Just discovered I’ve never actually put up the promised recipe for a Rootie Tootie Margarootie. Here it is, as requested by Calen Sariel:
Rootie Tootie Margarootie Recipe: I’m not sure about amounts as I do it by taste, but I’m making these for a party Sunday so I will measure:
1/2 Cup Tequila
1 to 2 Cups Squirt (Make with one cup and if it tastes too strong, add another)
1/4 Cup Raspberry liqueur (Chambord or Antigua)
1 Cup Cranberry Juice
3 cups Ice
Mix in blender until slushy. You should make in batches as if you put more than this in blender at one time, the Squirt foams up and spills over. Taste and alter amounts to your taste.
Make more batches and store in freezer for an hour or so before serving so it is really slushy. Stir and serve. (In your freezer might only require 1/2 hour, depending on how cold you keep it.)
If you wish, mix sugar with a smaller amount of salt, rub lime around rim of glass and dip rim of glass into the sugar/salt solution. Carefully fill with the Rootie Tootie Margarootie which should have the consistency of a slushie.
If it isn’t delicious, start adding more of each ingredient until it tastes good to you, then send me your recipe! Adding more cranberry juice makes it sweeter and stronger tasting.
These are large blooms, about the size of my hand. I’ve never paid close attention to them before, but now that I have three papaya trees right beside my kitchen window, it is easier to both see when the fruit is ripe and to notice the blooms.
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