5:00 Fridays – POM Momagarita

My friend Molly, who pretty much knows everything (and for that matter, everyone), sent the following to me the other day.

I’m warning you, this is very heady stuff.

Carry on.

Important Women’s Health Issue

* Do you have feelings of inadequacy?
* Do you suffer from shyness?
* Do you sometimes wish you were more assertive?
* Do you suffer exhaustion from the day to day grind?

If you answered yes to any of these questions, ask your doctor or pharmacist about Margaritas.
Margaritas are the safe, natural way to feel better and more confident about yourself and your actions. Margaritas can help ease you out of your shyness and let you tell the world that you’re ready and willing to do just about anything. You will notice the benefits of Margaritas almost immediately and with a regiment of regular doses you can overcome any obstacles that prevent you from living the life you want to live.

Shyness and awkwardness will be a thing of the past and you will discover many talents you never knew you had. Stop hiding and start living, with Margaritas. Margaritas may not be right for everyone Women who are pregnant or nursing should not use Margaritas. However, women who wouldn’t mind nursing or becoming pregnant are encouraged to try it.

Side effects may include:
– Dizziness
– Nausea
– Vomiting
– Incarceration
– Erotic lustfulness
– Loss of motor control
– Loss of clothing
– Loss of money
– Loss of virginity
– Table dancing
– Headache
– Dehydration
– Dry mouth
– And a desire to sing Karaoke

WARNINGS:
* The consumption of Margaritas may make you think you are whispering when you are not.
* The consumption of Margaritas may cause you to tell your friends over and over again that you love them.
* The consumption of Margaritas may cause you to think you can sing.
* The consumption of Margaritas may make you think you can logically converse with members of the opposite sex without spitting.

Please share this with other women who may need Margaritas.

Molly’s note, coupled with the delightful bottles of POM Wonderful that the folks from POM sent me to test drive , lead me on a taste testing mission. Plus, Mother’s Day is this weekend, right? I just had to create something scrumpdillyicious for all the moms out there.

I don’t go for the treacly Battenberg lace and perfumey type of Mother’s Day trappings. If it’s frilly and pink and smells like honeysuckle then my name isn’t on the gift tag. You might say I’m more dirty and noisy than that. I figured there are a lot of moms who don’t want to lounge with a pink concoction in hand so I created something more Jazzberry Jam than Tickle Me Pink. (Sidebar: There is nothing I’d like more than to have a job naming Crayon colors or nail polish!)

My ode to moms the world over: POM Momagarita

2 cups POM Wonderful pomegranate juice

3-4 shots of tequila (Don’t go cheap here. You won’t be sitting tilted back in a ratty old dental chair doing upsidedown margaritas at the Kappa Sig house. Spring for the stuff a few shelves above what the college crew is buying.)

1/2 cup of bitter lemon soda

1/2 cup sour mix

juice of 1 fresh lime

sliced lime wedges

Margarita salt (Directions for rimming a glass here)

Pour all the liquid ingredients into an iced pitcher (can also cut the recipe in half and use a cocktail shaker). Squeeze in the lime juice. Stir vigorously. Rim margarita glasses with salt and add ice. Strain cocktail into glasses and plop in a lime…you know, to make it pretty.

HAPPY MOTHERS DAY!!!

(Full disclosure: The bottles of POM were free, but with no strings attached. I’m posting this because I love the stuff, not because it’s a paid endorsement. That’s not how I roll.)