{"id":3332,"date":"2014-08-17T20:11:53","date_gmt":"2014-08-18T01:11:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sherlonya.net\/blog\/?p=3332"},"modified":"2014-08-20T20:09:08","modified_gmt":"2014-08-21T01:09:08","slug":"cucumber-lime-refresher","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sherlonya.net\/blog\/2014\/08\/cucumber-lime-refresher\/","title":{"rendered":"Cucumber Lime Refresher"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"IMG_7937\"<\/a>A friend of mine asked me what ever possessed him to try lime cucumber Gatorade. <\/p>\n

It sounded kind of good. It sounded like something to mimic in my own kitchen.<\/p>\n

Luckily, I had everything I needed on hand. <\/p>\n

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So, I thoroughly washed a lime and cut it into quarters. Then I peeled a cucumber and sliced it into chunks. I added 1\/3 cup sugar and two generous pinches of salt. All of the aforementioned ingredients went into the pitcher of my blender with some water. I blended the mixture until it was relatively smooth. Then I poured the mixture through a sieve. The strained juice then went into a two quart pitcher and was topped off with water.<\/p>\n

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Ooohhh. Refreshing. <\/p>\n

I want to try the same thing adding strawberries to the mix. <\/p>\n

A monster may have been born.<\/p>\n

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A friend of mine asked me what ever possessed him to try lime cucumber Gatorade.  It sounded kind of good. It sounded like something to mimic in my own kitchen. Luckily, I had everything I needed on hand.  So, I thoroughly washed a lime and cut it into quarters. Then I peeled a cucumber and… Continue reading Cucumber Lime Refresher<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[662],"tags":[663,665,664],"class_list":["post-3332","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-drinks","tag-cucumber","tag-gatorade","tag-lime","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p33KTw-RK","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3233,"url":"https:\/\/sherlonya.net\/blog\/2014\/01\/lime-in-the-coconut-milkshake\/","url_meta":{"origin":3332,"position":0},"title":"Lime in the Coconut Milkshake","author":"admin","date":"January 21, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Sometimes it's a flavor combination that gets to you. 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