Wouldn't it be nice to have a margarita for breakfast? I wish I knew how to make a good marg. Like with real juice and whatnot. Does anyone? Please share. What are your plans? What's for dinner? And now I give you a bunny wearing a sombrero:
The best recipe for a margarita is to drive around town until you see the places with Cinco de Mayo signs that read: $5 margaritas all day! And, then stop there, spend $30 and take Uber home.
I hate tequila. I hate it in something sweet like a tequila sunrise, so of course I hate it even more with something tart like a margarita. Margaritas and watermelons share the same headspace for me - they look really pretty and refreshing and everyone else in the world likes them and I really want to like them, but they are fucking disgusting. The drink of choice tonight will be a mojito. Not a Mexican drink, but geographically close enough. I'm also making fish tacos, which is probably not authentically Mexican, but neither is a white woman celebrating Cinco de Mayo. Later I'll probably have a martini, which shares the first three letters with margarita and is infinitely better tasting.
You could have a mar-jito. Fish tacos aren't authentic?! Please. Next you'll be saying Taco Bell doesn't make the best beef burritos.
Kimchi on fish tacos is an awesome addition. I had a massive torta cubana for lunch...shit might as well have been called "El Coronario", but it was fucking majesty. Celebrating the culmination of my MBA with Mexican, Guardians of the Galaxy and a whole lot of fucking.
And I'm done for the semester. Time to get drunk and be somebody Fish tacos are great. I consider them Baja Mexican. Shockingly, like the US, Mexico has different foods for each region. Incredible right? There is one thing I can't tolerate that people do with fish tacos, never ever ever put cheese on them. I feel like tequila gets a bad wrap and I consider it a fine liquor. If you drink shitty gin or whiskey, of course you'd think its all shit. Sadly most people only experience well tequila, and yes cuervo is well tequila with better marketing.
Here is my not-give-a-shit recipe for tonight's fish tacos: -leftover corn tortillas -fish sticks cut up into bite size pieces -salsa -avocado salsa verde dressing -chopped lettuce - fresh cilantro (I'm not a barbarian) I actually like being single because I don't have to make any more effort than that. And I can watch whatever the hell I want, which in this case will be episodes of the Jeremy Brett version of Sherlock Holmes.
My buddy had a really nice bottle of tequila, and he busted it out once and put some in a shot glass with an ice cube. My first thought was "ugh, this is gonna make me want to puke" but he said just take a sip, and when I did it tasted just like a margarita. No sugar, no lime, just good tequila and an ice cube. That completely changed my mind on tequila, and I used to despise it.
Good tequila is very much a sipping alcohol, like a Scotch. There are some incredibly complex and "non-harsh" tastes that are completely opposite from the bar-gun, body-shot tequila. Both have their places, for sure, but as I get older I find I prefer the non-body-shot variety.
Another buddy got me a good bottle of Mezcal for our stock the bar party last summer. I've been waiting for an excuse to break it out, and tonight seems as good as any.
Don't you guys have a wall to build or some shit? Appropriating the culture of the people who steal your jobs, you two-faced weirdos. However their women have phenomenal asses.
Watermelons trick you into thinking they are going to have some tangy flavor based on their red color. It's really just like eating shitty crushed ice that isn't cold. The name 'watermelon' couldn't be more apt it is a fruit that has the tasteless flavor of water. Yipee. Ive never gotten the love for them. If I need to be refreshed during the dog days of summer I'll drink a glass of ice water. My uncle is Mexican so he prides himself in Margaritas. His secret really is just using twice the tequila and Grand Marnier. I mean they are good and they get you fucking drunk. I bought a shit ton of mint and will probably be making mojitos and Mint Julips tomorrow. What it do?
It's been over ten years but I was a bartender (IN THE INDUSTRY) at a Mexican restaurant for a couple years. I don't remember the precise proportions but perhaps three shots of fresh squeezed lime juice, an ounce of of tequila, and a half ounce of orange liquor (triple sec, Cointreau, etc) and then powered sugar to taste I've had diarrhea that tasted better than sweet and sour mix. A fresh squeezed lime juice margarita is heaven. I would not advise going to a Mexican restaurant tonight. It's an amateur night that ranks right up with St. Paddy's Day and New Year's eve. I'm in Indiana on a work trip through Sunday so I ordered Italian food for delivery and am drinking wine from a box.
Here is my current Hispanic liquor arsenal: ....and an early spring made the mint jump early in the garden so I can already make mojitos in early May. Good stuff.
I won the Liquor Board lottery: http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/bombay-sapphire-gin-recall-1.4097353 tl;dr; The gin I recently bought has twice the alcohol that it should have. Saw this on the news and went to check the lot number for the bottle I just bought a few days ago, and winner winner chicken dinner. It's going to be a Cinqo de Ginno evening.
I heard about that. One of my friends is a Gin fiend and he has one too. You're basically getting Everclear-esque muscle in Bombay form.
It tastes like shit but it'll get you hammered. My inner cheapness is winning out over my taste buds.