National Daiquiri Day!

I am not entirely sure how I have gone through my entire adult life without knowing about this day - but now that I do, you can be sure I'm going to do my best to make up for it!

It is sort of the perfect time of year for this. The local strawberries are in their last few days of availability and we're not quite sure what to do with the baskets we probably still have in our fridge. If you're like I am, you buy TONS of them because you're so exited they've finally arrived - and then eat them until you're pretty sure they are all you've consumed fruit-wise in a month. Freezing them is a great way to make sure you have fresh and delicious additions to smoothies or (ahem) adult beverages!

Fun Daiquiri Facts:
It was Ernest Hemingway's favourite drink.
The original daiquiri was pretty "meh" as far as exciting summer-tastic drinks are concerned. It was ice, lime juice and rum.
Miners (that's the dudes who work in the mines - not under-aged drinkers), were rumoured to have invented the drink in the late 1890s.



Fun Daiquiri Recipes:

Strawberry Daiquiri

1/2 cup ice
5-10 large strawberries (fresh or frozen)
1 1/2 oz rum
1/2 oz triple sec
2 tsp sugar
1 oz lime juice

Combine all ingredients in blender until ice is all crushed. Pour into a sugar rimmed glass. Garnish with a lime wedge.

Banana Daiquiri

1/2 cup ice
2 oz rum
1/2 banana (or a whole one if you prefer)
1 1/2 oz lime juice
sugar is optional here because the banana is usually really sweet

Combine all ingredients in blender until ice is all crushed. Pour into a sugar rimmed glass. Garnish with a slice of your banana.

 (Yum.)

In semi-related funny news, Kids In The Hall like fruity drinks too: