Margaritas made simple

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Just kidding. I don't really have a pay site, and if I did, I don't know that it would generate much money. Alas.

How about I just share with you a simple margarita recipe that I'm using today to serve to guests? Sound good? Okay, here goes:

1 750 ml bottle of tequila (how much you spend here depends on how much you like the guests)
1 1/2 cups bottled lime juice such as Angostura or Rose's
2 cups triple sec or Cointreau
1 cup of water
several dashes of bitters, some simple syrup and fresh squeezed lime juice to taste

If you didn't figure it out yet this makes a pitcher of boozy goodness, a little heavy on the booze. LaineyB had the brilliant idea of blending together some sugar, lime zest and Kosher salt (our Hasidic Mexican friends love this!) to use to coat the rims of our glasses. Isn't she something else?

I'll let you know how these go over.

cocktailswithkevin is closing its doors . . . kinda

Well, not exactly.

Basically I've just come to the conclusion that forking out $80 a year to have my own domain name just ain't worth it when I only use the site for blogging, which frankly I could do for the everyday-low-price of free. For that reason, beginning Friday, July 18, 2008 the blog will be coming to you live from www.cocktailswithkevin.blogspot.com

Mark your calendars, wake the kids, and phone the neighbors. The next rendition of the blog promises to be new and exciting and fun for the whole family. Until then, I'm gonna cash out my bar tab for this domain.

I look forward to seeing y'all on the flip side.

Dad's Bars recipe

Because it's been a while since I posted a recipe, and I know you people are waiting on pins an needles for me to do so, I've decided to post my famous Dad's Bars recipe. These are so called because I make them and I'm a dad. Should you make them, you can refer to them however you like. Regardless you'll find them to be a yummy substitute for store-bought cereal slash breakfast slash MSG preservative bars.

In a large mixing bowl, blend together:

2 cups oats (quick or instant or whatever)
1 cup flaked coconut
1/4 cup peanuts
1/4 cup puffed wheat cereal (or puffed rice but don't splurge on a cartoon variety; get the big-ass bag of generic for a dollar)

In a saucepan melt one stick of butter with 1/4 cup of brown sugar and 1/4 cup of honey and at least 1/4 cup of raisins. Just melt it. Don't let it simmer.

Pour the gooey sweetness into the bowl with the dry ingredients and mix throughly. I cheat and use the mixer with the batter paddle attachment but your hands work just as well.

Dump this into a 9"x9" baking dish and cover it with wax paper or aluminum foil. Now press it down good and firm as hard as you can. If necessary, ask a portly person to step on it, being sure to keep the wax paper intact of course.

Put it in the freezer for two hours to set. Then pull it out and cut it into bars. I find this is most easily accomplished with one of those rocking style pizza cutters but do what you like. Alternatively we sometimes cut these into small cubes and call them Dad's Petits Fours.

Good for constipated toddlers. And daddies too!