8 individual or 2 family size tea bags (regular or decaf) 3 C boiling water 1 C Imperial Sugar Extra Fine Granulated Sugar or Dixie CrystalsExtra Fine Granulated Sugar 1 6-oz can frozen limeade 1 32-oz bottle club soda
Place tea bags in boiling water; remove from heat and allow to steep for 3 to 5 minutes. Discard tea bags. Add sugar, stir. In a 2-quart pitcher, combine tea and limeade. Chill thoroughly. Before serving, add club soda, stir. Serve over ice. Garnish with lime. Serves 8
Memories & Stories
Imperial Sugar Company, I grew up in Baton Rouge, LA, in the 1960s and my favorite memories were of my mother baking a cake every Saturday afternoon. Sometimes she baked from scratch but often she used cake mixes because she was pressed for time raising 5 kids. Most times she iced the cakes but sometimes she made a spice or chocolate cake and cut a snowflake-like design out of a piece of paper. She laid the paper on the top of the un-iced cake and sifted powdered sugar on the cake. She moved the paper and voila! -- a beautiful design. After she mixed the batter and the icing, she would let me lick the beaters and spatula of course. After she iced the cake and wasnt looking, I would slip my fingers along the cake plate and lick the icing off my finger. I was so busy scoring these sweet licks that I did not pay attention to her process of baking.
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