Posted on 02/22/2013 4:52:31 PM PST by JoeProBono
NEW YORK, A New York mixologist said Friday the margarita is the top-selling cocktail in the United States so it's "cool" the drink has its own holiday.
Kyle Ford, who works as brand ambassador for Cointreau -- a French manufacturer of triple sec, an ingredient in the classic margarita -- National Margarita Day was being celebrated Friday, the New York Daily News reported.
"America loves margaritas. It's the number-one-selling cocktail in the country," Ford said of the beverage, which also includes tequila and lime juice. "There's a holiday for almost everything, so how cool is it that there's one for a cocktail?"
Jenna Fagan, president of Avion tequila, said February is a good time for the holiday, as many people begin to tire of the winter cold.
"When you're having a great drink it transports you emotionally," Fagan said. "A margarita transports us all to summer, sitting on that beach with a margarita in hand."
Neither Ford nor the Daily News cited the source of the claim so it might be advisable to take it with a grain of salt.
If they have it, try.
Sauza Conmemorativo, per favor.
Maybe I will. It’s a gorgeous area.
By the way, for anyone who’s interested, I went and looked up the mixed drink with St. Germaine. It’s called a St. Rita, being a variety of margarita.
http://www.stgermain.fr/cocktails.php?p=1&r=StRita
When the hard asses are drinking margaritas, you know your country is screwed.
Don’t tell that to those boys. But now, they’re all 70+.
Being drunk really interferes with one’s ability to handle a jump emergency, I have done them hungover and that was not optimum, but nothing like being in the middle of a drunk, it didn’t help that it was a night jump.
I can only imagine. It must increase the intensity of the hangover.
elg bed min søster
LoL
“....but I never stood the attraction of fru fru drinks like the margarita.”
I hear ‘ya brother.
Retired drinker myself - but to me a real drink was Jim Beam over ice in a tall glass.
My take:
1 oz. Hornitos Reposado
1 1/2 oz. DeKuyper Peachtree Schnapps
2 oz. sweet & sour mix
Handful of cracked ice
Yup.
The margarita is my favorite drink.
Margarita’s are OK, but only using a top-shelf Tequila like Hurradura Silver and over ice, with a salted rim.
Real men drink Martini’s. With no more than two olives.
In my neck of the woods, real men don’t drink Martinis. That drink is for sissified city boys.LOL.
I like Margarita’s, but I still am most partial to the old fashioned drink, a Bloody Mary. And here I’ll be really dating myself and holding myself up to scorn, a White Russian, a Pina Colada, and a Mai Tai. Now I’m thirsty.
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