February 22nd is officially recognized as National Margarita Day and it couldn’t have landed on a more perfect day of the week this year than Monday. Now we have a reason to cure those Monday blues with a good ol’ fashioned frozen margarita (extra salt!!) Now I know you all have perfected your Margarita mixing abilities so I’m not here to share with you a recipe today but some unique facts that maybe you didn’t know about the infamous Margarita. Feel free to dazzle your friends with this new found knowledge while sipping down a nice, cold frozen one!
It is believed that the original Margarita was invented in 1948 in Aculpulco by socialite Margarita Sames.
The first frozen margarita machine was invented by a high school drop-out named Mariano Martinez in 1971.
On average, Americans consume 185,000 Margaritas per hour.- That’s a lot of Tequila!
The U.S. is the number one tequila market—larger and more important than Mexico.
The South accounts for the majority (34.9%) of the nation’s margarita sales.- What can I say, us Texans love our margaritas!
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