Honey Stawberry Margarita™

Honey Stawberry Margarita™

A smooth strawberry treat with a sweet surprise.

1 Cup Reposado Tequila
1 Pint fresh strawberries
2 Cups ice cubes (1.5 trays)
1/3 Cup clover honey
1.5 Cups frozen limeade or Cuervo lime tequila mix (aka lame-ade)

Combine everything except honey in 40+ ounce blender. Run several bursts on "ice crusher" setting, until strawberries are liquefied and ice is ground up. Add honey and blend. Serve in chilled margarita glasses.

Originally mixed with no sweetener, this one was a little too tart. At first I reached for cane sugar, but then the words "strawberry blonde" flashed in my mind, just as a large jar of honey crossed my field of vision. The Honey Strawberry Margarita was born.

Margaritas typically contain triple sec. My omission of it here was a happy accident. I must try it with Triple Sec next time. Always experimenting, refining. In another accidental discovery, I found that this drink is incredibly delicious and refreshing with sesame tortilla chips and smoky chipotle salsa.

Sadly, after creating this concoction, I discovered that mine was not the first honey margarita. See Golden Honey Margarita. Note that mine is a strawberry margarita, and without Triple Sec.

The margarita is the most common of tequila-based cocktails, made with Triple Sec and lime juice. In other languages, margarita is the Latin word for pearl; and Spanish for the daisy flower, which is also the name of a similar cocktail.

--Wikipedia

The Tangeloafer™

The Tangeloafer

This easy-to-make drink is designed for hot, lazy summer days. Loafing as a science and an art.

1 Large Tangelo (citrus hybrid*)
1 jigger Cruzan Pineapple Flavored Rum
1 oz Triple Sec
1/2 cup cracked ice

Cut a wedge of about 1/8 of the tangelo and set aside. Combine juice and pulp of remaining tangelo flesh, plus rum, triple sec, and ice in a cocktail shaker. Shake until your hands turn numb. Strain into an old fashion glass.

Ideally, the liquor and the glassware com out of the freezer. However, there is a chance that you are just too lazy for that much preparation. And that's okay. Enjoy.

The tangelo is citrus fruit that is a hybrid of any mandarin orange, popularly known as a tangerine, and either a pomelo or a grapefruit. It may have originated in Southeast Asia over 3,500 years ago. The fruits look like good-sized, oblong oranges and have a tangerine taste, but are very juicy, to the point of not providing much flesh but producing excellent and plentiful juice.

--Wikipedia