#MargaritaMonday

Let's dish about savory margaritas today. Most of the time we drink margaritas that are sweeter but sometimes savory hits the spot.

So today try a savory twist on the margarita - what do you think? Is savory the new sweet?

1.5 oz Milagro Reposado Tequila

1 oz Fresh red bell pepper juice

1 oz Fresh lime juice

.75 oz Honey syrup (one part honey, one part water)

1 handful Fresh cilantro

Garnish:

1 Lime wheel

Glass: Rocks

Add all the ingredients to a shaker and fill with ice.

Shake, and strain into a rocks glass filled with fresh ice.

Garnish with a lime wheel.

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Try this savory concoction

The Blackberry & Rosemary Margarita

4 oz tequila

2 limes, juiced

4 oz blackberry simple syrup

1 egg white or 3 tbsp egg whites

2 springs rosemary, bruised and muddled

coarse salt for rimming your glass

blackberry simple syrup:

4 cups blackberries

2 cups sugar

2 cups water

First make the simply syrup. Put all the ingredients into a medium pot and bring to a boil.

Turn the heat down to medium and simmer for at least an hour or until the mixture reduces

and starts to thicken up a bit. It doesn't need to be too thick. Set aside to cool.

Salt the rim of your glass and fill the glass with ice or crushed ice.

Pour all the ingredients into a martini shaker and shake well.

Pour into your glasses and enjoy!

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Call it a Day

The literal use of this phrase hails from 1838 when the phrase originally was "call it half a day" to mean leaving work early. (source) The modern use of the phrase is to indicate ending something due to false sense of accomplishment.

More bang for your buck

This phrase was used a lot in 1953 but an earlier citation puts it at 1940 in a Metals and Plastics Publications advertisement. Read about it here . The phrase means you get more for your money.

Butter someone up

There are two probable origins for this idiom and I think both are equally plausible. The first one is that when you spread butter on bread you are buttering it up like one would do when trying to flatter someone. The second is in ancient India there was a practice of throwing balls of butter at statues to ask for favor, i.e. buttering them up. ( source ) When we use the phrase today we generally mean that extreme flattery is used to gain information or favor. It's not always necessarily a compliment.

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