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Subject: Re: HELP FOR MAGUARITAVILLE
Message-ID: <230@opus.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 14-Mar-84 21:40:56 EST
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Posted: Wed Mar 14 21:40:56 1984
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First off, it's Margarita (Spanish for Margaret).

The "American" version of this drink - not to be confused with the
slice-of-lime, salt-on-hand, shot-of-tequila-neat ritual - is pretty simple
and goes roughly as follows:

	Use a wide glass - champagne saucer style.  Run a cut lime around
	the rim to moisten it and dip the rim in salt, preferably coarse.
	The drink is normally shaken with ice.  You can mix with very fine
	ice in a blender and make one of those slushy things if you want; I
	think that belongs to daiquiris and is an affectation for a
	margarita.  Anyway, you need a shot of tequila and (lime juice +
	sugar).  Bartenders substitute their standard sweet/sour mix for
	the lime and sugar unless they're really doing it up right.  You do
	need to have the sugar dissolved before you mix it - the standard
	simple syrup is useful to have around anyway.  At
	home, the easiest shortcut is to use a little bit of frozen limeade
	CONCENTRATE (don't dilute; use it as it comes from the can).  About
	a tsp or two should do it - try making a few to calibrate to your
	taste.  The taste of tequila is, uh, assertive in a way that some
	people don't like very much by itself.
	Lick the salt off the rim as you drink.  That's why you used a wide
	rim - to hold enough salt for the whole drink.

To go with - an incredibly simple chip/dip thing:  Get a bag of tortilla
chips, some of your favorite salsa, and a hunk of cream cheese.  Slap the
cream cheese on a plate and pour the sauce over it.  Use the chips to scoop
up bits of salsa-covered cream cheese.  (Yeah, I know that's an old one,
but not everyone has heard of it.)
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