Cinco de Drinko! - Classic Margarita

Before moving to Texas I'd never heard of zydeco music, eating crawfish (we used to fish with them) or ever 'celebrated' Cinco de Mayo, among other things.  

While I will never be first in line to purchase a zydeco CD, I will eat my weight in crawfish and I will throw a couple back for Cinco de Mayo.

Cinco de Mayo is actually, "the date that is observed to commemorate the Mexican Army's unlikely victory over French forces at the Battle of Puebla on May 5, 1862, under the leadership of General Ignacio Zaragoza Seguín.  Cinco de Mayo is not Mexico's Independence Day—the most important national patriotic holiday in Mexico—which is celebrated on September 16." Source

Knowledge is power.

In order to help you throw a few back how about a drink recipe a day through Cinco de Mayo?  First up, a classic margarita with fresh lime, silver tequila (my favorite) and a little triple sec.

Classic Margarita
Makes 1 cocktail

What you need for the drink:

• Juice of two limes, about 1/4 cup
• 2 Tablespoons sugar
• 4 ounces tequila
• 1 ounce triple sec

What to do:

• In a small sauce pan gently heat the lime juice and sugar until sugar is dissolved
• Place two tablespoons of the lime simple syrup, the tequila and the triple sec into a shaker with ice
• Shake vigorously and pour into a cocktail glass rimmed with sugar or salt