LEMONGRASS LEMONADE

I promise you this is one of the best drinks you will ever have, and it's really easy to make with the exception of squeezing/juicing over a million, billion lemons and limes. The end result however, is worth the effort, for you'll get a super tart, super sweet candy drink that makes you drink more and more until it's all gone.

First of all, you have to find fresh lemongrass stalks, which you may need to get at an Asian market if the grocery store doesn't have any. You can also grow it, as it takes little effort and yields crap loads of your own fresh lemongrass. I grew some a couple years ago, and besides a ton of sun and water, there's nothing else to do... and it doesn't seem to get attacked by bugs either.

Anyway, take your stalks of lemongrass, cut into 1/2-inch to 1-inch pieces and then "bruise" with a blunt object or just the flat side of your biggest knife. Take all of these pieces and the sugar and add to your water in a pot. Bring to a boil and then simmer for 20 minutes. What you've done here is make a syrup.

After the syrup is done on the stove, put into the fridge for about an hour. In the meantime, you can juice all the stupid lemons and limes (they have to be fresh lemon/lime juice, just not the same if it's fake). You need to make sure you get 2 cups lemon to 3/4 or 1 cup of lime juice.

After about an hour in the fridge, combine the syrup and the fruit juices and drink on super cold ice until your eyes are swimming.