"Christine Dabney" > wrote in message
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> Heya folks,
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> She was thinking chiles, and maybe even fresh Hatch chiles, but was
> also looking at the idea of dried red chiles.
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> Any of you that are from the Southwest, or are familiar with the
> flavors that are so prevalent here, got ideas?


Christine

SteveW, is correct in that it needs to be a tequila to say SW and a
Margarita fits the bill.

Save the real Tequila for sipping and use the Cuervo for
Margaritas. If you don't want to serve a "Traditional", make a mix base
and then lay out small bowls of various fruits, cracked ice, a mudder
and a shaker and let the folks make their own. Have a blender for the
Slurpee crowd to use

Other choices might be Kahula( Lots of "classical new Oldies" can be made
with this one: Mexican Mother, Latin Lover, Mexican Grasshopper, Mexican
Banger, Mexican Expresso, The Bull), Sangrita ( there is your chilies),
Sangria for the wine crowd and the Bloody Maria for the next morning with a
pepper instead of a celery stick.

Red Beer is another hangover "cure", a can of spicy Ro-Tel poured in a
beer, prefereably one that was not out overnight with butts in it or worse;
chew.