Saturday, March 6, 2010
Agave is not my friend... on second thought it could have been the tequla.
Let me preface this by saying that I truly love margaritas. Not the green frozen restaurant variety available at TGI Fridays - but the ones that you get while sitting on a stool made from a log at a palapa bar with your feet the sand in the middle of nowhere somewhere along a sparsely populated beach in Mexico. Those are margaritas. Many moons ago, I lived in Mexico. I was fortunate to have such a wonderful opportunity in life that truly changed my culinary perspective. As a result I dont drink frozen green margaritas, eat salsa from a jar, and have never had guacamole as good as what I make in my own kitchen. I guess you could say that I am Mexican food snob.
My love for Margaritas developed years before having bariatric surgery. Drinking alcohol was something I had no problem giving up as part of the deal for gastric bypass surgery. We shouldnt drink any alcohol for at least the first year after our procedure. As a ten year RNY post op I am still very careful about ANY alcohol that I drink, and only have a drink on a rare occasion. Since we no longer have a big ole handbag of a stomach for a cocktail to roll around in and digest before being absorbed into the bloodstream - a gastric bypass person can get very very drunk. The alcohol is absorbed as full proof and I am not being dramatic by saying it would not be difficult to become incoherent, debilitated, or even die from alcohol poisoning.
I have a rule for drinking that I absolutely never bend. I never drink even a drop of an alcoholic beverage unless I am with someone with whom I can trust with my life. I can count these folks on one hand - there are currently four people that qualify.
I also don't consume sugar and nearly all mixed drinks contain lemon lime mix or fruit syrups that are sugar based. Some restaurant margaritas can smack us with 50 or 60 grams of sugar. When I am out, I may choose to sip a glass of wine, a bloody mary, a beer, or even a flavored vodka and club soda over tall glass of ice - but only if I am with someone who would make sure I was safe if I were unable to take care of myself.
On Friday night, Ty and I went to a fantastic Mexican restaurant in Boca - Rocco's Tacos. Holy Guacamole! This place makes a giant lava bowl of guacamole tableside. It is heaven in a bowl. I have never tasted guacamole this good in a restaurant. Give me a molecajete of guacamole and a spoon and I will be good to go. The salsa is fresh perfection.
I noticed that on the Margarita menu that they made a drink that sounded perfect for my gastric bypass dilemma. A hand tossed Agave Margarita made with Patron Reposado tequila, fresh lime juice, and agave nectar shaken with ice. Agavve is low glycemic and does not affect blood sugar. Yeah right... ON PAPER, in theory but NOT in reality.
After sipping about one third of my margarita, the room started to spin, I could not keep my eyes open. Half a cocktail and I was getting very sick, breaking out in a full sweat, and babbling. Ty had to practically carry me to the car, leaving our food relatively untouched on the table.
Even at ten years post op, I am still a cheap date.
posted by Susan Maria of BariatricEating.com @ 9:13 AM
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