Margarita Throw-Down

Bill and I are hosting a margarita throw-down Sunday evening where B. and M. are supposed to compete as to who makes the best margarita. 

After inviting 16 people to attend this throw-down, it turns out tonight that B. has a birthday party to attend and M.’s going fishing to enjoy the predicted unseasonable 70 degree weather. 

But no problem here in Evansville — we’re having an impromptu Mexican-inspired dinner party with non-professional margarita makers.  Except that MK is all about making margaritas, and if I can find her some competition we may have a throw-down after all!

It’s not all about margaritas, and Bill and I are making carnitas, guacamole, nachos, chips & home-made salsa, and spanish rice.  It’ll be a fun Sunday early-evening gathering, even without our bartender throw-down…. but we’ll reschedule for next month, guys!  And we completely understand fishing when it hits 70 degrees in March and then we’re expecting three inches of snow two days later!

There already have been some serious discussions about making the best margarita…. I’ve heard mixing real lime and lemon juice together with a spash of real oranges, adding sprite as a citrus touch, using simple syrup instead of sugar, using high-end tequila versus the gold tequila, and more!  I guess we’ll figure it out tomorrow and I’ll publish the winning margarita recipe.  Margaritaville on Sunday in Evansville!  Later, SGE 

Update on Wednesday, March 5, 2008 at 02:26PM by Susan Gaffney-Evans

Well, everything changed again at the last minute on Sunday, so we postponed it until March 8 so we could have our “throw-down” as originally planned….  Guest list has grown too and I’ve lost count of how many are coming (scary thought!).