re: Bloody mary:In the spirit of our crappy start time post your fav recipe

1/3 zing zang 1/3 whiskey Willy 1/3 belvedere. Okra celery green beans

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Next time try adding clamato. Trust me.

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SERVE 4

You can liven up these drinks by garnishing with dilly beans, colossal green olives, caper berries, pickled asparagus, or even chilled poached shellfish, such as shrimp or crawfish. This recipe can be doubled.

INGREDIENTS
3 cups Clamato juice
1 cup vodka
1/4 cup fresh lemon juice
1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
2 teaspoons prepared horseradish
1 teaspoon table salt
1 teaspoon ground black pepper
1/4 teaspoon Tabasco sauce
Ice (for serving)
4 ribs celery , trimmed (for serving)
Lemon wedges , or lime wedges (for serving)

INSTRUCTIONS
Whisk the tomato juice, vodka, lemon juice, Worcestershire sauce, horseradish, salt, pepper, and Tabasco together in a pitcher or large bowl. Pour over ice and garnish with the celery and lemon wedges before serving.

To Make Ahead:
Bloody Marys can be refrigerated, covered tightly with plastic wrap, for up to 6 hours before serving.

A true bloody mary aficionado...and we are legion...would never share his best recipe. Never.

However, this is one I can recommend:



Best Bloody Mary Recipe

Ingredients

3 large stalks celery from the heart, including leaves, plus extra for serving
36 ounces tomato juice (recommended: Sacramento)
2 teaspoons prepared horseradish
1 teaspoon grated yellow onion
1 lemon, juiced
1/2 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
1/2 teaspoon celery salt
1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
12 dashes hot sauce (recommended: Tabasco), or to taste
1 1/2 cups vodka

Directions
Cut the celery in large dice, including the leaves, and puree in the bowl of a food processor fitted with the steel blade.
Process until finely minced. In a large pitcher, combine the rest of the ingredients except the vodka.
With the food processor running, pour 1/4 of the tomato juice mixture into the food processor through the feed tube.
Then pour the contents of the food processor into the pitcher with the remaining tomato juice mixture.
Add the vodka and chill. Serve in tall glasses over ice with a stick of celery.

Over The Hill And On A Roll

I'll try the clamato juice but a bloody Mary sans olive juice or pickled beans/okra isn't for me.