“Liberty is always dangerous, but it is the safest thing we have.” ~Harry Emerson Fosdick
I love that quote, and in honor of our nation’s independence I’m going to do the all-American 4th of July thang…and take the liberty of drinking margaritas! (Donald Trump can just suck my lime on this one.) Here’s the best watermelon margie recipe ever!
Ingredients:
Lemon or lime wedge
Coarse salt
1 1/2 ounces tequila
1/2 ounce Aperol (An Italian aperitif made of bitter orange, rhubarb, herbs and other good stuff)
4 watermelon cubes
3/4 ounce lemon juice
1/2 ounce agave
Large ice ball
Prep:
Cut a slit in a wedge of lemon or lime and run around the rim of a glass; dust with coarse salt. In a cocktail shaker, combine tequila, Aperol, 3 watermelon cubes, lemon juice and agave. Shake and strain into glass over a large ice ball (find molds in specialty cookware shops). Dip a watermelon cube in salt to taste, spear with a skewer and balance on rim of glass. Recipe can be doubled to serve 2.
Back to Fosdick for a moment. (I am nothing if not queen of the ultra smooth segue.) I really like his quote on liberty because it cuts across every divide, and we’ve got plenty discord these days. If we could all just sit down and enjoy a beverage together, and maybe even swap footwear so we’d know what it’s like to walk a mile in someone else’s shoes, then maybe liberty would be a bit less dangerous. Just a thought.
Have a safe and happy 4th of July weekend!
(Who is Harry Fosdick, you ask? He was a Baptist preacher who in the 1920s and 30s made a big splash by advocating for a clear division between religion (Christianity) and government.)
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