Which of the following categories best describes this recipe:
Beverages

Estimated time:
make sugar syrup night before;
chill

approx. half hour to squeeze lemons, mix, etc.

Number of servings:
approx. 20 ---@4 ounces each

Ingredients: (Hit your return key to start a new line)
1 3/4 c. white sugar

8 c. water*

1 1/2 c. lemon juice*

Ice Cubes

Directions:
In a saucepan, combine sugar and 1 cup water. Bring this to a boil; stir until sugar is dissolved. Allow to cool to room temperature, then put into a clean jar and refrigerate until well chilled.

Squeeze the lemons; remove seeds, but retain the pulp. In a pitcher or insulated jug, combine: syrup, juice, and remaining 7 c. water. Add ice as desired...or pour into ice-filled cups/tumblers.

Other suggestions and comments:
*using Chilled water will help minimize the number of ice cubes needed to cool the drinks.

*we needed 6 very large lemons to make one batch. You can also buy Real frozen fresh lemon juice (Minute Maid) and follow their recipe on the bottle. Slicing one fresh lemon and floating a slice in each glass, plus a few in the pitcher, works 4 me!!
The fresh-squeezed recipe above is a Way excellent recipe for lemonade, provided your only motive is Drinking it, Sharing it, and Chilling Out, vs. selling it. ;-) But every child in America seems driven to try to make it from Scratch at least once; they don't realize it is a small bit o' work to squeeze dem lemons...and that it can be bor-ing if you are not in a high-traffic area. Cost (lemons, sugar, cups) vs. profit ratio is meaningless to a youngster. With older children, this can actually be a valuable lesson in Economics...

The frozen concentrates (lemonade, reg. or pink; limeade) come on sale at the peak of summer. These, and Koolaid type drings are Way more affordable to dispense for 25 cents a cup...realizing your children and friends will drink up half the profits ;-) Iced Tea is an adult favorite; offer sugar on the side or use a Mix
(regular, or sugar-free).

Your child will likely make more money if their lemonade sale is connected to a garage sale or something of that nature. Even easier: they could sell chilled cans of pop (bought on sale).

We had cookies (choc. chip) featured, too. 2 for 25 cents, on a paper napkin. Homemade. Again, the kids will eat up much o' the so-called profits. You are not really in Business to make bucks; you are Feeding the Neighborhood. ;-) The cookies were made last month, and Frozen until needed.

Both lemonade and cookies need to be shielded from the sun to avoid Meltdown.

Ultimately, business was soooo slowwwww I put the jug and the cookies, cups, napkins, etc., into a wagon and sent Mr. Entrepreneur (age 8) around the neighborhood on wheels, to unload his product while it was still marketable...he has a tendency to call out to every passing car (the few we had!) like a carnival barker:
"get yer ice cold lemonade here!" I am just worried that he'll do so well On Wheels that he'll want to do this Again... ;-) Almost as cool as having his own ice cream truck. He can sell to the people who are out weeding their flower beds, washing their cars...

In some ways, a weekday can be better than a weekend, for a lemonade stand, because: the kids are their own best customers. Saturday, families run errands, and the neighborhood seems half empty.

OK...he's baaaaaak! With a big whoppin' 3 dollars in his peanut butter jar...and it only took him 45 minutes...I had him give his sister the dimes, and let him keep the rest (provided: he does not Pester me to do this again anytime soon!!). He also had a 'wagon spill' that caused the lid to come off the cookie container, so that 1/2 tumbled out (fortunately, the big sister insisted upon Tossing those out!!)

Ah, Memories, I suppose...