Well, I really don’t care why you’re going to try whole strawberries blended into a margarita. Or you are desperate to tell me that my margarita isn’t the best strawberry margarita you’ve ever tasted. Or, you just want to prove me wrong and tell me you can taste it. Or you want to ask somebody at your next drunken party what a Calyx is…if you can remember that is what it is. And, it saves on prep time because all you have to do is wash your strawbs and throw them into the blender! You can’t taste them, and they have added nutritional benefit. Be mindful, and instead of adding yet another sad little unwanted Calyx to the compost or landfill (sorry worms) wash those whole strawberries and throw them in tops and all to your next smoothie, shake, milkshake, or cocktail. So, next time you are grabbing for your strawberry huller or knife to lob off the best part of your strawberry because that’s what you saw some fancy chef on TV do or because that is what everybody mistakingly does, think again!īe bold. But, I told them they had magic taste powers so they would try whole strawberries, and I can’t really roll that back now or I would be proclaimed a dirty desperate liar by my brother-in-law who also fell for my line hook, line, and sinker. But, they are tasteless and blend into anything unnoticed. In fact, the calyx and stem of strawberries act as natural digestive aids and they make everything taste better. The leaves and stem of strawberries are edible. They are, of course, inviting me to prove my case and fire up the blender and make one of my famous (or at least in our family!) whole strawberry smoothies. They always scrunch up their noses in a totally over-rehearsed way that only a 9 and 7 year old who think they know everything can do as if they have never heard me ask the question I have asked a hundred times in our ongoing strawberry game. Then I respond with my best poker-faced scowl, “Well, are the tops of strawberries edible?” When they ask me, I always pretend I don’t know that they have told me 500,000 times, so they can triumphantly reveal the answer to the most asked question in the 7-year-old universe and scream out in unison, “A Calyx!” “What are the leaves on the top of a strawberry called?” (Do you think they got that piece of trivia from the apps they are scarily dependent on or from my sister who is a Wednesday-Night-Trivia-Group leader? (Oh, I wish I were kidding….but I am not.) And being the genius little wasps they are they are always showing off their knowledge of completely random facts smugly asking me ridiculous things like, My niece and nephew are annoyingly (but kind of cutely) addicted to strawberries. I’m also throwing in whole fresh strawberries with the tops and all. It is, of course, the combo of really good tequila, Cointreau, lime juice, maple syrup, and strawberries. I’ve learnt a thing or two since then.) What’s the secret to the amazing flavor? But, it really wasn’t a great restaurant. But, after years of working as a cocktail waitress in a Mexican restaurant while I was in college, I don’t think so. Maybe you’re going to tell me I haven’t tasted enough strawberry margaritas. But, I stand by it, and challenge you to make these strawberry margaritas and tell me something different. I have to say, I think this is the best strawberry margarita I’ve ever had. They always make me feel like I’m on vacation. This frozen strawberry margarita recipe is EPIC! I absolutely love frozen margaritas.
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