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Should I try tomato juice with tequila

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OK. In another thread, it was mentioned that the Mexicans drink tequila with tomato juice. I find this concept a bit disgusting, but my friend just told me I should try it.

What's the general concensus here?

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Vinny the Anvil
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First of all, you should do it right. And keep an open mind about it, since it IS what the Mexicans actuallly drink with Tequila.

It's not just tomato juice: it is tomato juice mixed with fruit juice and jalapeno peppers.

Apparently it is the way Mexicans actually do it.

So as a devotee of a uniquely Mexican liquor, it seems to me that you should have the cojones to actually try it the way the Mexicans do.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe "tequila" was actually named after a Mexican town.

So get a good recipe for sangrita & mix up all the ingredients. Then get some good Tequila & keep an open mind, and then go do some evil experiments on your liver.


Then report back to us.
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OK dammit, I'll admit that I'm a noob to tequila.

But, shit, we're skydivers! Why shouyldnt we try new stuff?

I am willing to try tequila with sangrita, Mexican style, if Vinnie will do the same.

Name the date and the time. Preferably a weekend night.

We'll use the same sangrita recipe and the same brand of tequila, AND SEE WHAT THE MEXICANS are doing.

I'm willing to take the challenge if you are, Vinnie.
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I am too drunk to drve to the store and get sangrifa tonite. We shall see...

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and it is too late to get the ingredients here. l am on the East Coast, in Maryland. Let us set a date. >:(

edited to add: incidentally, sangrita is not just tomato juice. It is tomato juice plus citrus juice and the juice of hot peppers.

ooh look, a dissenting opinion:
Sangrita
[san-GREE-tah]

What? A bloody chaser. Not to be confused with fruity sangria, this fiery combination of citrus and chili sauce is the traditional chaser for tequila in Mexico, particularly in Oaxaca and Jalisco. Literally "little bloody thing," sangrita is a red concoction made from the juice of freshly squeezed sour oranges, sweet grenadine, spicy puya chile salsa, and salt. According to Lucinda Hutson, author of ¡Tequila! (Ten Speed), the red color should come from the grenadine and chile sauce, not from tomato juice, but alas, most of the sangritas served in the United States and increasingly in Mexico are little more than doctored bloody mary mix. In Authentic Mexican (William Morrow and Company), James Beard Foundation Award-winning chef and Mexican food authority Rick Bayless notes that the better the tequila, the less important the chaser.
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one classic recipe:

Sangrita
1/4 cup freshly squeezed orange juice
4 tsp. grenadine syrup
1/4 cup tomato juice
1/4 cup freshly squeezed lime juice
1/2 tsp. or more salsa picante or bottled hot sauce
1/4 tsp. salt
in a bottle or pitcher, mix together all the Sangrita ingredients. Cover an refrigerate for at leas on hour, allowing the flavors to meld.
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its supposed to be served alongside tequila.
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