Our webmaster doubles as a bartender at night. Here are his formulas for
margaritas and martinis.
MARGARITA
One serving, on the rocks, no salt (my favorite): Will work blended as
well.
*Shot of Cuervo Gold
*2 count of Grand Marnier or Triple sec
*1 count of lime juice
*squeez of 1/4 lime
Fill glass with Margarita mix or sweet and sour.
MARTINI: Easy!
Chill a Martini glass
Shot of Vodka: Serve only chilled (best if you keep the bottle in the
freezer) Absolut or Stoli.
couple drops of dry vermouth.
Ring the glass with a twist of lemon (only the rind) and then drop it in.
Add an olive if so desired.
And use one of those "flared" martini glasses, they always look so
exotic. Cheers!
O
Olivia S. Anastasiadis, Curator
Richard Nixon Library & Birthplace
18001 Yorba Linda Boulevard
Yorba Linda, CA 92886
(714) 993-5075 ext. 224; fax (714) 528-0544; e-mail: [log in to unmask]
On Mon, 31 Aug 1998 15:01:29 -0500 "Robert T. Handy" <[log in to unmask]>
writes:
>By-the-way, what do the include in Southern California Margaritas.
>
>Which brings up a bone of contention: I fight terrible battles trying
>to
>get a good martini. I've had them served in beer mugs, with lime
>wedges,
>with sweet vermouth. Even had a bartender try to fight me over
>whether or
>not they were made with lime wedges; said he had just graduated from
>bartender school and that's what they taught him. Refused to put in a
>twist (which is a lemon rind--always!). Saturday night, one included
>the
>pulp of the lemon then, when I made her get me just the rind, she just
>plunked it into the glass. No twist, no rub, nothing. I had to fish
>it
>out and squeeze a little oil from it.
>
>Would they do that in California? New York? Yes, maybe in Hoboken
>but
>then....
>
>
>
>
>------
>Robert Handy
>Brazoria County Historical Museum
>100 East Cedar
>Angleton, Texas 77515
>(409) 864-1208
>museum_bob
>[log in to unmask]
>http://www.bchm.org
>
>----------
>From: Olivia S. Anastasiadis[SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
>Sent: Monday, August 31, 1998 1:30 PM
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: Equity, and All That
>
>I don't think Bob was truly saying he was trying to remain "un-Texan."
>Perhaps he appreciates being who he is and just takes from cultures
>what
>he finds interesting. He'll probably give us a good response. But
>the
>best margaritas in town are mixed in California, Southern California,
>that is.
>
>O
>Olivia S. Anastasiadis, Curator
>Richard Nixon Library & Birthplace
>18001 Yorba Linda Boulevard
>Yorba Linda, CA 92886
>(714) 993-5075 ext. 224; fax (714) 528-0544; e-mail: [log in to unmask]
>
>On Sun, 30 Aug 1998 02:20:34 -0400 Cordova Kloepping
><[log in to unmask]> writes:
>>As a native Houstonian (also my mother grew up in Angleton) I have to
>>say that I believe that it is your apparent rejection of the culture
>>you
>>live in that may be creating the resistance you feel. There is
>>nothing
>>more offensive to a Texan than a yankee who seems negatively charged
>>toward Texas culture. If you are looking for more support, perhaps
>>you
>>should begin to display some of that Texas pride (an attitude and
>>perspective that I have to say is very different from that of the
>deep
>>south). I recently moved to New York and the only thing that Texans
>>have in common with New Yorkers is an almost fanatical sense of pride
>>in
>>their state. I'm sure you've seen those bumper stickers that say
>"I'm
>>from Texas, What country are you from?" This comes from knowing you
>>can
>>drive almost 10 hours in a given direction and not leave the state,
>>that
>>Texas is the largest in the domestic US, and that, of course, there
>is
>>no better place to get a margarita or two step in an old dance hall
>to
>>the sounds of local musicians. I find that there is a sensibilty
>about
>>Texas that is not easily described and things I miss that I could not
>>exactly put my finger on. (I'll never get used to people saying they
>>are standing "on line" when I am clearly standing "in line".)
>>My suggestion is for you to slow down a bit, take a look around you,
>>breathe in deep, and appreciate what you see.
>>
>>Anissa Cordova
>>Newhouse Center for Contemporary Art
>>Snug Harbor Cultural Center
>>Staten Island, NY
>>
>>Robert T. Handy wrote:
>>>
>>> Uh, oh. How long in NJ?
>>>
>>> I'm from Portland--thirty years--and I resisted this place rubbing
>>off on
>>> me, but people now say I even have a hint of an accent. No pickup
>>truck or
>>> cowboy hat yet, though.
>>>
>>> ------
>>> Robert Handy
>>> Brazoria County Historical Museum
>>> 100 East Cedar
>>> Angleton, Texas 77515
>>> (409) 864-1208
>>> museum_bob
>>> [log in to unmask]
>>> http://www.bchm.org
>>>
>>> ----------
>>> From: Adrienne Deangelis[SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
>>> Sent: Friday, August 28, 1998 8:33 AM
>>> To: [log in to unmask]
>>> Subject: Equity, and All That
>>>
>>> RH: "But then, I've been in the South for twenty-seven years and
>>haven't
>>> been
>>> up
>>> in your territory for awhile. Maybe I am just mis-reading that
>>naturally
>>> abrasive (as I was called for years by my southern colleagues) tone
>>that
>>> folks in your regional culture have in their voice all the time."
>>>
>>> Umm, RH: I'm from California. Born and bred.
>>>
>>> A. DeAngelis
>>
>
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