This week in Margaritas

Postcards from Margarita Tour 2010...

We are off to a promising start. Even our Budweiser loving sister-in-law is talked out of her can and into the liquor store where we begin our experiment with high-grade tequila.

We set a bad example for our niece and ruin any prospects of ever making a run for the Hernando County School Board, but we are making progress on our recipe. The verdict on high-grade tequila, however, is not so much.

This week's secret ingredient is Cointreau. This week's actual secret is locked away under a thatched roof in a top secret location in my brother's backyard. As my wise, Budweiser drinking sister-in-law explains to the middle schooler: What happens in the tiki hut stays in the tiki hut. At least until I am able to edit post the pictures.

Having not yet reached our capacity for sun and lime drinks we are taking our research further south tomorrow, where, it is said, the air smells like Key limes and coconut.

Cheers,

SK

CORRECTION: My sister-in-law's beverage of choice is Bud Light, which is still technically Budweiser, but which we are nevertheless perfectly willing to acknowledge as an error despite the fact that for more than a decade she has consistently refused/mocked our requests for a beer glass.   

Comments

[MommyTime]

mmmmm....Frankly, any experimentation with Margaritas is good experimentation, in my book.

[Seriously, Jess]

This is right up my alley. I'm now on summer #2 being unable to drink (last year was sick, this year, pregnant), so allow me to live vicariously through you as you conduct this very important research.

I will be taking notes along the way.

Also, I'm pleased to see you're a purist with the lime margaritas. Berry-flavored margaritas are for amateurs.

[Audubon Ron]

Sounds great, before heading south make sure to swing over and catch my Chico Chicken video.

[Suburban Kamikaze]

The good news for you Jess, is that the less tequila we used, the better they tasted. Seriously. My Mexican boyfriend will cringe when I say this, but the high-end tequila tasted to me like something from out of a still. Figure out what to substitute for the Cointreau, or perhaps allow yourself a teeny splash and you will have the best tasting almost-a-virgin drink ever. (Insert your own joke here.) We used a bottled mix, lots of fresh lime and a pour of lemon-lime seltzer to cut down the sweet. It is of course, still a work in progress...

SK