FEBRUARY 22nd is National Margarita day (and night)!
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“Margaritas are popular in several Durango restaurants. Olde Tymer’s– known for “cheating tourist and drunks”– offers great ones at reasonable prices… both frozen and on the rocks.
I have also enjoyed them at Tequila’s as well as Fiesta Mexicana– all are on Main Street, Durango, Colorado, USA 81301 and all of them serve good food. Consider having one right now! Just remember to drink and drive responsibly and these high mountain elevations will get you inebriated faster… one is probably enough!” Sam Rose, Margarita enthusiast
From Wikipedia—
“A margarita is a cocktail consisting of triple sec, tequila and lime or lemon juice, often served with salt or sugar on the rim of the glass. The drink is served shaken with ice (on the rocks), blended with ice (frozen margarita), or without ice (straight up). Although it has become acceptable to serve a margarita in a wide variety of glass types, ranging from cocktail and wine glasses to pint glasses and even large schooners, the drink is traditionally served in the eponymous margarita glass, a stepped-diameter variant of a cocktail glass or champagne coupe.”
? Question: How do you lick the salt off your margarita glass? Do you go around the glass? Or stick to sipping from one spot on the glass?
You can find the full results of the study at: http://nationaltoday.com/
To conduct the NationalToday.com Margarita Day Survey, the pollsters at National Today www.nationaltoday.com— which is an online destination to celebrate quirky and fun holidays—asked 1,000 Americans to weigh in on this fun, fruity cocktail.
*** NATIONALTODAY.COM MARGARITA DAY SURVEY ***
(survey of 1,000 Americans, conducted Jan. 29, 2017)
>> 1 IN 50 AMERICANS OWN A MARGARITA MACHINE
2% of Americans own an electric margarita-maker—guaranteeing that they’re the life of the party and the most in-demand hosts.
>> 1 IN 5 AMERICANS ARE ALL ABOUT MARGARITAS
19% of Americans say they love margaritas, while only 10% are not fans of the citrus-y cocktail.
>> MARGARITAS ARE MORE POPULAR AMONG WOMEN THAN MEN
20% of women say they love margaritas, compared to 15% of men who say the same. Could gender stigma be involved? 2% of Americans think that margaritas are a girly drink and that men shouldn’t drink them.
>> TO LICK OR NOT TO LICK THE SALT—THAT IS THE QUESTION
11% of Americans like to lick the salt off their margarita glass. Women (12%) are slightly bigger fans of licking the salt than men (11%).
IN THE BATTLE OF FROZEN VS. ON THE ROCKS, FROZEN WINS
While 8% of Americans prefer margaritas on the rocks, 14% favor frozen margaritas. The other 78% of Americans probably love margaritas so much that they can’t decide.
For the complete survey results, as well as the history of margaritas and unique ways to celebrate, visit http://nationaltoday.com/us/national-margarita-day/.
Since there are a wide variety of margaritas… enjoy the one of your fancy…
Here is a Blood Orange Margarita… another skinny Margarita!
If you like the idea of making your own and skipping some of the sugar…
here are: 10 Skinny Margarita Recipes for Guilt-Free Sipping
Posted by DD Staff with contributions from Sam Rose, Wikipedia and Mauricio Guitron of National Today
