How is there pink lemonade if there are no pink lemons?

Question

I've always wondered this...silly and serious answers accepted! :)

Answer 1

actually, there are pink lemons. But that's not how pink lemonaide is made.

Pink lemonade was origionally lemonaide with marichino cherry juice in it. But nowadays it's just pink dye.

Answer 2

Is There Pink Lemons

Answer 3

you've seriously wondered about PINK LEMONS?

Pink lemonade was created in 1857 by Pete Conklin who unwittingly used a bucket of water in which a circus performer had soaked his red tights.
(Ripley's Believe It or Not!: Weird Inventions & Discoveries)
The Real Story of Pink Lemonade

Horace Walpole coined the term "serendipity" to refer to the talent for making desirable discoveries by accident possessed by the heroes of a fairy tale called "The Three Princes of Serendip." I don't know if the princes were good cooks, but fortuity often plays a significant role in the culinary world.

Consider, for example, pink lemonade. In her account of circus life and legends, Linda Granfield points out the reason the drink is so often associated with the big top. It was invented there.

The first batch of the stuff was concocted by the manager of a circus lemonade stand who, having run out of water, in desperation seized on a bucketful he came across in the dressing area of the bareback rider. The fact that the water was slightly pink, owing to the fact that a pair of red tights had been rinsed out in it, did not stop the enterprising mixologist. His new drink quickly sold out and soon pink lemonade became the "drink of circuses."

Answer 4

using Red Sumac. There are three edible Red Sumacs; the one most common here in Northern Vermont is Staghorn Sumac, it's a "weed" tree commonly found at the edge of wooded areas, along roadsides, and in vacant lots and other waste places. This refreshing drink is made from the red, furry fruits which conveniently are in season from mid-to-late summer. (By the way, there's no need to worry about gathering poison Sumac by mistake- Its fruits are white, not red.)

To make wild pink lemonade, you'll need to gather a few of the fruiting heads. You'll also need a 1 qt. or larger container, a piece of clean cloth, and a sweetener (honey, maple syrup, sugar).

Answer 5

There is a type of lemon that is called a pink lemonade lemon. I have it growing in my back yard and it was obtained by my mother through her gardening club. While the lemon looks "normal" like any other lemon, the flesh of the lemon does not look the same and is pink like a grapefruit.

Answer 6

Many producers add a touch of grape juice to lemonade to make it ‘pink’.

Answer 7

Personally,I think someone is employed to sweet talk the lemons, just before they are squeezed....Resulting in a nice pink blush....

Answer 8

pink lemonade comes from the pink grapefruit family''

Answer 9

Sure there are pink lemons. They are the regular yellow kind and are furiously blushing right now at your question.

Answer 10

Mix a pink grapefruit juice.