Margarita Madness!!

AKA Alice dropped by my site yesterday, thanks so much, don't be a stranger!

This morning, bright and early, I flip over to see what she has been up to and wham, there is a fabulous Margarita recipe that is just crying out to me.

No, I didn't make one for breakfast, but be sure this being our Civic Holiday long weekend coming up and me with a new blender....well, I can hear it whirling now!!!





Here's the recipe





For the MIX;

1 cup fresh lemon juice

1 cup fresh lime juice

1 cup simple syrup (1/2 c sugar and 1/2 c water...on low heat until
sugar dissolves into water)

dash or two of salt


For the MARGARITA;

1 c mix

1 c really good tequila (AKA Alice uses Patron) I use Sauza, because that's what's in the cupboard.

1/2 c really good triple-sec or Cointreau

Shake w/ice (AKA uses a martini shaker) and pour over ice

Garnish with a lime wedge.

Back to reality, no holiday today, so I'd better hustle my butt off to work.

Life's fun if you don't weaken!

Lily

Answers to "Uranus".....

March 13, 1781

William Hershel discovers Uranus !!!

The German-born English astronomer William Hershel discovers Uranus, the seventh planet from the sun. Herschel's discovery of a new planet was the first to be made in modern times, and also the first to be made by use of a telescope, which allowed Herschel to distinguish Uranus as a planet, not a star, as previous astronomers believed.

Herschel, who was later knighted for his historic discovery, named the planet Georgium Sidus, or the "Georgian Planet," in honor of King George III of England. However, German astronomer Johann Bode proposed the name "Uranus" for the celestial body in order to conform to the classical mythology-derived names of other known planets. Uranus, the ancient Greek deity of the heavens, was a predecessor of the Olympian gods. By the mid-19th century, it was also the generally accepted name of the seventh planet from the sun.

The planet Uranus is a gas giant like Jupiter and Saturn and is made up of hydrogen, helium, and methane. The third largest planet, Uranus orbits the sun once every 84 earth years and is the only planet to spin perpendicular to its solar orbital plane. In January 1986, the unmanned U.S. spacecraft Voyager 2 visited the planet, discovering 10 additional moons to the five already known, and a system of faint rings around the gas giant.

So there you go! And you thought I only knew how to run!!!!

Enjoy your solar journey one giant leap for mankind at a time....

Lily