Cinco de Mayo
Posted: Mon May 06, 2019 1:03 am
This is how we celebrated last night. Home-made tortilla chips, and home-made dips.
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I completely agree with you about the Margaritas (note the spelling - there is no 'h'). My recipe is 60ml Tequila, 30ml Combier Triple Sec (must be Combier - the other brands are too bland), 30ml lime juice, a squirt of agave syrup and three drops (not dashes - it's very precise, and must not be overdone) of Angostura Bitters. Shake as much as you can stand, with ice, then fine strain into chilled, salt-rimmed glasses.PB+J wrote:I'm helpless before a bowl of homemade tortilla chips and salsas.
As to Margharitas, I'm of the school that says making them to sweet is a recipe for deep regret
Home-made guac, by way. Then sweet corn, creme fraiche, chives and home-made mayonnaise, warmed but not enough to cuddle, and a salsa, made with roasted sweet peppers, a small amount of raw onion, and home-made tomato ketchup.Nanohedron wrote:Ben, you are an epicure.
Although I question having a flame so close to your nuts.
But fill us in: I know guac when I see it, but what of the other two?
Not bad. You gotta have Margaritas, though! Oh, and did anyone notice the agave in the background, which we grew from seed?chas wrote:I didn't even think about it, but I made chicken fajitas (I know, Tex-Mex), served with homemade guacamole and hot sauce (FIL grew the chiles). I've never made a Mexican beer, although Dos Equis is a Maerzen-style, and I make a very good Maerzen. Last night was a Pilsner.
I don't even do any beers above about 8% now, and I'm not crazy about those. I didn't even like tequila when I was in college. Just not my thing. The occasional daiquiri or gin gimlet was the closest I got to margaritas.benhall.1 wrote:Not bad. You gotta have Margaritas, though! Oh, and did anyone notice the agave in the background, which we grew from seed?chas wrote:I didn't even think about it, but I made chicken fajitas (I know, Tex-Mex), served with homemade guacamole and hot sauce (FIL grew the chiles). I've never made a Mexican beer, although Dos Equis is a Maerzen-style, and I make a very good Maerzen. Last night was a Pilsner.
I love making home-made mayonnaise. Sometimes I make some just for the fun of it. It's unbelievable, compared with the stuff that goes by the same name in a jar. That stuff just doesn't compare. And, once you've got the trick, mayonnaise is so easy to make. I reckon it takes quarter of an hour to make a large jar of mayonnaise.chas wrote:Kudos on the homemade mayonnaise. I've made it a few times, and it's SOOOO much better than anything you can get in the grocery store, and pretty easy to make. I just don't use enough to use up a batch before I get nervous about what's growing in it.
I mean, I can understand about the beer, but margaritas! They're heavenly. I suppose, in thinking of an alternative, it would help to know what it is that you don't like about margaritas. (I reckon it's just that you haven't had mine. )Katharine wrote:No margaritas for me, though. I've never really liked them. What's a good alternative? (No me gusta cerveza, tampoco...)