If you are reading this, that means that we actually made it to the other side of 2020.
Although that means shit. Time is a construct. Time was created by the Holiday Industrial Complex to sell greeting cards and candy.
You think just because the earth went around the sun one more time that everything will be better?
No. Not better. Perhaps worse before better and then worse again. There will be more viruses to replace Covid. We’re going to see water and food shortages. Major cities will start to go underwater. All the polar bears are dead. Even the Coca-Cola ones. (Did they retire the bears? I don’t remember seeing them–nay, any Coca Cola ads this month).
OK. That got awfully dark.
It’s National Bloody Mary Day!
Today I am giving James Beard’s recipe a shot.
Ingredients
- 1 jigger vodka
- Juice of 1/2 lemon
- Dash of Worcestershire sauce
- 2 ounces tomato juice
- Dash of Tabasco
- Dash of salt
Method
Shake vigorously and pour into a chilled glass.
My complaint with this recipe is the same as so many others–a lack of flavor.
I think this one had too much lemon. It didn’t taste of vodka nor tomato juice. Maybe less lemon and more of the other stuff? Black pepper was definitely missed. But! The consistency was good.
The oddest thing is that it is not served on ice. So the drink got warmish quickly. Warm is not a quality I want in a Bloody Mary.
Sorry, Mr. Beard. This was not good.
You want a good Bloody Mary? Make the Tulkoff Flaming Hot recipe instead.
2 out of 5 tomatoes
Keep the faith young Yinzerella, a global renaissance awaits! *Although we may also be forced into collective vegan-ism. So, ‘pâté for today’ I always say 😉 + happy bloody mary day!
Please have another Tulkoff for me (we stupidly forgot to get tomato juice and horseradish when we went shopping).
I’m going to substitute pickle juice for the lemon juice. Where’s the Old Bay?
I just made the Tulkoff version this morning. With plenty of Old Bay 🙂