Must Try Margarita
Ξ March 12th, 2008 | → 36 Comments | ∇ alcohol, nuttin in particular |
I love tequila. Judging from the comments to my “I just drank my damn dinner” post yesterday, some of you also appreciate a good margarita. As a thank you for the support you all have shown my new little baby blog, I would like to share with you my double top secret recipe for the best margarita on the planet.
About five years ago I learned of this heavenly mixture and I’m telling you, these are so good that I have a difficult time ordering margaritas in restaurants now. The only margaritas that came close were (Britt, close your eyes for a moment) the margaritas that I had the pleasure of tasting in Cabo San Lucas at the beginning of February. (I will so admit to drinking vast quantities of what can only be described as pure liquid ecstasy and I will not make excuses for saying they were my favorite part of Mexico.)
So, without further adieu, may I please present my favorite margarita recipe for your drinking pleasure. It is as follows…
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1 can of frozen limeade, dumped into the blender
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same can, now filled halfway with a dark beer, dumped into the blender (Dos Equis dark works best, but honestly, any will do) (and please don’t say “ewww, why beer in a margarita?” Because I am telling you, these frikken rock. Trust me…I wouldn’t steer you wrong on this one.)
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same can, now filled about two fingers high with Triple Sec, dumped into the blender
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same can, now filled about halfway with a good tequila, dumped into the blender (Don Julio is my personal favorite, but Patron and the like would be excellent.)
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add ice
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blend
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pour into any glass that makes you happy to hold
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garnish with lime round on glass if desired (but I think it might really make a difference!)
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drink and enjoy
The photo above goes to a recipe that I am excited to try. This is one I found when searching the Food Channel’s website for info on that smoking hot Jamie Deen. (Don’t judge! The other day was a lazy Sunday with a remote control that led to me accidentally finding him and his brother running around trying different fun regional foods. Jamie has that accent that I can’t get enough of. He totally made my knees weak. Just. From. Speaking. Yum!)
ANYhow, where were we? Oh, yeah…here is a recipe that I hope to partake in soon. Although not soon enough. (Hey, I thought you weren’t going to judge! Shhhhhhhhhhhhh…)
1 quart ruby red grapefruit juice
10 fresh mint leaves , torn in half
2 shots orange liqueur
8 shots tequila
Combine all the ingredients in a pitcher and stir to combine.
Pour over ice and serve. Drink and be happy.
Just don’t drink and drive. (Drinking and blogging is encouraged, though.)
xoxo
on March 12th, 2008 at 12:13 AM
Fuck. Now I want a margarita. You’re blowing my diet ya know.
I’m holding you responsible for the 30 pounds I’m sure to put on the minute I touch a drop of alcohol.
on March 12th, 2008 at 12:29 AM
i would offer to help you *ahem* workout *ahem* except you don’t like my girlie parts. therefore i can’t offer you the workout that would excite you. booooooo! (luckily neither of these tasty treats will put 30 pounds on your delicious frame.)
on March 12th, 2008 at 12:46 AM
Tequila makes me throw up.I just keep drinking it though.
on March 12th, 2008 at 7:27 AM
no judgment here. jamie’s a polite southern boy who knows how to cook and likes to travel. charming as all get out and damn good looking with dimples to get lost in.
we’ll sneak him away from his wife and ply him with those margaritas till he forgets all about her. :-)
(bobby’s cute too but somehow manages to come off as a southern mobster with charm. not quite sure how he does that.)
on March 12th, 2008 at 7:51 AM
What is this tequila of which you speak?
on March 12th, 2008 at 9:29 AM
is it sad that it’s only 8:30 AM and I’m considering running to the store for your magical ingredients and having Margaritas for breakfast?
And Drinking and Blogging is a must. I highly encourage that practice.
on March 12th, 2008 at 9:39 AM
I love that you will search the Food Network for a margarita, (ok, for a picture, but you found a margarita nonetheless…) but I don’t think I recall us ever cooking when you and Anna and I all used to hang out together… all the more reason that being single is just plain fun. We didn’t have to cook!
Course, I also love that we get to have gatherings (parties) at Aunt Marcia’s to learn to make her chicken noodle soup these days…
on March 12th, 2008 at 10:06 AM
Ooooh yum. Margys. And the Deen boys are hot. I’d do em.
on March 12th, 2008 at 10:36 AM
Beer… in a margarita? Genius! I can’t wait to try this! I’m thinking I need to have a Margarita Taste Test Party.
on March 12th, 2008 at 10:36 AM
So you make this post on my day and do not include the picture? WTF? I believe I shall make a stop on my way home this evening and try this recipe. Maybe the Mrs. will get drunk enough that she will take advantage of me? Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!
on March 12th, 2008 at 10:42 AM
You had me at “I love tequila”.
Me too. Patron is a staple at my house much like flour and sugar.
on March 12th, 2008 at 10:53 AM
Then again…you are probably trying to keep this BLOG nice and classy, right?
on March 12th, 2008 at 12:09 PM
I will trust you, being a girl who will try any Margarita once
on March 12th, 2008 at 12:09 PM
amanda, way to push through the pain! you are a trooper.
heather, oh how i am a sucker for jamie. but that bobby i can SO do without!
avit, i almost titled this post “adam, dont bother reading today.” how can you not drink?!?!? no wonder you get so cranky about you panera and starcocks.
mel, they are magical! you will thank me when you taste one of these. oh, when you are at the store? buy several containers of limeade coz you will want another pitcher. mmmmmmmmm, i am thirsty.
hey cuz!! thanks for stopping by. but lets get one thing straight: i was searching the food network for a hot guy, not for food.
winter, you should come to tequilacon in philly and drink margaritas with me.
fig, it is genius! and magical! and phenomenal! i can’t say enough good stuff about this recipe. who would have thunk that limeade and beer do the trick?
donnie, my dear sweet birthday boy, i tried to upload the photo of you with the margarita and the ORANGE BRA, however i can’t make wordpress cooperate. i’ll keep trying. because that photo makes me pee a little everytime i see it. happy birthday. can’t wait to celebrate you next month when i finally get to ny. (i don’t think your mrs. needs margaritas…she lurves yew!)
susan, you are a good woman. and i am now thirsty for margaritas, yet hungry for sugar cookies. what did you do to me?
on March 12th, 2008 at 12:09 PM
donnie – me? classy? how the fuck long have you known me?!??!?!
on March 12th, 2008 at 12:29 PM
When you think about it, everything is better with beer: Days that end in Y… peanuts and pretzels and chips… ugly people… chili… the list is never ending.
on March 12th, 2008 at 1:49 PM
britt’s mom, you will thank me! (if ever there was a time to trust me, this is it.)
fig, ain’t that the truth! my favorite these says is smithwick’s, but “cold” works some days, too.
on March 12th, 2008 at 1:54 PM
If you are ever in Huntsville, Alabama, there is a little Mexican place that makes the best margaritas ever.
The name escapes me right now, rendering this comment fairly useless.
on March 12th, 2008 at 2:20 PM
I am here to tell you all that no margarita recipe…NONE…matches the juicy joy of having one whilst wearing an orange bra and sitting in front of a dairy barn with your big brother by your side. Best recipe for disaster ever. Now the challenge is there for Miss Narf to get that durned picture downloaded.
on March 12th, 2008 at 2:22 PM
Donnie, I don’t know you, but if you are the one wearing the orange bra, drinking the margarita in front of the dairy barn with your brother, I would LOVE to see that picture. Like really love it. Cuz it sounds like the Big Gulp of Awesome.
on March 12th, 2008 at 2:35 PM
Yep…it’s me alright. And in a Hawaiian shirt no less…and with a camo hat that says “Whackmaster” on the front of it. This may be the best picture ever taken of anyone anywhere. And it is me. Narfy needs to figure out her stuff and get it on here.
on March 12th, 2008 at 2:47 PM
Narfy emailed the piccy to me. Yes it is indeed, the Big Gulp of Awesome. Good on ya! And BTW, happy birthday! It’s my birthday week as well…ending Friday when I turn *ahem* 29 again.
on March 12th, 2008 at 2:51 PM
fabby, if i am ever in alabama i have a feeling that i will need plenty of tequila.
donnie and mel, i have an urgent request out to jester for his assistance. unfortunately i think donnie’s birthday wish will be a day late. and several dollars short. sorry…this is all new to me. (but why i can get some photos to attach and not this priceless pic is beyond me. fuckers are out to get me. must be those space goats.)
mel, the “big gulp of awesome” comment made me snort!
on March 12th, 2008 at 3:20 PM
I would tell you how old I am today…but then again, I’ve never seen a picture of you and a girl doesn’t tell her age, now, does she?
on March 12th, 2008 at 3:52 PM
Ah…tequila, the gravity enhancer for panties.
on March 12th, 2008 at 4:23 PM
ALL – the photo of donnie is now up as a seperate post. a warning if you will.
donnie, xoxo
othurme, there is a bar in lowell, ma that has a drink called “Adios Pantalones.” (that drink is so my kinda drink!) who will meet me in lowell in june??
on March 12th, 2008 at 5:55 PM
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on March 12th, 2008 at 6:24 PM
wow, jerry, i made your blogroll AND your post already? day-mn, i feel special! thanks, love. (see you friday at the butcher’s!)
on March 12th, 2008 at 9:01 PM
Hello – You’re the talk of the blogosphere I can’t imagine not blogrolling, referencing, and linking to your site. I might do it on a daily basis.
on March 12th, 2008 at 9:50 PM
I would love to go to Tequilacon. However, I must support my 18 yr old PITA, therefore I am usually without funds for fun things like trips. If you ever come to CA tho… I’m buying the margys!
on March 12th, 2008 at 10:41 PM
I just ordered a smoothie maker from the Amazon Friday sale (half off!) I promise this will be the first thing I make in it.
on March 13th, 2008 at 4:58 AM
jer – am i allowed to say that your comment totally made me wet? hmmmm. probably not. so i’ll just say THANKS!
winter – pita is old enough to support their own ass. there is tequila to be consumed, dammit! what part of ca?
gwen – i want feedback, woman! i am so jealous of your purchase so somehow that means that you simply must let me know your thoughts on what i consider the best margarita on earth. (how about i am all excited for you and your smoothie maker???!?!?!! way cool!)
on March 13th, 2008 at 1:26 PM
A finer show of appreciation I cannot think of.
on March 14th, 2008 at 4:49 PM
aha! i have found the den of iniquity that is corrupting my beloved with the contemptible conflagration of margarita y cervesa in the same cup…
now why didn’t i think of that? two of the best things in the world, efficiently melded into one!
you bastids.
i’m afraid that will have to be consumed at the break in the new grill party that is quickly coming upon us!
on March 14th, 2008 at 5:16 PM
FISHDOG!! i’m ecstatic that you found your way over here. for a while now i have been reading of your adventures with your stunning wife and adorable teenagers, and here you are. schweet.
hope you like the margaritas. just be careful, they don’t taste like tequila and can knock you on your butt. personally, i appreciate a drink that sneaks up on ya, but some folks don’t.
kiss your wife happy birthday for us. and have her kiss you because i hear it is about to be your birthday as well. enjoy!
on January 30th, 2009 at 5:17 PM
I am late to this page. all is quiet except for little ol me.
in exchange for YOUR recipe – following is our family recipe, brough over from Grimm Russia aboard the Carpathia in 1928 and passed from father to son….
1 part Lime juice (Roses? Fresh squeezed)
1 part triple sec
2 parts tequila
shaker, with ice.. pour in salt rimmed glass.
at Two, you are feeling good
at Three you must have another
at Four you have lost count and really don’t care
at Five.. you are a GOD!
at six you are passed out naked on your neighbors lawn…
kurts variation?
same one/one/two.. but I also use one shot of orange, tangerine, whatever juice.
be mindful of your intake unless you are in a totally safe environment. As it is with the great circle of life – sometimes you are the party, sometimes the only guy passed out on your serving of belgiun waffles with nothing on but a bra and boxer shorts.