Re: [CH] TEXTINI

Rob Solarion (roberto@1starnet.com)
Tue, 24 Aug 2004 20:41:37 -0500 

Yes, Risa, it is very good.  When I was planning it, I was thinking 
it won't work if the tequila and vermouth don't mix well.  But they 
mix just as well as gin or vodka, and those couple of squirts of 
Tabasco Sauce make it "just right".  It is quite an interesting new 
taste treat.  Good Luck To Me!  R.

>If the person making the drink was me, it would be the
>Garlic Pepper Sauce. That is my favorite, second
>favorite is the Chipotle, if I have to use Tabasco
>brand!
>
>Sounds good. Wish we were bigger drinkers around here.
>I make bloody mary's once in awhile, during the winter
>the drink of choice is Jack Daniels and in the
>summer...Beer. Once in awhile a Margarita or Daquiri.
>
>this does sound good though.
>
>RisaG
>--- Rob Solarion <roberto@1starnet.com> wrote:
>
>>  The Dallas News is having a contest for people to
>>  "invent" a new
>>  mixed drink which can become a "signature drink" for
>>  Texas, to sell
>>  to all the tourists who come here.  I have decided
>>  to enter this
>>  contest, and I invented a new mixed drink.
>>
>>  TEXTINI
>>
>>  I have to send a lot of info to the Dallas News
>>  about this.  There is
>>  no "prize".  I am doing it purely for the fun of it.
>>   So here is what
>>  I have concocted.  If you can duplicate it at home
>>  and try it, let me
>>  know what you think in the next few days.  The
>>  deadline is next week.
>>  I tried one of these this evening, and I think that
>>  it is delicious.
>>  It is "very Texas" in concept.  I am writing this
>>  recipe here for the
>>  first time.
>>
>>  INGREDIENTS
>>
>>  4 Parts Tequila
>>  1 Part Extra-Dry Vermouth
>>  Key Lime Juice (see note)
>>  Cumin
>>  Tabasco Sauce (McIlhenney's brand, see note)
>>  Pickled Tabasco Peppers (such as Trappey's brand)
>>  JalapeŇo-Stuffed Queen Olives (such as Mezzetta
>>  brand)
>>  Hot Pickled Okra (such as Talk O' Texas brand)
>>
>>  PROCEDURE
>>
>>  Mix together 4 parts tequila and 1 part extra-dry
>>  vermouth in
>>  whatever amount that you need, from jiggers to cups.
>>   Using jiggers,
>>  you'll have a little more than will fit into an
>>  ordinary martini
>>  glass.  Chill this mixture and several martini
>>  glasses in the
>>  refrigerator.  Also, it is recommended to pre-chill
>>  the pickled
>>  tabasco peppers, queen olives and pickled okra.
>>
>>  Squeeze and strain some key lime juice onto a flat
>>  plate.  On another
>>  flat plate, shake out some cumin.  When you are
>>  ready to prepare the
>>  drink, hold a chilled martini glass upside-down and
>>  thoroughly coat
>>  the rim with key lime juice.  Then immediately
>>  dredge the rim in the
>>  cumin.  This is much like salting the rim of a
>>  Margarita glass.
>>
>>  Next, shake 2-3 drops of Tabasco Sauce into the
>>  bottom of the martini glass.
>>
>>  Then using a plastic martini toothpick-like olive
>  > spear, spear one of
>  > the pickled Tabasco peppers.  Then also spear one of
>  > the
>  > jalapeŇo-stuffed queen olives.  Place this spear
>  > into the martini
>  > glass.  Then place a piece of hot pickled okra into
>>  the glass, at an
>>  angle to the other spear.
>>
>>  Carefully pour (no drips, no spills) the chilled
>>  tequila-vermouth
>>  mixture into the glass up to about 1/4th inch from
>>  the cumin-coated
>>  rim.
>>
>>  NOTE
>>
>>  If I can find Key Limes, I'll always buy them
>>  instead of regular
>>  limes.  Their flavor is more pungent.  However, if
>>  Key Limes are not
>>  available, regular lime juice could be used.  Lime
>>  juice is also used
>>  to coat the rims of Margarita glasses before they
>>  are salted.
>>
>>  McIlhenney's in Louisiana now has several varieties
>>  of its "original"
>>  Tabasco Sauce.  There are garlic, habanero and
>>  chipotle varieties.  I
>>  prefer the Garlic Tabasco.  Each host or bartender
>>  who prepares a
>>  Textini can use whatever variety of Tabasco Sauce
>>  that is preferred.
>>  This would give some variation to the drink from
>>  club to club.
>>
>>  Enjoy!  It's good!  I hope it wins first place and
>>  becomes a legend!  HA.  R.
>>  --
>>
>------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>  >
>>  Rob Solarion
>>  Northeast Texas
>>
>>  Crossover Dreamtime Is Coming Again!  Where Will You
>>  Be?
>>
>>  PLANET X NIBIRU  :  SLOW-MOTION DOOMSDAY
>>
>>  http://www.slowmotiondoomsday.com/cosmictree.html
>>  http://groups.yahoo.com/group/slowmotiondoomsday
>>
>http://www.authorhouse.com/BookStore/ItemDetail.aspx?bookid=19745
>>
>>  "Now hear from me what thou must do when the time
>>  draws nigh.  I
>>  therefore inform thee what is for thy greatest good.
>>   The time for
>>  the Purification of the Worlds has now arrived.  The
>>  period dreadful
>>  for the Universe, both moving and fixed, has come."
>>        The Hindu Mahabharata
>>
>>  "The future is behind us.  The past is what's
>>  ahead."
>>        The Serpent Princess, NIGHTFALL
>>
>>  "And they do not know the future mystery, or
>>  understand ancient matters.
>>    And they do not know what is going to happen to
>>  them.
>>    And they will not save their souls from the future
>>  mystery."
>>        The Dead Sea Scrolls, Prophecy Of The Essenes
>>
>______________________________________________________________________________
>>  .
>>
>
>
>__________________________________________________
>Do You Yahoo!?
>Tired of spam?  Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around
>http://mail.yahoo.com


-- 
------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Rob Solarion
Northeast Texas

Crossover Dreamtime Is Coming Again!  Where Will You Be?

PLANET X NIBIRU  :  SLOW-MOTION DOOMSDAY

http://www.slowmotiondoomsday.com/cosmictree.html
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/slowmotiondoomsday
http://www.authorhouse.com/BookStore/ItemDetail.aspx?bookid=19745

"Now hear from me what thou must do when the time draws nigh.  I 
therefore inform thee what is for thy greatest good.  The time for 
the Purification of the Worlds has now arrived.  The period dreadful 
for the Universe, both moving and fixed, has come."
      The Hindu Mahabharata

"The future is behind us.  The past is what's ahead."
      The Serpent Princess, NIGHTFALL

"And they do not know the future mystery, or understand ancient matters.
  And they do not know what is going to happen to them.
  And they will not save their souls from the future mystery."
      The Dead Sea Scrolls, Prophecy Of The Essenes
______________________________________________________________________________
.