What would Don Draper do....

if he lived in the Hill Country of Texas during the heat of the summer???

I think he'd be ordering up Daiquiris & Margaritas instead of Old Fashions & Martinis.

This is a perfect summer cocktail.  It is bright, refreshing, not too sweet and has plenty of lime flavor.  I don't drink alcohol very often, but I really enjoyed watching the Mad Men season finale while sipping this tasty drink.

Watermelon Daiquiri
Adapted from Sunset Magazine (a new fave!)
serves 2
2 cups watermelon, cubed
3 teaspoons sugar
6 tablespoons golden rum
1/4 cup lime juice
Zest from half a lime
Ice

1. Puree watermelon in a food processor and strain into a small mixing bowl.   Add sugar, rum, lime juice and zest.  Stir mixture.
2. Pour into a cocktail shaker and fill with ice.  Cover, shake and strain into 2 glasses.
3. Garnish with a watermelon slice.

***Note:  I do not have a cocktail shaker so this is what I did.  I pureed the watermelon in my Magic Bullet.  Strained it into a 2 cup Pyrex cup and added the rest of the ingredients.  Then placed the mixture back into the rinsed out bullet, filled it with ice, placed a screw lid on and shook until the bullet got cold.  Cracked open the screw lid and strained into glasses.