bloody mary

[jaytrip]

Doesn anyone know hoe this popular cocktail got it’s name? Does it have anything to do with the infamous Typhoid Mary?

[Mangetout]

Mary I Tudor (1516-1558) was also known as ‘Bloody Mary’ - I think it may derive from her.

[Reeder]

The origin of the name “Bloody Mary” is almost as elusive as the perfect combination of its ingredients. It is often thought of as a reference to Queen Mary 1 of England who was given the nickname “Bloody Mary” after murdering hundreds of Protestants. But, according to www.tabasco.com and other online sources, the name most likely came from one of Petoit’s customers who said that the color of the cocktail reminded him of the Bucket of Blood Club in Chicago, and specifically of a girl there named Mary. Other speculations on the name include a reference to Mary Pickford, an American actress in the 1930s.

http://www.dailycamera.com/bdc/food/article/0,1713,BDC_2517_1773820,00.html

[samclem]

While the stories of the bars in France may be true, the first cite in print for the name is, I believe, 1939 in NY. Supplied, as usualy, by Barry Popik.

Barry argues against the early 1920’s origin, principally because it doesn’t appear in bartender guides from the early-mid-30’s. He also proposes that commercial tomato juice just wasn’t around in the ealy 1920’s, thus it wasn’t something that a bar had sitting around. I hope that I’ve presented his ideas correctly.

I know this doesn’t help you decide where the name came from.