Week 18 in The Year of Drinking Adventurously – TEQUILA!
Yes, tequila, my old friend… we have some stories, don’t we?
I think of tequila as the official party booze. (And rum, too. But that’s another chapter.) Who doesn’t love a good Margarita on a hot summer day? Don’t answer that — it’s rhetorical. Thursday is Cinco de Mayo – not Mexican Independence Day, like most people think. Rather it’s a day that commemorates a decisive battle won against the French Army. And an excuse for Americans to get drunk on someone else’s holiday. (We do that for St. Patrick’s Day, too. Any old excuse works, really…)
Tequila is made from the blue agave plant, must be distilled in Mexico to be classified as tequila, but may be bottled elsewhere. Not all tequila is 100% agave tequila, so read your labels. The finer tequilas, like my current bottle, 1800 Silver Tequila Reserva, is 100% agave. This is one spirit I would never cheap out on. You will pay dearly for it, after the fact.
So how do I like to drink tequila? Well, I do love me a Margarita -Meg is short for Margaret, after all. But the first tequila cocktail I ever had was a Tequila Sunrise. And yes, it was because of The Eagles’ song of the same name. Obviously I discovered The Eagles before Jimmy Buffett or I’d have been Wastin’ Away in Margaritaville… And I might not have been of legal drinking age at the time. And I might have sneaked off to New York City with my friends. To see Siouxie and the Banshees at Radio City Music Hall. Epic…
The Tequila Sunrise:
3 ounces orange juice
1 1/2 ounce tequila
1/2 ounce grenadine
In a tall glass or Collins glass… The drink is mixed by pouring in Tequila, ice, then the juice and, lastly, the grenadine. The signature look of the drink depends on adding the grenadine without mixing with the other ingredients. A spoon may be used to guide the syrup down the glass wall to the bottom of the glass with minimal mixing. Oh! Pretty!
Of course tequila makes for a fun shot, too. You sprinkle salt on the space between your thumb and index finger, have a lemon wedge ready, pour a shot of tequila, and “lick, drink, suck.” That is lick the salt, throw back the shot, and suck the lemon wedge, people. I heard you all snickering.
Oh and the whole worm thing? You know, eat the worm at the bottom of the bottle and you’ll have hallucinations? That’s a myth. Skip the worm, that’s just gross, sorry.
So mosey on over to Lula’s blog and see how she tequila’d!
Tequila is my fave, closely followed by vodka, both with lime. Maybe it’s just the lime? Naw…
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I love tequila, too. And it does seem to be the impetus for many a drinking adventure! Everyone has a tequila story!
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True! Paul won’t drink it anymore, bad experience a long time ago, haha!
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Harry will have a Margarita but only very rarely. He’s a beer guy, almost exclusively. But tequila = bad experience seems pretty universal!
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Yes!
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Tequila has made me make many mistakes. I tend to avoid it. But every now and then, the situation calls for shots, and there’s no better option than tequila. I rarely see the sunrise after a night like that though. 😃
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Oh yeah, more like noon… Heh! 😀
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More like four, eat, shower, get ready to go back out. It was all a blur. 🙂
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Ah, tequila… you hurt me once. Never again 😉
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Aw, really? Not even in a nice refreshing Margarita? Ahem, and I’d like to hear your story, sir! 😉
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It’s the usual tale of the excesses of youth, and breaking a toilet seat with your nose. Nothing special 😉
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And you didn’t break your nose?!? 😀 Oh my god!
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My nose was not in a good way either, but not broken!
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Gives a whole new meaning to the term “hard-nosed” LOL!
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Ha ha! Tried and tested in my case!
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Siouxie and the Banshees – awesome!
Even I, barely-drinker Sandra, have intimate experience with tequila. And yes, it is of the “lick, drink, suck” variety. I should have known it would happen that night I was hanging with the just-returned-from-a-semester-in-Mexico guy. Shots were consumed. I remember exactly how many but I think I’m afraid to admit it. And you are correct in your assumption that “lick, drink, suck” had multiple meanings that night… (I think that may be the title of a future post…. I could tell the story of this night…)
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Oh boy! I swear tequila does make you a little loco! 😀 But in a fun way! Mostly… Heh!
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Oh it was fun. Until morning. 🙂
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I can relate… 🙂
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Yes, let’s skip the worm! I like to measure Tequila by the “glug”. As in three glugs. Glug. Glug. Glug. No need to measure. xo
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Why Miss Whitney! You wild child! I love it! 😀 😀 😀
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Love me some fine sip worthy Tequila ❤️
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Yes, ma’m! Perfect for back porch rocking on a summer night watching the sun go down…
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Yes!!!!
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Nice slow burn
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Exactly!
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Wow – that’s amazing!
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Thanks Simon! 😀
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Always a pleasure – hope you’re having a good Tuesday 🙂
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Yes! Writing and researching, today. 🙂 Hope you’re having a good Tuesday, too!
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It’s been a quiet day – what I needed but still at work so hey 😉
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Took me back to “Smokey Joe’s” on the University of Pennsylvania campus…many, many years ago!—
(worker…not student, unfortunately) My first Tequila shots … fun times!
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Ah, that’s great! Tequila is the start of many ahem… stories!
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Tequila and lime, I could have used a few last week.
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I hear ya…
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My most fav way for tequila is shots! That burning feeling is just amazing! But I would love a good margarita too! 😀 Anything with tequila in it!
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I know! I love tequila, too! Now I’m really in the mood for a Margarita. And some Mexican food…
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So we now have to catch up with pizza and beer and then once again with Tequila and chimichangas? 😉
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Now that sounds like a great idea! You’re on!
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Very cool post. I’ll drink to that. And neat reference to The Eagles.
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Thanks Alex! Cheers!
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That’s great! We all have a story, mine is not nearly as awesome as yours. what an epic concert! My first cocktail was the Fuzzy Navel. Not one I am apt to repeat.
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That’s awesome! When you first start drinking you pick the funniest things!
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I snickered 😉
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