If you've never visited Mexico,
you may have some preconceptions about what you're likely to find here. I’m
going to share with you a couple of my favorite misconceptions.
#1: Tequila is
best with a pinch of salt and lime;
#2 Mexico is the land of sombreros and
siestas.
All of us have our favorite myths to dispel
about living in Mexico.
We could go on forever about living peacefully in a quiet area of Mexico
without fear of drug traffickers, drinking water, swine flu or some other such
nonsense. But I’m tired of beating you over the head with all that, and besides
you have Kristina’s wonderful video, Mexico Mythbusters, to go to for a great
primer on Mexico
and our area. In fact, if you haven’t seen it, go watch it now and come back
here later.
If you've never visited Mexico,
you may have some preconceptions about what you're likely to find here. I’m
going to share with you a couple of my favorite misconceptions.
#1: Tequila is best with a
pinch of salt and lime
You may think that you should only drink tequila as
a shot — doused with lime and salt—but you would be wrong!
Tequila is a drink to be appreciated and
sipped—not slammed down in a shot, its flavor masked by salt and lime. If you
need to do that, you're drinking the wrong tequila.
You need to know that drinking many of the higher quality,
100% agave Tequilas with salt and lime is likely to remove much of the flavor.
These tequilas are usually drunk from a snifter glass, instead of a shot glass,
and savored like brandy, instead of quickly gulped
