Need a good margarita recipe! Party tomorrow!

[mstevens]

Admittedly, what follows is NOT a margarita recipe. In my opinion, a good margarita cannot be made in bulk. At most, 2 at a time can be made in a shaker. However, beergaritas go down quite well at parties and are quick and easy and are sort of margarita-like with the bonus of fizziliciousness.

Beergaritas
1 can frozen concentrated limeaid, slightly thawed
1 can of tequila (we tend to use Cuervo Gold as our mixing tequila)
1 can of light Mexican lager (this may be the only good use for Corona, but I prefer Sol)
1 can of 7-up (preferred in this application over Sprite)

Mix.
Serve.

People, Rose's lime juice is an abomination.

[eltristo]

[snip]
People, Rose's lime juice is an abomination.

aâ‹...bomâ‹...iâ‹...naâ‹...tionâ€,   â€,[uh-bom-uh-ney-shuhn]
â€"noun
1.     anything greatly loved.
2.   intense awesomeness, esp. in a margarita
3.   a vile, shameful, or detestable thing to leave out of a margarita

[mstevens]

aâ‹...bomâ‹...iâ‹...naâ‹...tionâ€,   â€,[uh-bom-uh-ney-shuhn]
â€"noun
1.     anything greatly loved.
2.   intense awesomeness, esp. in a margarita
3.   a vile, shameful, or detestable thing to leave out of a margarita

OK, I can accept that, I guess. I hate eggplant, which my wife loves, and I can accept that, too. She's desperately wrong, of course, but I can accept it...

Just try a margarita made with something that actually tastes like limes (I recommend fresh lime juice as a great example) and you'll see how different they are. You could take fresh lime juice and load it up with sugar to match exactly the sweetness of Rose's and see just how boiled and chemical Rose's tastes.

It's like the difference between the cheapest, nastiest frozen concentrated orange juice compared with fresh-squeezed, only worse.

Incidentally, Rose's Lime Cordial (the original product from England) is considerably better than what we can easily find here. It's supposed to be the same, but we diluted it according to the instructions to make limeade and it wasn't half bad. My 8 year-old gagged on the same thing made with Rose's Lime Juice. Bleagh.

[somegirl]

Just try a margarita made with something that actually tastes like limes (I recommend fresh lime juice as a great example) and you'll see how different they are. You could take fresh lime juice and load it up with sugar to match exactly the sweetness of Rose's and see just how boiled and chemical Rose's tastes.

Also there's a big difference between fresh-squeezed limes and the bottled stuff (that includes the stuff that comes in that squeezy plastic green thing).

Makes a big difference in both drinks and cooking (same goes for lemon juice). 

[eltristo]

I actually used to use fresh lime juice (we had a lime tree in the yard.  that helped), and still will occasionally, but usually desire the extra sweetness.  For some reason, and I know this is dumb, I feel better using Rose's than adding simple syrup.  If I don't see the sugar, it must not be there!