Bloody Mary The Real Story

To sip a Bloody Mary in New York's St. Regis Hotel is to be in the presence of a greater power. Not God, but Fernand "Pete" Petiot, who, it is said, invented what was to become America's favorite morning-after drink, the hangover remedy, the compelling and infamous hair of the dog.

I sat in the very room, the King Cole Bar, where Pete and the Bloody were introduced to America in the 1930s. While not quite a cathedral, it is nonetheless a lounge of exquisite secular taste, enclosed in the comfort of dark wood and dominated by a large mural of the merry old soul himself, surrounded by an entourage from the lyrical world of the nursery rhyme.

According to drinking lore, encapsulated in Christopher O'Hara's book The Bloody Mary (with William Nash photographs of such glory that you want to drink the pages), the Bloody was invented by bartender Petiot at Harry's New York Bar in Paris. The basic recipe consisted of vodka, tomato juice, Worcestershire sauce, lemon juice, salt, and cayenne pepper.

Legend has it that he named it after Queen Mary Tudor, or Bloody Mary, the Catholic daughter of Henry VIII, who, during her five-year reign, managed to kill off an impressive number of Protestants. Even by the standards of 16th-century England, the slaughter of some 300 "heretics" seemed excessive.

Others ascribe the name to a bar in Chicago called "Bucket of Blood," and still others believe it was based on the complaints of a London visitor to Harry's Bar who kept drinking Petiot's tomato juice libation while going on about his wife, Mary. Using one of England's most popular adjectives, the man declared his wife was a bloody nag and bloody impossible, among other bloody evils. So Petiot, in a fit of whimsy, named his drink the Bloody Mary. You can believe any bloody story you like, but most seem to prefer the influence of the bloody Queen.

However, for those who cant toward a good scare, there is the urban legend of a woman named Mary who was injured in an accident that tore her face so badly she bled to death. Her spirit is said to roam about, and if you stand before a mirror and say Bloody Mary three times, her mangled visage will appear. If so, dash for the door or she'll rip you up, too. You'll surely need a drink after that.

 

To continue the more likely tale, John Jacob Astor fell in love with the Bloody at Harry's, and brought Petiot and his drink to The St. Regis, which the Astors owned. Word of its existence spread like a dirty joke, and in no time at all, the Bloody became a standard morning-after libation and, later, one of the drinks favored at a modern invention called brunch, leading it to become at one time the third most popular cocktail in the country. Fearful that the name might offend, however, the Astors renamed it the Red Snapper. But that, forgive me, lacked the snap of the original and ended up in the barrel of bad ideas, where the mango Martini and the Pet Rock reside.

Try these recipes!!!!

Buddy's Bloody Mary
2 oz Vodka
6 oz V8 Juice
1 tsp Horseradish
1/2 tsp fresh Lime Juice
4 dashes Tabasco Sauce
4 dashes Worcestershire Sauce
1 pinch Peppers
1 pinch Celery Salt

Add several ice cubes to a highball glass, 
grind some pepper on top and add some celery salt to make seasoned ice cubes. Add all ingredients to a cocktail shaker half-filled with ice cubes, and shake well. Strain the mixture over the ice cubes in the highball glass. Squeeze a lime slice over the drink and drop it in the glass. 

La Michelada

The Michelada is a refreshing summer twist on the standard Bloody Mary.  Try it with a light Mexican Beer.  You can't go wrong with the Michelada!

 

4 drops of Tabasco Sauce
1/4 tsp Worcestershire Sauce

Dashes of Salt and Ground Pepper
Juice of 1 Lime wedge

1 Bottle of Beer, preferably a Negro Modelo 

 

Combine above ingredients in a glass and pour beer to top.  Serve with wedge of lime in a salted glass.

Serves 1.

 Bloody Mariner

1 Teasopoon of Garlic Powder

1 Teaspoon of Onion Poweder

1 Teaspoon Chopped Horseradish

4 splashes of ounces  Tabasco sauce

2 ounces vodka 
celery stalk 
2 ounces clam juice

Pour over ice in tall glass, stir well. 
Garnish with celery. Serves 1.

 

Wasabi Bloody Mary
1/2 fresh Lime Juice
4 1/2 tsp Wasabi
6 cups low-salt V8 Juice
3 tbsp Worcestershire Sauce
1 1/4 tsp Hot Pepper Sauce
3/4 tsp Salt
1 1/2 cups Vodka
Combine lime juice and wasabi with a whisk, until wasabi dissolves. Pour into a pitcher, and add veggie juice, 
Worcestershire sauce, pepper sauce and salt. Chill.
tir in vodka and serve over ice, with a stalk of celery or pickled asparagus. 

Serves 8.

 

Bloody Mary Punch
Decorative Ice Ring
Small cherry tomato
Fresh Dill 
Punch
1 (42-ounce) container tomato juice, chilled 
1 1/2 cups vodka 
3 tablespoons horseradish 
3 tablespoons lemon juice 
2 tablespoon TABASCO Sauce 
1 liter seltzer, chilled 
Fill 6-cup ring mold with water to come halfway up side. Freeze approximately 2 hours. Arrange small cherry tomatoes and fresh dill in on ice in ring mold; carefully add enough water to fill. Freeze until firm. 
Combine tomato juice, vodka, horseradish, lemon juice and TABASCO® Sauce in large punch bowl. Just before serving, add seltzer and unmolded ice ring.  Makes 8 servings. 

 

 

Need to get out of your Tequila rut????? 

Try these recipes!

Patrón Mojito

6-8 Fresh mint leaves
1 Cut lime
1 oz Simple syrup
1 1/2 oz Patrón Silver
Club Soda
Lime wedge for garnish

Method: Muddle mint leaves, limes, and simple syrup in a tall glass. Add a cup of ice, Patrón Silver, and fill the rest with club soda. Shake gently and serve in a glass rimmed with sugar. Garnish with a lime wedge.

 

Perfect Patrón Margarita

1 1/2 oz Patrón Silver
1/2 oz Patrón Citrónge
Orange Juice
Juice of 1/2 lime
Sweet & Sour Mix
Lime wheel (for garnish)

Method: In a mixing tin full of ice, combine Patrón Silver, Citronge, orange juice, limejuice, and sweet and sour. Shake well, strain, and serve on the rocks. Garnish with lime wheel.

 

Patrón Lemonade

1 oz. Patrón Silver
1/2 oz. Citrónge Liqueur
3 oz. Lemon Squeezes, then discard
1 oz. Simple Syrup
Soda

Sugar the rim of the 14 oz. glass. Combine ingredients in mixing glass w/ ice. Shake vigorously and strain into glass w/ ice. Top with soda. Garnish: Lemon Squeeze

 

Hermosa Sunset

1 1/2 oz. Patrón Silver Tequila
1/2 oz. Citronge
2 oz. Pom Wonderful pomegranate juice
1 oz. fresh lemon juice
1/2 oz. simple syrup

Method: In an ice filled mixing glass add above ingredients; shake until well blended. Strain into an ice filled 14 oz. goblet.
Garnish: bunch of red currants.

 

Zipoletion

10 Fresh Raspberries
1 1/4 oz Patrón Silver
Juice of 1/4 LIme
Splash Citrónge
Orange slice (for garnish)

Method: Muddle raspberries and Patrón Silver. Combine muddled mixture, limejuice, and Citrónge into a shaker full of ice. Shake and strain into a chilled martini glass. Garnish with fresh orange slice.

 

Halloween Cocktail Recipes

The Zombie 1/2 oz Light Rum 1/2 oz Dark Rum 1/2 oz Triple Sec 1/2 oz Creme de Almond 1 oz sweet & sour mix 1 oz orange juice 1 oz pineapple juice Blend and strain into a Collins or Hurricane glass Top with 1/2 oz 151 Rum Garnish: Cherry

 

Dark and Stormy 2 oz Gosling's Black rum 8 oz Ginger beer Serve in a Collins Glass and garnish with a lime wedge if you like!

 

Vampire's Kiss Ingredients: - 1 1/2 oz Smirnoff orange twist - 4 oz orange juice - 1/4 oz maraschino cherry - Sprite Garnish: black licorice swizzle stick Pour all ingredients into a highball glass. Garnish with black licorice swizzle stick.

 

Black Screwdriver Ingredients: - 1 1/2 oz Blavod Black Vodka - 3 oz Tangerine juice Add ice to a highball glass, pour tangerine juice. Top with vodka and garnish with Halloween candy on a swizzle stick.

 

Ghost Cocktail Ingredients: - 1 1/4 oz. Smirnoff Vanilla Twist - 1/4 oz. Half and Half - 1/4 oz. Simple Syrup - 1/2 oz. Godiva White Garnish: white chocolate shavings Mix all ingredients in a cocktail shaker with ice. Strain into a chilled martini glass rimmed with white chocolate shavings.

Black Martini 3 1/2 oz gin or vodka 1/2 oz blackberry brandy or black raspberry liqueur lemon twist or black olive for garnish Pour the ingredients into a cocktail shaker with ice. Shake well. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass or serve on the rocks in an old-fashioned glass. Garnish with a lemon twist or black olive.

 

Witch’s Brew 2 oz Wyborowa Vodka 1 oz Euphoria Asian Pear Liqueur 3 Blackberries 1 Wooden Skewer Mix alcoholic ingredients in a shaker, shake well and serve over ice in a martini glass. Skewer 3 blackberries on a wooden skewer and fray the end of the skewer to make it look like a broom.

The Poloma ....is a classic cocktail from Mexico!  Not as labor intensive as a  Margarita ...when made with club soda it's clean and pure and with done with Squirt it's tart and a bit sweeter.