The 2nd Annual National Drinking with Chickens Day
**This post brought to you in partnership with Exotico Tequila intended for a 21+ audience only.
We had so much ridiculous fun last year with the first ever National Drinking with Chickens Day (between the private party we held here at the house and the virtual festivities, check all that out here), that almost immediately, we started planning to go big for 2020. We were scheming up a huge ticketed public event to take place either in Los Angeles, or Austin, so that it could be looped in with my book tour.
But obviously, all of that came to a grinding halt. Sad trombone. Butβ¦maybe weβll get to do all that next year??
So instead, along with some help from our friends at Exotico, weβre going to be up to some of the same virtual shenanigans we were last year: Iβll be making tequila drinks LIVE on Instagram from the chicken garden and chicken bar throughout the day, and I want to invite you all to tune in and request to go live with me. Iβll grab requests at random and bring you on LIVE with meβall you gotta do is show up with a drink (EXTRA POINTS if itβs an Exotico Tequila drink), hopefully a chicken (or whatever pet you prefer to happy hour withβI love, love, love seeing your non-chicken pets, too!). Additionally, I want you guys to play along and show me how youβre celebrating by sharing your photos and videos using the hashtag #nationaldrinkingwithchickensday. Iβll share my favorites all day long!
A few minor fun police reminders: PLEASE BE SAFE. I love seeing everyone celebrating and spending time with their animals and their very closest people (please keep your social distance), but A). DO NOT feed your animals boozeβthat is not what this is about and B). I love seeing creative photos and videos but please do not do anything that even remotely puts you or your animals in harmβs way. JUST HANG OUT AND DRINK YOUR TEQUILA WHILE YOUR PETS GIVE YOU SIDE EYE. Please be responsible.
So hereβs the rough scheduleβIβm keeping it very casual, and will pop in and out of my IG Live all day, but I intend to make three drinks throughout the day. Hereβs the line up:
At approximately 9 am PT, join me as I make a Super Spicy Bloody Maria (see recipe below) for breakfast. Gotta start the day with a swift kick in the pants!
At approximately 1 pm PT, Iβll be making a JalapeΓ±o Margarita Sour (see recipe below).
And then at around 5 pm PT, Iβll be making a Sparkling RosΓ© Paloma (see recipe below).
First things first: get yourself a couple of bottles of Exotico Blanco and Reposadoβthey are available thru Drizly! Go here to buy.
Besides tequila, hereβs what else youβll need if you want to make these drinks along with me:
SUPER SPICY BLOODY MARIA
Makes one serving.
1 tbs. cotija cheese + 1/2 tsp. red pepper flakes + 6 tortilla chips pulsed together in a food processor. This will be used on the glass rim and to sprinkle as garnish.
4 oz. spicy tomato juice (store-bought cuz Iβm feeling lazy about making my own)
2 oz. Exotico Tequila Reposado
1 oz. lime juice
2 dashes Worcestershire sauce
3 dashes hot sauce
1/2 tbs. horseradish paste
4 slices jalapeΓ±o
1 pinch sea salt
Garnish: 1 slice lime + 1 hot pepper + tortilla chips + tomatoes + anything crazy you have to garnish with that you want to stick in for funsies. I meant to use tortilla chips as garnish on mine and forgot to stick them in before I was shooting. But I highly recommend.
Prep your pint glass by running a lime wedge around the edge and dipping the rim into the cotija/tortilla chip crumbles. Fill glass with ice and set aside.
In the bottom of a shaker, muddle your jalapeΓ±o slices. Add ice, and then all ingredients except garnishes. Shake until chilled and strain into prepared glass. Garnish with whatever garnish youβve got and finish by sprinkling a dusting of the rim crumbles across the top of the drink.
JALAPEΓO MARGARITA SOUR
Kinda like a Pisco Sour. Kinda like a margarita. If you arenβt into raw egg white, just leave it out and youβve got yourself a normal marg.
Makes one serving.
1.5 oz. Exotico Tequila Blanco
1 oz. lime juice
.5 oz. orange liqueur such as Cointreau
.5 oz. Honey Syrup (.25 oz. honey + .25 oz hot water stirred until honey is dissolved. Allow to cool.)
3 jalapeΓ±o slices
1 medium to large egg white
Garnish: slice of lime + organic, edible bloom
Add jalapeΓ±o slices to the bottom of a shaker and muddle. Add ice. Add all ingredients except egg white, and shake until chilled. Strain ice from cocktail mixture and place the cocktail back into the shaker, adding the egg white (if not doing egg white, skip this step all together). Shake until egg white has foamed, and pour contents of shaker into a coupe. Garnish with lime and a blossom.
SPARKLING ROSΓ PALOMA
Yes, we are topping this Paloma with sparkling wine BECAUSE WE CAN. This is kind of like a French 75 but weβre using tequila and grapefruit juice instead.
Makes one serving.
1.5 oz. grapefruit juice
1 oz. Exotico Tequila Blanco
.5 oz. Rose Simple Syrup (or basic grenadine, or even raspberryβmaybe you even have some leftover from the Frozen Raspberry Palomas we made the other day!)
2-4 oz. Sparkling RosΓ© to top
Garnish: small slice of grapefruit + edible bloom
Add syrup into the bottom of your champagne flute or coupe, then grapefruit juice, then tequila, and stir briefly. Top with sparkling rosΓ©, and garnish with a small slice of grapefruit and an edible blossom.
Come join me for one, two, or all of these drinks throughout the day!
And for those of you who asked, weβve made the National Drinking with Chickens Day βMiss Chitchslap 2020β poster available as a t-shirt in our shop (please be aware that processing times are much longer these days due to to Covid-19 delays).
It is available in a ladies fitted t-shirt with the poster printed on the front:
As well, it is available in a unisex version with the emblem on the front, and the poster on the back:
Many thanks to Exotico Tequila for helping us celebrate this most glorious of days!
Hope to see you all tomorrow!!!
**This post brought to you in partnership with Exotico Tequila intended for a 21+ audience only.