tequila lime pomegranate cranberry sauce

• 2 12oz packages cranberries
• 2 cups sugar
• 2 cups water
• 1 cup pomegranate juice
• seeds from 1 whole pomegranate
• shot of tequila
• squirt of lime juice
• optional: large can pears in water/juice (not syrup)

combine water and sugar in large saucepan (i use a nonstick wok), bring to boil, stirring until sugar fully dissolves.  add cranberries and return to boil.  add pomegranate juice, pomegranate seeds, and tequila, (optionally pears) and lower heat to simmer.  simmer until liquid has reduced about 1/4, or to whatever consistency you like.  mix in lime juice to taste, then cool in refrigerator overnight.  sauce will thicken in refrigerator.

give thanks.  makes enough to feed a small army.

I promise I won’t turn this blog into a Virgin America fanclub, but I just had to post this little gem.  As if my favorite airline weren’t awesome enough, they sent me this the other day:

On Nov. 22, Virgin America will launch its beta version of Gogo® in-flight Internet service during YouTube Live. Tune in at 5pm PT to watch the first-ever live, air-to-ground video-stream during the show. Check out youtube.com/virginamerica to see exclusive videos by some of YouTube’s biggest celebrities.
Virgin America will begin rolling out Gogo® internet service in late November, and will be the first U.S. carrier to offer fleet-wide in-flight wi-fi by Spring 2009.

How awesome is that?  The first airline to offer in-flight WiFi, and they’re debuting it by videoconferencing live during the big YouTube event this month.

Swoon.