Lemonade

When life gives you a boil water order and gross muggy weather, er, I mean, lemons...

... make ginger lemonade!

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1 cup freshly squeezed lemon juice
1 quart water
3/4 cup sugar
1" peeled fresh ginger root, sliced

Boil water, sugar and ginger together, then remove from heat and stir in lemon juice. Let cool for 20 minutes, strain out the ginger.

Serve over ice (made with boiled water, if you're also under orders) in a very tall glass. Pretend you are somewhere cooler. :)