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National Margarita Day Means Make Your Favorite Margarita Recipe

By Harold Walker


I'll bet you did not know that February 22 every year is celebrated as National Margarita Day. The margarita has become so popular, they decided to name a day after it. There are a lot of home grown frozen margarita recipes, and the margarita is a drink that is enjoyed by millions of people each year, not only on National Margarita Day.

This concoction, frozen or on the rocks, is enjoyed by millions of people each year. Many have created their own special frozen margarita recipe, but are you aware of who invented this wonderful drink ? There are many stories out there claiming they invented the margarita, but through our research, we did not find an official inventor of the margarita. One story is that in 1941, in a cantina named Hussong's, Don Carlos Orozco was toying around with some new mixed drinks. He put together tequila, orange liqueur and lime, with salt around the rim.

That day, the daughter to a German ambassador named Margarita Henkel, walked into Hussong's and Don Carlos offered his new concoction to her. Don Carlos named his new drink the margarita because Margarita Henkel was the first to taste it.

Another story claims that a bartender named Willie from Mexico City created and named his drink in 1934 for his friend Marguerite Hemery. Still another story has Carlos Herrera creating his margarita in his Tijuana restaurant in 1938. He invented it for Marjorie King, who was allergic to all hard alcohol except tequila, but did not like the sour taste.

We have yet another story on how this drink became, when Margarita Sames mixed up her version of the beverage in 1948 for some house guests she had over, one of whom was Tommy Hilton, who put the margarita on the bar menu in all of his hotels.

It really does not matter who invented the frozen margarita recipe or the classic margarita, because it is the most popular tequila based drink in the states, deserving of the National Margarita Day.

This classic drink comes in a frozen margarita recipe, or the classic concoction that is served over ice in a glass with a salted rim. There are many new flavor variations that people have experimented with since the first margaritas were created. Some new flavors are strawberry, pineapple, mango, pomegranate, raspberry and more.

Having National Margarita Day in February is a reminder for the people living in the colder states that they will soon be enjoying their favorite frozen margarita recipe in the warm sunshine sooner than later.




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