{"id":126006,"date":"2016-02-22T11:28:47","date_gmt":"2016-02-22T09:28:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/126006\/today-is-margarita-day-salud-7\/"},"modified":"2016-02-22T11:28:47","modified_gmt":"2016-02-22T09:28:47","slug":"today-is-margarita-day-salud-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/lifestyle-news\/entertainment-news\/2016\/02\/22\/today-is-margarita-day-salud-7\/","title":{"rendered":"Today is Margarita Day&#8230; Salud!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The margarita is a cocktail consisting of tequila, orange liqueur and freshly squeezed lime juice, often served with salt on the rim of the glass. The drink is served shaken with ice.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>While the Margarita is one of the most popular cocktails, its origins are shrouded in mystery. There are almost as many stories\u00a0about who invented the margarita as there are\u00a0margarita recipes. Some like them blended, others with a sweetener, but many say the best margarita recipe is this classic one.<\/p>\n<h3>Classic Margarita<\/h3>\n<p>3 parts tequila<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>2 parts cointreau, triple sec or another orange liqueur<\/p>\n<p>2 parts freshly squeezed lime juice<\/p>\n<p>Salt<\/p>\n<p>Add the ingredients to a shaker and fill with ice.<\/p>\n<p>Shake well and strain into a chilled cocktail glass filled with fresh ice.<\/p>\n<p>Garnish with a lime wheel or wedge.<\/p>\n<p>For a slightly sweeter drink, add a dash of agave syrup (one part water, two parts agave nectar) before shaking.<\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3>Watermelon margarita<\/h3>\n<div class='tie-fluid-width-video-wrapper tie-ignore-fitvid' style='margin-bottom: 30px;'>\n\t\t\t<iframe style='width: 100%; min-height: 300px; aspect-ratio: 16\/9;' src='https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/BFIZXcSaKac' loading='lazy'><\/iframe>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<p>Pics: Corbis<\/p>\n<div class=\"stream-item stream-item-below-post-content\">\n<div class='tenancy_slot tenancy_slot_1 jannah_ad' style='display: none;' data-query-id='2e22ebe7c80f54fd4ce80eb33ed25d21'><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s a classic margarita recipe and one with a watermelon twist.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7782,"featured_media":126007,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"hasGravity":false,"cxt_article_byline":"Caxton Central","cxt_disable_google_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,3686],"tags":[9931,9932,9933,9934,9935,9936,9937,9938,9939],"class_list":["post-126006","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment-news","category-lifestyle-news","tag-agave-syrup","tag-cointreau","tag-fresh-lime-juice","tag-margarita-cocktail","tag-margarita-day","tag-orange-liqueur","tag-salt","tag-tequila","tag-triple-sec"],"amp_enabled":true,"category_labels":{"Category":"Lifestyle","SubCategory":"Entertainment"},"tag_labels":["agave syrup","cointreau","fresh lime juice","margarita cocktail","margarita day","orange liqueur","salt","tequila","triple sec"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126006","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7782"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=126006"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126006\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/126007"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=126006"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=126006"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=126006"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}