Happy National Margarita Day!

F@%KING YUMMY!

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Juan Rojas Campos pours a Melon Margarita alongside two Rainbow Margaritas at Mama Mexico restaurant in Manhattan.

Right on the heels of Presidents’ Day comes National Margarita Day! It makes zero sense that it isn’t a nationally recognized holiday. We should have today off from work*. Presidents work! [In this space make your own joke about Presidents not working.] Margaritas are for chillaxing with your bros in Cabo before your best bro’s wedding and just bro-ing out. That’s what we should be doing. Bro-ing out with margs. Instead, here we are, alone, pants-less, trolling the Internet, writing things we’ll later regret, which is what we should be doing after six or seven margs.

Well, it’ll be five o’clock at some point today, so IF YOU ARE OF AGE, go down to your local cantina and listen to James Taylor’s Mexico, NO BUFFETT, and ask for Cabo Wabo brand tequila with your marg. And then when you’re feeling appropriately saucy recreate this.

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Sombreros off to the margarita, the country's most popular cocktail and one that will be feted Sunday on National Margarita Day. While it's a once-a-year occasion for kicking back and enjoying the tequila-based drink, we already seem to be doing a pretty good job: In the U.S., we consume margaritas at the rate of about 185,000 per hour, according to Tequila Herradura, a tequila producer.

Though it comes in many varieties – think vanilla, pomegranate, even chocolate – the origins of the frothy sipper aren't clear. It's theorized that the original margarita was invented in 1948 by socialite Margarita Sames during a party at her Acapulco hacienda. She stirred together tequila, Cointreau and lime juice as a remedy for quenching one's thirst on a dusty, hot afternoon, and it's said that sensational cocktail kept the party going for two weeks strong.

But another story, this one from the "Mr. Boston Official Bartender's Guide," reports that Francisco Morales invented the drink in 1942 and called it a "Margarita," which means "daisy" in Spanish.

Typically, a margarita contains tequila, Cointreau and lime juice, and it can be frozen or not. (The first frozen margarita machine, invented in 1971, was based on a soft-serve ice cream machine.)

The margarita represents 18 percent of all mixed drink sales in the U.S., reports Tequila Herradura. (The martini is second, followed by rum and coke, and then vodka and tonic.)

Here are a few recipes to help you celebrate National Margarita Day.

The Grumpy Garcia Margarita
Serves 1

From Joshua Nadel, mixologist at the Oak Room.

2 ounces infused tequila (flavored with pineapple and chili pepper)
1 ounce Cointreau
1/2 ounce fresh lime
1/2 ounce pomegranate juice

Prechill a margarita glass. Shake all ingredients in a shaker full of ice and pour into the glass. Enjoy!

Bangkok Margarita
Serves 1

A popular cocktail at P*ong.

2 ounces Reposado Tequila
2 ounces chilled pineapple juice
1 ounce Domaine de Canton
Pineapple foam, optional
Pinch of Maldon salt
Pinch of Aleppo pepper
Lime

Prechill a martini glass. Shake tequila, pineapple juice, and Canton in a shaker full of ice; pour into the martini glass.  Gently top off the drink with a single layer of foam until it almost overflows.  Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Using a grater such as a Microplane,  grate lime zest over the top. Serve immediately.

Classic Margarita

From "Mr. Boston Official Bartender's Guide."

1 ½ ounces tequila
1 ounce Cointreau
½ ounce lime juice
Lime wedge, for garnish

Shake the tequila, Cointreau and lime juice with ice and strain into a salt-rimmed cocktail glass, or a salt-rimmed ice-filled margarita glass. Garnish with the lime wedge.