Simple Cooking #2

This is the most amazing thing one can imagine:

Homemade ginger ale:

·         2 Tbs grated fresh ginger

·         1 cup sugar

·         ½ cup water

·         Juice of 1 lemon

·         1/8 tsp active dry yeast

·         8 cups water

In a small pot, add the grated ginger, sugar and ½ cup water. Bring to a boil and let sugar dissolve. Remove pan from heat and let the syrup steep and cool for about 30 minutes.

Strain the syrup through a fine sieve. Mix with the lemon juice, yeast and 2 qts of water. Whisk together and using a funnel, pour into a plastic bottle. Screw the cap on the bottle. Make sure it is a plastic bottle and not glass as the gases from the fermentation can crack the glass jar.

Let it ferment at room temperature for about 2 days until carbonation forms. Make sure to refrigerate after it starts to carbonate.

OMG YUMMMMM! (again, this is not my recipe. None of the recipes I post are mine unless said otherwise.)