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Peach Margarita

20 October 2007 39 Comments

It’s been a busy week. Siv was in Dallas the whole week, and got back Thursday evening. Seattle had some heavy storm warning for Thursday, so I had my fingers and toes crossed till his flight landed and he got out okay. After the devastating wind storm we had in December 2006, that left about one and a half million people without electricity for several days and caused so much property damage, any storm warning here is scary!

I got out of work at 2 PM hoping to beat traffic and the storm, but everyone had the same idea! Traffic on 520 floating bridge was literally crawling ahead, and after sitting in traffic for a long while, I finally got on the bridge. Wind was almost 50 mph, and water was getting thrown over the bridge by the waves. The frickin’ bridge was rocking! One of the scariest experiences of my life! What I just didn’t understand was that people took so much time on the darn bridge! If you are on a rocking floating bridge in such a wind, wouldn’t you want to get out of there as soon as possible? Yeah, it is scary to drive on a bridge that is moving like that, but it is even more scary if it actually fell down! I wanted to get out and shout – MOVE IT PEOPLE!

Here is a simulation of what might happen to the 520 bridge in case of a severe wind damage! Lucky I lived another day!

Anyway, after that ride, and to celebrate Siv’s homecoming, we had to drown a few drinks. Since I’ve had some frozen peaches in stock, ready for this month’s AFAM event, I made the easiest drink I could think of - a margarita! Give me a break, I just survived a near death experience people, so forgive me if I couldn’t come up with a more creative recipe

Ingredients

(4 drinks)

1 lb frozen peach slices (2 large ripe peaches)
3 tbsp agave syrup ( 3tbsp sugar)
1 cup silver tequila
1/2 cup Triple Sec / Cointreau
1/4 cup pomegranate juice
4 tbsp fresh lime juice
2 cups Crushed/Cubed Ice

Method

Keep 4 peach slices for garnish and puree the rest along with the sugar/agave in a blender.

Place the ice in a pitcher, add 2 cups peach puree along with all the other ingredients and stir well to combine.

Strain into chilled margarita glasses, and garnish with peach slices. (Rim the glass with sugar if you like, don’t use salt like I did )

This goes to Mansi of Fun and Food who is hosting this month’s A Fruit A Month event, featuring Peaches. A Fruit A Month event was started by Maheswari of Beyond the Usual.

Blogging Break

I won’t be posting till next weekend. I have to be in a training whole of next week, in a room with no Internet access from 8 am – 10pm, sleeping in a hotel room alone.

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39 Comments »

musy said:

Awwwwwwww! I am glad you both are back home safe, Sig! That must have been really scary!! Hugs to you, dear-am sure you’ll be through the next super-hectic week in a wink

Have a cozy and relaxed weekend.
musical.

Thanks musie.. it wasn’t over in a wink, but super hectic for sure, so glad to be home

# 20 October 2007 at 1:24 am

Lakshmi said:

:drool: Lovely margarita Sig. :drool:

Thanks Lakshmi!

# 20 October 2007 at 2:12 am

padmaja said:

Ya it so scary to go through those emotions when the weather is turning into a windstorm and on top of it, hubby flying!! So good to hear that evrything is well.And hey lovely margarita!!!
Enjoy your training for a week and do not doze off ok!

Thanks Padmaja… I didn’t doze off, luckily, it was an interesting class, but quite taxing… , no time to sleep

# 20 October 2007 at 3:01 am

roopa said:

woo so scary exp glad you guys are fine
no net access for a week thats really gonna b a tough time for you i had been through these exp for sometimes during trainings!
have good break dear see u next week

Yep, it was tough roopa, a gruelling week , glad to be back…

# 20 October 2007 at 6:15 am

indosungod said:

Sig you deserve the lovely drink after the scary bridge drive, lovely color too. Enjoy your weekend.

Thanks Indo

# 20 October 2007 at 6:23 am

Asha said:

Glad he is safe Sig! We had a bit of rain on Thursday after almost 4 months of drought! Take care sweets!
Peach Margarita!! :drool:

Thanks Asha… bit of a rain, lucky you… we have a rain almost everyday these days… and it is freezing cold

# 20 October 2007 at 6:55 am

Rajitha said:

that would be sary sig..i would be screaming in the car dropping the ‘F’ bombs…u do need a drink or 2 or 3..btw..will miss u on the blogosphere ..hope u have fun in training

yeah, that is exactly what I was doing too…

# 20 October 2007 at 6:58 am

Rina said:

Looks greats sig Martini):

thanks Rina

# 20 October 2007 at 7:31 am

Jyothsna said:

Oh,Sig, I can understand your plight! My hubby was travelling to Papua New Guinea on some questionable airline when there was a destructive storm there…..I had all my limbs crossed and was glad he was safe!!!:) Ah, I need a drink to get that thought out of my head now!

yeah, i am a worrier by nature, and when things like this happen, I can’t take it… lucky both of our stories ended on happy notes and a slight buzz:)

# 20 October 2007 at 8:08 am

sunita said:

Glad to know that you’re both safe and sound…the simulation did bring out those goose gumps …really scary.And that’s a nice drink to celebrate that!

Thanks Sunita! it really is scary to imagine this could actually happen

# 20 October 2007 at 9:45 am

sunita said:

I meant your safe return..not the bridge tearing apart

lol, got it

# 20 October 2007 at 9:46 am

Mishmash! said:

SCARY!!!!

it indeed is… thank goodness it is just a simulation…

# 20 October 2007 at 9:54 am

Anita said:

You may need a few moreof those to get thru next week!

[You were just longing to switch to Wordpress for all those emoticons I bet!]

oh yeah, i did need some this week too… and yeah, the emoticons made the switch totally worth it

# 20 October 2007 at 10:09 am

Manasi said:

Yikes!! what a scare!!!

:drool: U deserve that drink!

Happy Dussehra!!

Thanks Manasi… hope you had a nice dussehra too!

# 20 October 2007 at 11:04 am

sra said:

Glad you’re safe and sound, Sig! Martini):

thanks Sra!

# 20 October 2007 at 11:25 am

Mansi said:

Happy to see you guys are safe! that video is bad!!! thanks for the entry Sig, you are now a drink expert, with an amazing collection of drinks on your blog!!:) now take 2 of those margaritas and sleep through the weekend!!!

I’m at work too on a saturday! life’s cruel!!

it sucks to work on weekends, but you’re right, life can be cruel sometimes… thank god for small pleasures like margaritas…

# 20 October 2007 at 12:38 pm

divya and chaya said:

Wow, you are one BIG margarita girl like us! Love u’r recipes- definitely will try them at our house parties

Thanks D & C… let me know how you like these

# 20 October 2007 at 1:37 pm

Kalva said:

Sig,
Thank God you are safe. Nice entry!

Thanks Kalva!

# 20 October 2007 at 2:26 pm

Archana, mama of twins said:

ok that video is freaky!!! the pontoons drifting away and sinking!! sig, what are you doing to me girl!!??!

Glad you made it home safe! I was cozy & warm in my house but the kids were freaked out by the hail storm! It was something else.

Oh, peach margs.. looks delicious

oh good for you, I’d have loved to be in the house staring out the window at the crazy weather too…

# 20 October 2007 at 3:57 pm

Sonia said:

Glad you are safe and sound. The video is REALLY scary. Well, we had a week of rains here too. In a good way though, felt like I was back home in Mumbai

The Margarita looks good. Enjoy.

-Sonia

Rain is good sometimes, glad you enjoyed your week

# 20 October 2007 at 4:05 pm

Pravs said:

Gosh, thats so scary. Glad you made it across the bridge safe. Peach margarita :drool:! a nice way to cheer up. Have a great week ahead.

Thanks Pravs, glad you didn’t have to go through the crazy weather here…

# 20 October 2007 at 7:23 pm

Srivalli said:

Good to hear everything is ok…and that looks real good..whats on the rim??

Thanks Srivalli, that is margarita salt on the rim, but as I mentioned, the salt was a wrong choice for this sweet margarita. I’d go with sugar next time.

# 20 October 2007 at 10:34 pm

Happy Cook said:

Lovely margarita Yeah if i had a day like that i would also drown myself in few of these drinks

thanks happy cook

# 21 October 2007 at 10:48 am

Amy said:

The weather was pretty crazy! First that windstorm, which thankfully wasn’t as bad as last year, but then the lightning, thunder, and hail the next day! Crazy weather…

I’m glad you both got home safely, yay!

yeah, last year was bad!!! I can’t imagine what it would’ve been like being on the bridge last year… the hail was scary this time…

# 21 October 2007 at 1:56 pm

Anh said:

Yummy! I have been craving for peach and nectarine… Their season is coming to Australia, yAY!

oh I am so jealous, we are shivering with cold here , and you guys have summer… enjoy the nice weather

# 21 October 2007 at 3:32 pm

Cynthia said:

Hey what’s not creative about that? I’d love a glass right now as I think of the million things I have to get done this week.

thanks Cyn… I know what you mean… when there is a million things to do, all I need is crawl up in my chair with a drink and watch a movie

# 21 October 2007 at 5:55 pm

Mona said:

Hello Sig ! Glad you and ur hubby r both safe and sound dear…

thanks Mona!

# 21 October 2007 at 8:40 pm

Cinnamon said:

That video clip scared me out of my wits!! Thank God u r safe home, and celebrating it
The peach margarita looks refreshing!!!

thanks cinnamon, yeah, that is a scary simulation…

# 22 October 2007 at 7:13 am

richa said:

oh my! that is one scary clip
am glad u reached home safe sweetie
peach drink looks good, any frozen peach brand u would like to recommend?
hugs!

Sorry Richa, I forgot to note the brand, got it from Whole Foods frozen section… this was quite nice and fresh.

# 22 October 2007 at 8:24 am

sharmi said:

hey nice one as usual! have a nice time at ur training!

thanks Sharmi, it was gruelling

# 22 October 2007 at 10:32 am

Rachna said:

my comment got gobbled up …anyway wanted to say …

omg that was a scary ride on the bridge…glad you are safe and sound now and siv too… phew… love the peach margarita and the pomegranate…and 1 cup tequila?

Sorry your comment got lost Rachna… thanks for trying it again… 1 cup of tequila for four drinks

# 22 October 2007 at 10:35 am

lathanarasimhan said:

Here we are dying to see one peach, and everyone in US are posting peach recipes! HMM Too bad!
Liked your glass !:))

I got frozen ones, though there were some fresh ones too… sorry you can’t find any there, we will think of you next time

# 22 October 2007 at 10:32 pm

Bharathy said:

Glad we got u back..safe and sound :party: ….
Cheers gal.. Martini):

ah err whatz that salty taste..oh you have lined the glass with salt grains??Doesn’t seem like that..lovely drink!! :drool:

Thanks Bharathy… Yep, that is salt, coarse margarita salt. But as I said in the post, you will be better off with sugar rimmed glasses, salt didn’t go so well in this.

# 23 October 2007 at 2:49 am

mandira said:

that rocking bridge experience alone calls for a few drinks… good to know siv’s landing was safe and on time

it was scary, and we are always looking for excuses to bring out the cocktails…

# 23 October 2007 at 7:30 am

Padma said:

Sig, I have to tell u I love those margarita recipes on ur blog. Did I tell u that my DH is a big follower of ur cocktail section. Thanks for all such wonderful drinks…we really enjoy sipping them from here Martini): Martini): Martini):

Thanks Padma… Glad you guys enjoy our cocktail recipes

# 23 October 2007 at 8:07 am

lissie said:

thank the lord, you and hubby are safe and sound! these experiences teach us to appreciate each and every moment of our lives!
nice entry. you have a collection of good drinks Martini):