Categories: Drinks

Ingredients

• 3 1/2 cups water
• 1/2 pound rhubarb, trimmed and cut into 1-inch pieces (about 2 cups)
• 3/4 cup sugar, or to taste
• Two 3-inch strips of lemon zest removed with a vegetable peeler plus additional for garnish
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
• 2 cups sliced strawberries
• 1 cup fresh lemon juice
• ginger ale/ sprite/ 7up/ or a soda like that

Directions

1. In a saucepan stir together the water, the rhubarb, the sugar, 2 strips of the zest, and the vanilla, bring the mixture to a boil, stirring until the sugar is dissolved, and simmer it, covered, for 8 minutes. Stir in 1 cup of the strawberries and boil the mixture, covered, for 2 minutes. Let the mixture cool and strain it through a coarse sieve set over a pitcher, pressing hard on the solids. Stir in the lemon juice, and add enough soda to taste good (about a liter, I think). Top with remaining 1 cup strawberries.

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