Problem: Article: Here's what you'll need to make non-alcoholic ginger ale:  1 cup (200 g) peeled, finely chopped ginger 2 cups (450 ml) water 1 cup (225 g) sugar 1 cup (225 ml) water 1/2 cup (115 ml) club soda (per glass) A few drops of lime juice Lime wedges (for garnish) Add the ginger, which should be peeled and finely chopped. Reduce heat to medium low and let the ginger sit in the simmering water for 5 minutes. Remove from the heat and let sit for 20 minutes. Any longer than that and it might be too gingery. Discard the ginger pieces. The water should be completely infused with the ginger taste, so you don't need them. Dissolve 1 cup granulated sugar into 1 cup of boiling water. When it's not grainy anymore, it's ready. Set aside. This is the amount needed for each glass. Add a few drops of fresh lime juice and a lime wedge to each drink. Serve chilled and enjoy!
Summary: Gather your ingredients. Bring 2 cups of water to a boil in a saucepan. Strain the liquid through a fine mesh strainer. In a separate saucepan, make the simple syrup. Mix 1/2 cup of ginger water with 1/3 cup of the simple syrup and 1/2 cup of club soda.

INPUT ARTICLE: Article: Even though most of the germs will be killed during the drying process, you want to reduce the amount of bacteria as much as you can beforehand. except onions, peppers, and mushrooms.  Blanching will help preserve the taste and texture of crunchier vegetables. Be sure to peel and core fruits like peaches, apricots, apples, pineapples, and pears before dehydrating.  For corn, cut the actual corn off of the cob instead drying the entire vegetable. Remove the seeds from peppers after you have sliced them. You can leave mushrooms whole if you wish. If you are drying many different fruits/vegetables at a time, designate one tray for each kind. Try to limit how many fruits and vegetables you dry at a time.  Even if you are using a horizontal dehydrator, having too many items can throw off drying times. For smaller vegetables like corn, broccoli, mushrooms, and peas, drying for 3-10 hours will be sufficient.  These times vary from plant to plant and depends largely on the water content of the food.  Most fruits dry at the same temperature and for the same amount of time, but some vegetables have drastically different drying times. The most different drying times belong to corn, broccoli, mushrooms, and peas.  Since these vegetables are small and contain less water, they tend to dry in half the time of other vegetables. Dryness textures will vary from plant to plant, so be sure to read these specific textures for each fruit and vegetable.  Green beans, carrots, corn, peas, mushrooms, and zucchini should all feel brittle. Beets, peppers, blueberries, cherries, pears, and pineapples should all feel leathery. Onions, potatoes, and tomatoes should feel crisp.  Bananas and strawberries should feel almost crisp. Apples, apricots, peaches, and strawberries should all feel pliable. Broccoli and cauliflower will simply feel dry and hard. For periods shorter than one month, store in vacuum sealed containers in dry, dark areas.  For periods longer than that, store in refrigerators and freezers.  Keep fruits and vegetables high in Vitamin A away from direct light.  Vitamin A is sensitive to light and is retained during the drying process.  Fruits containing vitamin A - like carrots, bell peppers, and mangoes - can degrade in direct sunlight.  For the best quality, fruits and vegetables should be replaced every year.

SUMMARY: Wash and dry your fruits and vegetables. Blanch all vegetables Slice your fruits and vegetables into even slices. Lay your sliced fruits or vegetables onto the tray in a single, even layer. Dry the larger fruits or vegetables at 130–135 °F (54–57 °C) for 6-12 hours. Check for specific textures as you dry your fruits or vegetables. Store dried fruits similarly to how you would store meats.

In one sentence, describe what the following article is about: Retrofitting an existing room in your home or business is the cheapest and simplest way to protect your loved ones from storms or intruders. While building or installing a prefabricated safe room can cost between $2500-$6000, you can retrofit an existing room for a thousand or less. Choose a room that is in the interior of the house with no windows or skylight, and no walls shared with the outdoors A large walk-in closet works well. A safe room needs a door that can withstand high winds or being kicked in by an intruder, and should ideally open inwards rather than outwards in case debris is stacked outside the room during a storm.  Remove the existing door and doorjamb. Replace the doorjamb with a steel one, and reinforce the surrounding wood with steel angle iron (which will prevent the door from being kicked or blown in).  Replace the door with a heavy, solid wood door (such as one sold as an exterior front door for a home) or with a heavy steel door.  Mount it so that it opens inwards rather than out. You can choose if you want to use a traditional deadbolt or a keyless deadbolt. The keyless deadbolt has the advantage that you don't have to find the key in case of an emergency, but can be dangerous if you have small children in your household who may lock themselves inside.  Before installing the new locks and doorknob, reinforce the wood around them by installing steel or brass strike plates, which you can purchase at most hardware stores.  Install the locks so that the door locks from the inside. If it's a traditional deadbolt, be sure to make a copy of the key and keep the keys in two separate but easily accessible locations, where you can find them immediately in case of emergency. If you are adding the safe room to new construction, you can reinforce the walls and ceiling with concrete, chicken wire, or steel sheeting before adding dry wall and paint to the walls. If not, you will need to tear out the existing drywall to reinforce the walls.  The most cost-effective way to reinforce the walls is by pouring concrete into the cavity between the 2x4s in the walls. Then, screw plywood or 1-1/8″ oriented strand board to the 2x4s on either side. You can then cover this with drywall and paint.  You can also screw steel sheeting to the 2x4s and cover with drywall and paint. You will need to use steel sheeting or chicken wire in the ceiling, which can be done from the attic if you're in a one-story home, or applied directly to the ceiling (less attractive, but chances are good no one will be looking at the ceiling of your closet safe room). If you want to create a more complicated or stand-alone structure, its important that it is up to code. If you don't have a lot of experience with construction, you can contact a contractor or local storm shelter company for help planning and installing your project. Ask around for recommendations of local contractors. Ask family or friends who have recently remodeled or done construction work, or contact the National Association of the Remodeling Industry or a local building inspector, who will be able to point you in the right direction.
Summary:
Select your room to retrofit. Replace the door. Install locks. Reinforce the walls and ceiling. Contact a contractor for help.