The Glade 4.0

Cinco de Mayo is the start of the official summer margarita season. This is not to say that you can't have a margarita any time of year, but the summer ones are special.

Summer margaritas are made in huge pitchers with traditional ingredients, and mixed extra strong because the ice will water them down. There's plenty of fresh lime and rock salt, and fresh glasses for refills.

Fall margaritas are served in tumblers because you've already dropped all your margarita glasses. They are raspberry or blueberry and blended, and served with a float, because we miss summer and need the extra booze.

Winter margaritas are served in martini glasses, shaken to chill and poured. They are jewel tones to match holiday party dresses. Pomegranate and blue curacao are often involved.

Spring margaritas are hopeful. They are in the new margarita glasses and may include fruits like strawberry and melon. They are sipped because it's still chilly out on the back porch.


Any favourite margarita recipes out there?

Two ounces Silver Patron
One ounce Grand Marnier
splash orange juice
splash lime juice
5-7 oz sprite

Shake and pour over ice in a pint glass with salted rim.

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2 oz. Silver Patron
1 oz. Midori
1/2 oz. Grand Marnier
1/2 oz. Rose's Lime Juice

Shake in crushed ice and pour into a martini glass rimmed with rock salt.

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The Waborita using Cabo Wabo Tequila

Ingredients to use:
2.0 oz Cabo Wabo Brand Blue Agave Tequila
1.0 oz Blue Curacao
2.0 oz Cointreau
1.0 Ice
1.0 Lime

Directions: Fill shaker with ice. Add tequila, juice of 1 lime, and cointeau. Shake. Pour into a salt rimmed martini glass. Float 1 oz of Blue Curacao on top.

Mmm so tasty.

Half a bottle of generic tequila.
half a bottle of generic margarita mix
fill the blender with ice
blend

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Holy shitsnacks!

Mus, these are supposed to be margarita recipes, not recipes for disastrous hangovers.

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Raf's margarita recipe:

5 oz of Corzo Silver.

Shoot.


Eat a lime sometime later in the evening. Chex Mix provides the salt.

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"It's real, grew up in trife life, the times of white lines
The hype vice, murderous nighttimes and knife fights invite crimes" - Nasir Jones

Oh and for Cinco, "cheleda" style beer cocktails are great.

Those were some good days ...

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"It's real, grew up in trife life, the times of white lines
The hype vice, murderous nighttimes and knife fights invite crimes" - Nasir Jones

But that's what Margaritas are for

Especially on 5/5 :p

This is the holiday that almost killed with me with alcohol poisoning.

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Holy shitsnacks!

I make them one drink at a time, since I usually only have one per day...

tequila
margarita mix
squeeze of fresh lime juice

over ice (not blended) no salt

sometimes I will add a splash of Grand Marnier
sometimes I will add some pomegranate juice

(and sometimes I will even go back for another )

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"Said I never had much use for one, never said I didn't know how to use one!"~ Matthew Quigley

"nothing like a little meow in bed at night" ~ Bruskey

"I gotta float my stick same as you" Hondo Lane

"Fill your hand you son of a *****!"

2 oz Patron
1 oz Mandarine Napoleon Liqueur
1 fresh squeezed Lime

yum!

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Dream as if you'll live forever...
...Live as if you'll die tomorrow

Vivere Senza Rimpianti

In
Out
Repeat as necessary
Nine months later name her Margarita

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The U. S. Constitution doesn't guarantee happiness, only the pursuit of it. You have to catch up with it yourself. B. Franklin

"A mind needs books like a sword needs a whetstone." -- Tyrion Lannister, A Game of Thrones

I give this thread a gold star. =)

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“The person who tries to live alone will not succeed as a human being. His heart withers if it does not answer another heart. His mind shrinks away if he hears only the echoes of his own thoughts and finds no other inspiration.” - Pearl S. Buck

As one that doesnt drink, Ive never had a margarita..

any recipe for a non-alcoholic one with the same taste?

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Not really, the tequila is a large part if the flavour profile.

/agree Taamar

But you might enjoy a virgin margarita or a virgin strawberry margarita. They aren't the same thing but they taste okay.

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The U. S. Constitution doesn't guarantee happiness, only the pursuit of it. You have to catch up with it yourself. B. Franklin

"A mind needs books like a sword needs a whetstone." -- Tyrion Lannister, A Game of Thrones

I was going to say the same thing as Taamar, yesterday, but I realized that some people enjoy virgin margaritas and I don't have enough experience with them to offer any suggestions.

Just drink a lime or strawberry smoothie

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Holy shitsnacks!

I was going to note that without the tequila (or other alcohols), it's just a smoothie. Or a slushy. Just get a lime Icee

Oh, I'm not saying a virgin margarita isn't tasty, but it doesn't taste the same AT ALL. Of course, if the purpose of a drink is to remove all taste of booze (and for a lot of people it is) then just leave the booze out!

This thread needs to be stickied.

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It will be if we spill one

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Holy shitsnacks!

2 oz. Aha Toro (any variety) tequila
1 oz. Grand Marnier
1 lime
margarita salt

Cut up lime into 8 sections, reserve 1
Pre-prepare martini glass with salted rim
Fill shaker 1/3 with ice and add lime sections
muddle the hell out of it
Add tequila and Grand Marnier
Shake the hell out of it.
Pour into glass, squeeze and drop in lime section.
Alternatively pour over rocks.

One of my favorite subjects of late. Thanks, Taamar.

3 oz. 1800 Silver Select Tequila (100% de Agave, 100 proof. High quality, low-ish cost for Tequila...works better in mix than Patron Silver and costs half as much.)
2 oz. Triple Sec (brand irrelevant)
1 oz. Grand Marnier
1 oz. Lime Juice (freshly squeezed preferred)
Optional: 2 oz. of your favorite cheap citrus blend (Five Alive - Passionate Peach is great.)

Fill shaker with ice, pour ingredients over ice and shake. Pour into margarita glasses rimmed with salt. Garnish with lime slices. Serves 3-4.

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Well Ali Baba had them forty thieves, Scheherezade had a thousand tales
But master you in luck 'cause up your sleeves you got a brand of magic never fails...
...Mister Aladdin, sir, What will your pleasure be?
Let me take your order, Jot it down -You ain't never had a friend like me
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7-9oz serving 3-4? No wai.

That's one margarita!