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A tequila-based cocktail; Margarita is made with Triple Sec or Cointreau; it may also be made of other orange-flavored liqueurs.

It has lime or lemon juice (in the Latin American countries limes are used more often than lemons). Blanco or Silver tequilas are used more often for margaritas; other options used are “reposados” or “gold” tequilas.

Margaritas are often served with salt on the glass rim; it may be served shaken with ice, on the rocks or frozen (blended with ice).

Other types of orange-flavored liqueurs used for margaritas are Patrón Citrónge, the Blue Curaçao, and the Grand Marnier.

The key ingredients: fresh squeezed lime or lemon juice and a lot of ice.

In Mexico the Mexican limes (Key limes) are generally used for this drink.

Variations of margaritas are offered in a myriad of restaurants and are prepared with fruit juice mixtures, from raspberry to mango and kiwi.

This delicious and refreshing drink has been around since at least 1936,; and it is suspected to be created for the first time by Mexicans.

They say that the perfect Margarita cocktail recipe is the following:

1 ½ ounces tequila (blanco, 100 percent agave)
1 ounce freshly squeezed lime juice.
½ ounce Cointreau (not Triple Sec)
Salt for rimming glass (optional)

Instructions:
1. Combine tequila, lime juice, and Cointreau, and stir together.
2. Rim a rocks glass with salt (optional)
3. Serve on the rocks

Do you have a better “Perfect Margarita” recipe? We would love to have other suggestions?

For fantastic Margarita recipes and it’s many variations you can visit the link:

http://search.foodnetwork.com/food/recipe/margaritas/search.do?searchString=margaritas&site=food&searchType=Recipe

Some of the most common Margaritas offered in restaurants are:

Traditional Margarita
Frozen raspberry Margarita
Frozen watermelon Margarita
Kiwi Margarita
Mango Key lime Margarita
Mango Margarita
Strawberry Margarita
Strawberry mango Margarita
Watermelon Margarita
Tropical fruit Margarita

What is your favorite flavor? Do you think your personality has something to do with your favorite flavor?

By the way, in Latin America the name Margarita is used as a proper name for women; also margarita refers to the flower most commonly known as the daisy.

The Big Questions: Do women bare the same name in the United States as they do in Latin America? Is it more common in some cultures than in others?

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