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To: Dealer who wrote (21376)	6/3/2000 11:54:00 PM
From: bonnuss_in_austin	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 35685

Dealer: the latest from your Austin 'Porch Party' correspondent: Margarita recipe from 'authentic,' native Texans: INGREDIENTS * Tequila. The better the quality, the better the marg. * Triple Sec. Need much less than of the tequila. It's the triple sec that adds "sweetness," which is the ingredient that makes sour/sweetness flexible to taste/preference. * Minute Maid brand (or others) 6 oz. cans frozen limeade. (Get the 6 oz because you'll use one can per batch. Makes it more convenient.) * Fresh limes. APPLIANCES/IMPLEMENTS 1. Blender. 2. "Lime" or lemon "squeezer." This is a device (HELP, Texans with description) that looks like a combo between "vise-grips" with spoon-shaped, cupped just the proper size for half limes/lemons with holes (sorry, I drank too many samples to come up with the proper term here -- LOL). It's a special squeeze/strainer device. DIRECTIONS: 1. Fill the blender (40 oz capacity assumed) with ice cubes -- yes, to the TOP. 2. Pour in tequila to 1/3 capacity, roughly. (40 oz divided by 3 for the mathematicians is what? 12-14 oz? You can 'eyeball it' -- fill the sucker about 1/3 with tequila.) 3. Pour in roughly 1 inch "depth" Triple Sec. Make it 1.5 to 2 inches for "sweeter" version. 4. Add one 6-oz can of frozen Minute Maid limeade. 5. Squeeze the juice of ONE lime (per batch) which has been HALVED within the jaws of this lime/lemon squeezing device. One half at a time. Okay. Now: Put the top on the blender and turn it on. Watch the top (that clear view plexiglass in the lid) for BUBBLES. When a BUBBLE happens, turn off blender for a "rest." (about 30 seconds is enough). This is a preventative measure so that the blender motor doesn't burn out. Making margaritas is HARD on blenders, because you're dealing with grinding up HARD ICE, okay? You can "blend" margaritas "til the cows come home," according to my sources. You can't blend them too much, they say. If, however, you prefer them "thicker," once blended, put more ice in the blender and blend them some more. 6. Use the squeezed-out "rinds" of the limes to coat the serving glass rims; then dip into salt (per taste/salt optional) -- table salt is okay -- before filling the serving glass with the substance. OKAY. How's that sound? (Apologize to the tee-totalers for describing what you might consider a barbaric ritual of making a big deal out of drinking alcohol ... this could all be done, I would think, sans alcohol, however). ...an original TX margarita recipe, courtesy of two of my Austin pals... I'll be happy to make many batches @ Gold Creek as needed or requested! b-i-a ###