Margarita

Happy Thirsty Thursday (Cinco De Mayo Edition)!

Drink:

Margarita

Recipe:

1 an 1/2 oz Tequila

1/2 oz Triple Sec

1 oz Lime Juice

Slice of Lime

Salt

Rim glass with Lime Juice and dip in Salt. Shake Tequila, Triple Sec, and Lime Juice over ice, pour into rimmed glass, garnish with Slice of Lime, and serve.

Description:

Culture!

I know you are all bursting at the seams with American pride this week folks, but lets take a moment from celebrating our ability to kill the everliving fuck out of people for FREEDOM to celebrate another countries ability to kill their fair share of folks for their own FREEDOM, Mexico!

And do it like it can only be done in 'MERICA!

Besides, its really more of a U.S. holiday then anything, considering it's only observed in one state south of the border. That's right folks, much like Saint Patrick's Day, Cinco De Mayo is an American celebration of immigrants' native culture rather then another nation's celebration of a historic event (which in this case was driving the French out of Puebla. Its not the Mexican equivalent to the Fourth of July, you uncultured swine! That is in September, and has the way sweeter name Grito de Dolores, or "Cry of Dolores").

But you didn't come here for history or culture, did you? Hell no, you came here to drink!

The above recipe is for a traditional margarita, served chilled and/or on the rocks, but not in a slush. If you are going to follow this recipe, make sure to use good tequila, as it likely has a lot less sweet mixers then the fruit smoothies you get with your chicken fajita rollup at Applebee's.

Variants:

Sweet Margarita: Add 1 and 1/2oz Lime Margarita Mix and increase Lime Juice to 1 and 1/2oz. This will result in a much sweeter cocktail, more palatable to those who don't enjoy a strong tequila flavor (read: bitches).

Frozen Margarita: Double original recipe. Instead of shaking over ice, add ingredients to a blender with 1cup Ice. This is the one you are all probably familiar with. The kind that gets served to giggling middle aged women at the local bar and grill in a cup the size of a damn fishbowl.