CABC 2011: WEEK 7 PREVIEW

I'm still mad at Chicharito.

Jaime Garcia can suck it.

I don't know what the Pan American Games are.

All readers in Mexico are hereby banned from this week's preview.

RIP: Rest in Peppermint

Jerry Haynes who played Mr. Peppermint on the long-running WFAA-TV kids
show of the same name, died at age 84 Monday of complications from Parkinson’s disease.

I invite you all to honor his memory with me by drinking a ton of Rumple Minze and playing FIFA 12.

Frozen Maveritas

The key to a great frozen margarita from the blender is very cold ingredients. When you use cold ingredients, ice melting is reduced (if not eliminated) during blending. Each batch of margaritas can then be blended longer and more aggressively to create a finer texture (smaller ice crystals). This effect is heightened when the liquor added is significantly colder than 32 degrees.

Equipment
A good blender
Styrofoam cups

Ingredients
1 6oz can Minute Maid Frozen Limeade Concentrate
3 tablespoons Light Agave Nectar
6 ounces Reposado Tequilla (very cold)
3 ounces Cointreau (very cold)
1/4 cup Simply Limeade
3 cups Ice
8 drops Blue Food Coloring
1 heavy pinch Salt (optional)

Add ice, frozen limeade, and limeade to blender.

Pulse blender on highest setting, scraping down sides if necessary, to crush ice.

Add remaining ingredients and blend until desired consistency.

Serve immediately in Styrofoam cups. Serves 2.