Margaritas would also be an obvious use.  Here's my favorite quick and
dirty recipe:  Dump one of those small cans of limeade in blender.  Fill
can up with water and add, fill can up with tequila and add, fill rest of
blender up with ice and blend.  Yum-0.

Actually, I have a really yummy recipe somewhere at home for
a strawberry margarita pie. The crust is made out of crushed
pretzels and butter so you get a salty rim. Let's see if I can
remember to bring it in tomorrow.

You know, I bet you could use tequila as a replacement for any other
alcohol in a sauce or marinade...might be *interesting*!

Lauretta Nagel
Baltimore MD

: Margaritas would also be an obvious use.  Here's my favorite quick and
: dirty recipe:  Dump one of those small cans of limeade in blender.  Fill
: can up with water and add, fill can up with tequila and add, fill rest of
: blender up with ice and blend.  Yum-0.

: (Expecting flames from those perfectionists who think *their* way of
: making margs with Cuervo, Grand Marnier, fresh squeezed lime juice, and
: whatever is the *right* way.  These are quick and taste damn good.)

Nope, not a perfectionist, just a margarita lover.  I make them in bulk, now.
I'll probably get flames as these might not be 'classic margaritas', but they
are mighty good.  I've made the other recipe described above, but I like these
a lot better.  Then again, I've really lost my taste for frozen drinks.

My recipe:
In a 1.75 liter (60 oz) bottle add:

14 oz Cuervo Gold Tequila
7 oz Triple Sec
juice from 4 or 5 limes
fill with Mr & Mrs T's Sour Mix (might be called Sweet & Sour Mix).  This
conveniently comes in 1.75 liter bottles :-).

Fill glass with ice, fill glass with Margrita, fill tummy with Margarita.

Or, in a 16 oz glass add:
3 oz CGT
1.5 oz TS
juice from 1/2 lime
fill glass with ice
fill with Sour Mix

I prefer the former recipe -- just keep the bottle in the fridge and you
have instant margaritas!

Hmm.  What springs to mind is an orange chiffon cake with tequila in it.
 Sort of a Margarita cake.

Get some jalapeno jelly and thin it down with your tequila.  Use it as a
glaze on grilled chicken (tequila mockingbirds).

Substitute it in any recipe calling for light (white) rum.

I know it's considered bad form to follow up on my own post, but as I
pressed the "send" key another idea came to mind (re: Celine's request
for tequila recipes).

Use it in place of (or in addition to) the white wine used in making
chicken/veal piccata! (the lemon juice/sourness of the capers should go
well here).  If you take this suggestion, also be sure to play some Bach
while dining ... so you can have a Chicken Teqatta in D Table!!

The best summer drink in Tucson (IMHO), is a tequila tonic
with a double squeeze of lime.  Its also very simple.  A
shot of tequila, several ice cubes, fill the glass with
tonic water, squeeze two quarters of lime.  Stir.  Enjoy...
Of course, you have to like tonic water.

Rush immediately to your blender.  Add equal parts tequila, triple
sec, and freshly squeezed lime juice (For my blender I find 4 jiggers
of each = 6oz of each just right).  Add a splash of sugar, ice, and
blend until smooth.  Dip the edge of a glass in lime juice, dip
lightly into kosher (coarse) salt, fill from the blender, and feel
your troubles melt away.  

When you need a Tequila refill, I like high-grade Cuervo.  

Cheers,

--Golden

Beieve it or not, we have the opposite problem that you do, we have never
made anything from the cookbook because whenever we think of it, there's
no tequila in the house!

--
Sean Kelly
NOAA Forecast Systems Lab, Boulder Colorado USA

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Lester D. Heitlinger, R.B.P.              
heitl...@soleil.acomp.usf.edu            

On 13 May 1995, Golden G. Richard III wrote:

actually why don't you guys check out this Web Pages if you're into tequila:

http://www.io.com/~elvis

My margarita recipe:  (for a normal sized blender)
        1 cup tequila
        1 cup fresh lime juice
        1/3 cup triple sec  
        add ice to fill blender.

Good steak recipe for bbq grilling:
        in a large ziploc bag place the following to marinate,
        steaks
        puree'd or finely chopped garlic, about 3 cloves
        1/3 cup soy sauce
        1/3 cup tequila  (low grade cuervo is fine)

        place baggie in fridge, longer the better.

Tomatillo salsa marinade (good for salmon, chicken)
        4 good sized tomatillos, husked, washed, coarsely chopped
        2 pear tomatoes (roma etc) coarsely chopped
        3/4 cup chicken broth
        3/4 cup tequila (low grad cuervo is sufficient)
        1/2 onion finely chopped
        1/2 cup coarsely chopped red bell pepper
        1/2 cup coarsely chopped yellow bell pepper
        3 cloves garlic finely chopped
        1/4 cup finely chopped cilantro
        butter/ (real or phoney)
        2-3 serrano chiles or 1 jalepeno or 2-3 dried red chiles        
        (more/less as desired)

        In a medium sized pot, saute garlic and onions till onions are
        translucent,  Add everything else and bring to a boil.  Then
        simmer for about 30 minutes with the cover off.  Let cool and
        use liquid for marinade.  Reserve "salsa" for side.  

        This is excellent for salmon and chicken.  Impress your mother,
        friends etc.

Finally:  Tequila and soda with a slice of lime.
        use high grade: Hornitos, Herdura, etc.  Good between dances!

We brought a bottle of Tres Generaciones back from Puerto
Vallarta one year (recommended by a native).  It was cheaper
AND better than Cuervo.  Don't know for sure if it's available
in the states or not, but we did see some in the storage room
at a local Cantina Del Rio restaurant.

allison

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Carleton University

THE UPPER CLASS TWIT (hangover cure)

1 shot of vodka
Juice from one small can of clams
(eat clams later fried in a little olive oil
 and garlic sprinkled with lemon juice)
Juice of one lemon
Dash of Worcestershire sauce

Mix everything together and serve over ice.