This cocktail combines and interesting mixture of ingredients to make a unique and refreshing beverage.
Basil Cucumber Margarita
2 Ounces Tequila
1.5 Limes
1 Ounce Clear Agave Nectar
Fresh Basil
3 Slices Cucumber
Muddle the basil and cucumbers in the agave nectar.
Add the tequila, lime juice, and rocks.
Shake very well, and pour over the rocks, no salt.
Add a dash of white or black pepper on top.
Garnish with a cucumber slice.
Oh yeah . . . It's Friday!!
Margarita Watermelon Wedges
8 1-Inch Thick Water Melon Wedges
1 Cup Sugar (I use raw sugar)
3/4 Cup Water
1/2 Cup Tequila
1/4 Cup Triple Sec
2 Limes, Cut Into Wedges
Coarse Salt
Place wedges in a 1-gallon resealable zipper bag.
Bring sugar, water, tequila, and Triple Sec to a boil in a small saucepan. Cook, stirring, until sugar dissolves, about 1 minute. Let cool slightly.
Pour syrup into bag with the watermelon wedges, and refrigerate for at least 45 minutes.
Remove watermelon from syrup, and arrange on a dish. Squeeze limes over melon, and sprinkle with salt.
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Mount Washington in New Hampshire is one of the most amazing places I've ever visited. Home of the world's worst weather and record holder for the highest wind gust ever recorded in the northern hemisphere and second highest wind gust world wide at 231 miles per hour set in 1934.
I've been to the top of the rock pile at least once a year for the past 10 years and several times prior to that. Why visit the same place over and over again? Because it's different every time I go. I've been up in every season . . . fog, rain, hail, snow, sunshine, above the clouds. It can be 80 degrees in the valley and freezing with snow at the summit. You can drive up in the clouds and be above them at the summit. It can socked in on the way up and clear blue sky day on the way down. I've rarely seen animals up top and those I've seen are birds. And it's always windy up there . . . that is except for my last visit last week. There was just a whisper of a breeze.
That was pretty cool but made it really interesting was the number of bugs. I've never seen a bug on Mount Washington and this time there was a plethora of bug . . . so many varieties it was amazing. Obviously, they're there all the time . . . they're usually just hiding out and laying low to avoid the weather and wind.
These are the bugs I encountered that day . . . stink bugs in a variety of colors, black flies, stone flies, beetles and last but not least a yellow swallowtail butterfly.
Pretty neat, huh?
Fresh Lime Frozen Margarita
I think the secret to a really really good margarita is fresh limes. Admittedly, its not as easy as pouring a margarita from a jug of TGIF mix . . . I guess it depends on how badly you need that margarita!
5 Fluid Ounces Tequila
3 Fluid Ounces Fresh Lime Juice
1 Fluid Ounce Sweetened Lime Juice
3 Fluid Ounces Triple Sec
Ice Cubes
1 Lime, Cut Into Wedges
Kosher Salt
Measure the tequila, lime juice, sweetened lime juice and triple sec into a blender filled with 4 cups of ice. Cover and blend at highest speed until drink is almost smooth.
Rub a lime wedge around the rim of a margarita glass and dip in salt. Pour into a glass; garnish with lime. Serve immediately.
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As a shooter, I'd like to think that hubby know's exactly what 'offhand' means. Offhand is a reference to shooting without a rest or support . . . literally shooting off hand.
What it has come to mean in common speech is to do something without previous thought or preparation.
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Kind of like, simply picking up a firearm and pulling the trigger . . . at once, without hesitation. Without taking the time to steady the gun . . . kind of in an . . . er . . . off hand sort of way.
There are many shooting positions . . . standing, prone, sitting, etc.
In rifle shooting, offhand means to basically to be shooting in an unsupported position.
In pistol shooting a "classic" off hand stance for pistol target shooting is something like this:
Strong side to the target, not face on, legs apart.
Dominant hand, holding the pistol, extended fully and straight towards the target.
Weak hand either in the pocket, small of back, of resting on the weak side hip.
Head fully turned towards the target for sight acquisition looking down the shoulder.
Now you know.
And, by the way, I do love his butt!
Lemon Margarita
1 1/2 Oz. Fresh Meyer Lemon Juice
1 1/2 Oz. Tequila
1 Oz. Triple Sec
Sea Salt For Rimming Glass
Rub the rim of a margarita glass with a lemon slice. Swirl the rim through a small pile of kosher or sea salt to salt the rim.
Put the meyer lemon juice, tequila, and triple sec in a cocktail shaker, add ice and shake for 15 seconds.
Put crushed ice in your glass. Strain the cocktail into the glass and enjoy.
This cocktail combines and interesting mixture of ingredients to make a unique and refreshing beverage.
