Kitchen Tip

The other week I was at my parents and my dad was making tea. J is a big tea drinker and it's always a bummer when it's so freshly made that it's still warm. Well...I don't know why this never crossed my mind, but my dad  put a little bit of water in and then was filling a large glass full of ice and putting it in the pitcher and stirring it until it melted and then adding more! Voila! When he was done stirring and the ice was melted down, the tea was cold! I then carried the practice over to when I was making some pink lemonade the other day. It did not need near as much ice since there was nothing hot involved. Sheer genius. I love little things that make life simpler.