Here is a recipe for joy or despair. Regardless of whether your candidate wins or loses in the CD 08 primary you may wish to consider the (therapeutic or celebratory) virtue of a fine Margarita.I believe that devotion to this drink has been expressed by several Data Port visitors. Our prejudice here is that the only drinkable Margarita is hand made. I’ve never had a decent one in a bar.
Equipment:
One lime squeezer. (Use only fresh limes that you squeeze yourself.)
One box of coarse salt to rim the glass.
A solid cocktail shaker. Never blend a Margarita. If you want a slushy go elsewhere….maybe Eegees.
Real limes. Never use bottled lime juice.
Tequilla. It must be good, but need not be great.
Sugar. Make your own simple syrup. 3 oz. water in which 3 oz of sugar has been dissolved. These are volume measures. Make as much as you want.
Recipe for 4 Margaritas
9 oz. Teguila
3 oz. Triple-sec.
4 oz. Freshly squeezed lime juice
2 oz. Simple syrup.
Shake very vigorously in cocktail shaker and pour into glasses rimmed with lime and salt. Repeat as needed.
18 comments:
Kral...
Clearly we will have to put them to the test! Of course this will require more than one.
Thanks so much, Art, and will second your remarks as well as vouche for Kral's observation regarding Casa Molina.
I went to the one at Columbus and Grant, spoke with the bartender, and he said all Casa Molina's make the same margarita. They might not squeeze their own limes, but they do stick to tequila, triple sec, and lime juice.
The sugar is a touch I'll have to try, but I'm a little dubious.
For folks unawares, Art's margarita is a real drink of the caliber rarely served in public. Drivers and college kids beware.
Don't forget that place I mentioned in Nogales. 4 or 5 blocks in, white hotel, dark bar on first floor.
PK,
Did you see how the Republic reported on this poll?
the Republican race is much tighter, with state Rep. Steve Huffman holding no clear-cut lead over contenders Randy Graf, a former state legislator, and Mike Hellon, a former state GOP chairman.
I think the Republic has gotten way too familiar with Art's recipe.
phx kid,
If you guys want to win elections you are going to have to either ramp up the election fraud in this state or find some candidates. The group running for CD8 could call themselves the Band of Losers.
Does anyone out there know what is it about selling real estate that prepares you for Congress?
Art,
I have all I need for when this election is over. It's a form that will change my voter registration from Democrat to Independent. This is the last time in my life that I will allow myself to actually care who wins an election. It is also the last time I will be affiliated with any political party. I will not give one dime or one more second of my time to the Democratic Party at any time in the future. Quite frankly, there is little difference between most Democrats and most Republicans in Congress. However, I do not believe in one party rule, so I will vote for Democrats until there are too many of them. Then I'll probably switch to Republicans, who may have reformed their party by then.
phx kid,
Yeah, you're right. After I made that comment I realized that Kyl will probably win because of the power of incumbency. We need term limits so that these people have expiration dates just like so many blocks of cheese. There are plenty of people in Congress from both parties who need to go back to whatever they did before their "public service."
You may be right about CD8 being close. I guess the important thing is to let the people vote and count the votes accurately. If the majority of people vote in favor of Social Security privatization and against universal health care and in favor of endless wars etc...then so be it.
I don't know if you track financial/economic news or not, but its getting pretty dismal out there. People understand recessions even when they don't understand anything else. They might start to develop an appreciation for some of the "social justice" Democratic issues when they need to become the recipients and those programs aren't there anymore.
If the majority of voters want to shoot themselves in their collective foot, then let them do it. As I said above, I'm soon going to be an Independent again and that is pretty much how we Independents think.
phx kid,
NOBODY is taking our guns away. I honestly believe that is the least of our worries. Americans will never be disarmed, you can count on it.
BTW, that website you linked to above is really interesting.
So, which Republican candidate are you supporting in CD8? We know its not Huffman. Could it be Graf?
Enjoying a TDP margarita (well, using singular because it is inside a single glass).
Excellent, Art. It's amazing how hard it is to find this at a restaurant. I guess the places don't have the wherewithal to use fresh lime juice or adequate tequila.
I don't understand the R side of this election, but I did run into some rather interesting scuttle (my promise is that I was told this, have no clue if it is true), which is that RNCC and R party cannot stand Graf and is actively coaching/supporting Huffman. Further, heard that folks high and mighty dispatched two operatives from DC to Tucson last week to consult Steve full time and pull this thing through for him.
Hungry for a blue victory, I'd love to see Graf prevail on 9/12 because I think he will be easier to beat. I encounter R's who feel the same way about Graf, and therefore want (and some most insistent and confident) Huffman to prevail.
Two months ago, I nodded at the logic and expected to see this happen.
Now I'm just scratching my head. How can all those big names, all that money, and all that party support (presumed), produce what appears to be a complete fiasco of a campaign?
What am I missing?
Certainly can't argue with you, PK (feeling that margarita, Art) that Huffman is all but DOA on 9/12.
Still baffled by the what appears to be a remarkable miscalculation. I mean, we are talking about Kolbe, Click, Olsen, Walkup, Diamond, the realtor folk, the mortgage folk, the RNCC, some moderates R's and $500K+, behind Huffman, and---WHAT?
The woman (it will be a woman) that wins on 9/12 can beat Graf.
phx kid,
I've only recently started to pay attention to the CD8 Republican candidates, and I find your analysis really interesting. It's funny that you have compared to Huffman to Pee-Wee Herman. I'm sorry to state the obvious, but Randy Graf is not going to remind anyone of John Wayne.
Wayne Newton! HA HA!! I have this image of him, some photo I saw, and the visual in the context of this campaign got my funny bone!
Frankly I think all of the candidates look fine.
Whoever wins this will have no walk in the park for round two in two years. On the D side, I have to say I think Giffords will most adept at hitting the ground running and establishing what it takes to keep the seat.
Back to the margarita, how you like to do the ice, Art? Do you mix and then just pour over rocks? Do you put ice into the shaker and strain over rocks?
We all have our ways. Just curious.
Finally, yes, after this campaign margaritas and chocolate stout and other festivities are most in order. I may have to wait till later to fire up the stoagie, but there's an Ashton Spellbound with my name on it.
Good Lord...Ice..yes...
I put cubes in the shaker and shake like mad. Then strain the Margaritas (with some shards of ice) into the glasses.
For a large party it can be hard on the host to make lots of margaritas. I have an alternative for large groups.
The Yucca Flats (Re-named The Scorpion)
This drink...according to the mythology this was drunk by physicists and such horse's necks in bombville.
1. In a one gallon glass jar put the juice of five large lemons (Reserve some peels.)
2.Pour in a rounded 1/3 cup of sugar, more if you want this to be a bit sweeter. (I don't)
3. Stir until the sugar is completely dissolved. Slice the peels of one or two lemons and drop in the jug.
4. Add one quart of tequilla. (Boom! Sting) and screw the lid on and set aside until the party starts.
5. Fill the jar with commercial crushed ice and shake.
Ladle into plastic glasses (for God's sake don't use your best crystal.)
Attention This is not a fake Margarita. It seems more like a tequilla-flavored lemonade health drink. It is tequila flavored. It is not a health drink. I will be happy to provide some for the party...wherever it is.
Art,
Do you have a drink recipe for something with rum? I don't like tequila and it appears that you know your stuff.
phx kid,
Anonymity is irrelevant. I'm pretty sure I could pick you out of this crowd.
phx kid,
Don't you have a blog that needs updating? Come on, we need a little help holding down the Red side of the local blogosphere, especially on the state races.
phx kid,
Come on now. I have complimented you several times on your ability to form a sentence.
framer,
Yes, do back off. Phx kid likes liberals. There is something about poverty and powerlessness that makes us great conversationalists. I hope we don't lose our charisma when we take back the country.
HA HA. That Neanderthal remark about complete sentences and knuckle dragging was referring to those who still think sexual orientation is a "choice" instead of a determined thing like hair color.
It was not spoken to apply to all on the R side of the aisle.
We like what we like. Desire is by its nature, desire. We don't choose it. I didn't "choose" to like the TDP margarita. No one is going to make me like a daiquiri. No one is going to make me like Mariah Carey. Will go to hell first on principle.
Same goes for my preference of the gender of whoever joins me in my room (females only!).
And if God accompanied by Christ, Buddha, Krishna, Mohammed, and others descends and says, "x4, you're supposed to be with guys" I won't hold the venom back.
And it's the folks that don't get this, the folks that shove a Coors Light in my face, "This is the MORAL beer to drink!" when truth is that for moi Guinness rules, that are the knuckle dragging, drooling Neanderthals that cannot speak a complete sentence.
What completely baffles me is why they could care less what I drink, or rather, the gender of the person spending the night.
Well, just have to say, Art (now that I've calmed down from the anti-homophobe rant) that your Yucca Flats recipe sounds positively dangerous.
It would make sense that the folks who created the atom bomb would drink such a potion.
Sounds like a fabulous party may be in the works.
The Tucson Chamber has endorsed three republicans for CD8, Hellon, Huffman, and Graf (hmmm). Even more strange, they endorsed Alex Rodriguez (double hmmm).
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