Okay, it's tequila. You know, tequila? One shot - no effect. Two shots - no effect. Three shots - you wake up the next morning and people are looking at you oddly and humming snatches of "Strangers in the Night" as you walk past.
"Quality" is not what you look for in tequila. It is designed to be drunk as quickly as possible, and to have its taste completely obscured by combinations of salt and lime. Tequila is anti-freeze with a twist. So when I read something like this:
Judith Meza Nixon, U.S.-Canada representative for the council, said there is evidence that handlers of bulk Tequila on both sides of the border could be eroding the drink's quality.
My first reaction is, "Eroding quality? From what? It currently has the quality of anti-freeze. Where is "down" from there? Battery acid? Fresh lava? Nuclear waste? And may I just add that the mention of a "sipping tequila" makes my skin crawl completely off of my body and hide in a corner of the room.
Next thing you know we'll be interviewing my cousin Otis about the "quality" of his moonshine:
"Well, the current Mason Jar shortage is definitely having a deleterious effect on my product's quality. It eats right through those plastic milk jugs, plus the shine gets tainted with all that PFC aftertaste..."
Whatever. Mexico is looking to create jobs and control a cash cow. The US is looking to keep jobs. Let's leave "quality" out of it. Pepe Lopez always has.
Posted by Big Arm Woman at September 26, 2003 10:13 AMIf the quality is eroding, does this mean that post tequila morning breath does a better job of melting paint or worse? If demand is "skyrocketing" (shudder) wouldn't that indicate that that the discerning palate of American Consumers finds said erosion more pleasing? (twitch)
Posted by: cmhouts at September 26, 2003 11:37 AMNah, nah, nah, you're going about this all wrong. Try Cuervo Gold.
Posted by: Lex at September 30, 2003 04:15 PMOh my, you really should try a nice Herraradura Reposada or any of the other small batch, well-aged sipping tequilas.
Also, if you are in a contest to drink someone under the table, there are no better shots than tequila shots to do it with. Keeps one mean and focused on the task at hand :)
Posted by: Jaq at October 1, 2003 12:23 PM