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[sm4him]

I'm fading pretty fast, and it's not even 8 p.m.

 

[limr13]

I'm fading pretty fast, and it's not even 8 p.m.

Ah, the dark side of the margarita.

 

[sm4him]

I'm fading pretty fast, and it's not even 8 p.m.

Ah, the dark side of the margarita.

Or the bright side, maybe.

I'd be fine with early to bed tonight, except I'd really planned to go through some photos and pick the ones I'm submitting for a local restaurant's gallery. I've gotta get my choices in by this weekend.

But it might just wait till morning.

 

[sm4him]

At least I ditched the idea of bringing some work home with me. I knew even before I left that wasn't gonna happen tonight.

 

[Gary A.]

Waiting for a bud to arrive. Gotta go to a 'Gala' in Burbank. Work crap.

My classic Margarita is simple:

3 parts - Patrón Añejo Tequila (my favorite, use yours)
2 parts - Cointreau
1 part - Fresh lime juice

This is what I understand to be the traditional margarita. The Cointreau works as a natural sweetener eliminating the need for sugar or simple syrup. Some will argue that this cocktail is more potent, but I think it only tastes that way. Sugar in drinks mask the alcohol fooling the palate. Why anyone would want to mask a fine tequila is beyond me.

Mary Lou prefers it 2-2-2. So adjust to taste.

Typically over ice. (On hot summer days I've been known to splash it over shaved ice.)

 

[Gary A.]

You can substitute Cointreau with Grand Marnier, et al.

 

[sm4him]

Waiting for a bud to arrive. Gotta go to a 'Gala' in Burbank. Work crap.

My classic Margarita is simple:

3 parts - Patrón Añejo Tequila (my favorite, use yours)
2 parts - Cointreau
1 part - Fresh lime juice

This is what I understand to be the traditional margarita. The Cointreau works as a natural sweetener eliminating the need for sugar or simple syrup. Some will argue that this cocktail is more potent, but I think it only tastes that way. Sugar in drinks mask the alcohol fooling the palate. Why anyone would want to mask a fine tequila is beyond me.

Mary Lou prefers it 2-2-2. So adjust to taste.

Typically over ice. (On hot summer days I've been known to splash it over shaved ice.)

^Pretty much what I do as well, when I make one at home. I definitely prefer the Cointreau--and potent is a-ok with me.

Tonight, I just knew that:
--I don't actually HAVE any tequila or cointreau at home right now,
--I didn't want to stop and get any
--I didn't want to go home and make my own drink, even if I did have the ingredients
and
--I desperately wanted a DECENT margarita.

This is what made me think of the little mexican spot that I don't go to very often, because I knew that they actually know how to make a margarita.

 

[sm4him]

You can substitute Cointreau with Grand Marnier, et al.

Yeah, I do like the Grand Marnier ones as well, but that's not something I *ever* really buy just to have at home.

I typically really only have one, or at most, two kinds of liquor at home, plus *maybe* a bottle of wine.
And one bottle of liquor will last me for months. I currently have rum and whisky, so I probably won't buy any tequila until at least one of these are gone, and that may not be until after the first of the year.

Unless it gets too jammin' cold too early. Then I may just drink myself into hibernation for the winter.

 

[Gary A.]

Every Mexican innately knows how to make a Margarita. (See my recipe above.)

 

[Gary A.]

You can substitute Cointreau with Grand Marnier, et al.

Yeah, I do like the Grand Marnier ones as well, but that's not something I *ever* really buy just to have at home.

I typically really only have one, or at most, two kinds of liquor at home, plus *maybe* a bottle of wine.
And one bottle of liquor will last me for months. I currently have rum and whisky, so I probably won't buy any tequila until at least one of these are gone, and that may not be until after the first of the year.

Unless it gets too jammin' cold too early. Then I may just drink myself into hibernation for the winter.

Oh I have plenty of booze. I really don't drink much, I prefer to collect it so others can drink. The exception being wine. Mary Lou and I go through ... about three bottle a week.

 

[Gary A.]

I have ... around 100 bottles of vino.

 

[sm4him]

I have ... around 100 bottles of vino.

Wow.

Considering that, for the past 20+ years, there was NO alcohol in my house, I figure two bottles of hard liquor and a bottle of wine is quite a step up.

I quit drinking completely when I got pregnant with my first (for a variety of reasons) and did not have a single drink until HE turned 21.
And because I tried to encourage them to not START drinking (they did anyway, of course), I refused to have anything in the house, or to even drink outside of the home, because I didn't want to be a "do as I say, not as I do" kind of parent.
Alcoholism gallps in my family, so my preference would have been for my kids to not play the roulette game. But fortunately, so far, it seems not to have picked them.

 

[limr13]

Love Grand Marnier in a margarita. Adds a bit of complexity to balance the tartness of the lime.

I prefer reversing the proportions of the lime and the Cointreau/Grand Marnier because I don't like my cocktails very sweet. Gives me a headache.

 

[Gary A.]

If my family was prone to alcoholism, I would have done the same. But it isn't so I prefer to teach/show them responsible drinking habits rather than abstinence.

 

[astroNikon]

Every Mexican innately knows how to make a Margarita. (See my recipe above.)

I'm clueless
but then, I don't drink.