Recommend your fun summer cocktail recipe

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Anonymous wrote:Cucumber gin and tonic

oh - that sounds good.

What do you do with the cucumber? Muddle it? Blend it then strain it?

I love cucumber martinis in bars, but I've always been too lazy to make one myself.

Muddle the cuke with lime

http://www.myrecipes.com/recipe/cucumber-gin-tonic-50400000129208/

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08/17/2013 12:10

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Anonymous

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Cucumber gin and tonic

oh - that sounds good.

What do you do with the cucumber? Muddle it? Blend it then strain it?

I love cucumber martinis in bars, but I've always been too lazy to make one myself.

Muddle the cuke with lime

http://www.myrecipes.com/recipe/cucumber-gin-tonic-50400000129208/

This is really good with a spash of gin!

Honeydew Cucumber Cooler
Ingredients:
1 honeydew melon, peeled and chopped
1 English cucumber, peeled and sliced, divided
1 cup fresh mint leaves
1/2 cup fresh lime juice

Directions:
Puree melon, half of cucumber, and mint leaves in a blender until smooth. Strain through a fine-mesh sieve into a large pitcher. Add lime juice and remaining half of cucumber slices. Stir well, then serce over ice, garnished with lime slices, if desired.

Source: Real Simple magazine, July 2013

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08/17/2013 13:29

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Anonymous

^ yum!

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08/17/2013 15:06

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:watermelon, lime, tequila or rum, and cointreau, all in a blender. drink.

This sounds really good! Could you substitute orange flavored vodka in place of the Cointreau and tequila?

I wouldn't.

For the cucmber. Gin people, I recommend Hendricks - it is great with cuc.