Just before serving put 6 cups of sugar in enough hot water to dissolve.
Then divide the sugar water between to two gallon of tea.
Stir and serve with plenty of ice.
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