# What’s in YOUR Bloody Mary? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 2, 2019, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-in-your-bloody-mary/834904 "2019-06-02T01:51:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2019, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-in-your-bloody-mary/834904/1 "2019-06-02T01:51:59Z")
Spinoff from the Brunch thread. I pick out an enormous glass tumbler, at least 16 ounces. From the fridge take a lime and the bottle of Gold’s (Brooklyn) prepared horseradish, put a teaspoon in the bottom of the glass. Squeeze in half the lime and cut a twist for garnish. From the pantry get the Worcestershire and plop in several large dashes. And the Tabasco (or similar “pure” Loosiana hot sauce) and plop in several small dashes. From the spice shelf add a dash of celery salt and a couple grinds of black pepper. Stir. Add a reasonable amount of ice. Pour over at least 3 ounces of the cheapest possible vodka. Stir again until well mixed and chilled. Top glass with (least to most desirable) 1) tomato juice; 2) V-8 juice cocktail; 3) Clamato juice cocktail. Using the last makes it a Canadian-style Bloody Caesar, but I contend it tastes the best. I like clams. Tomato juice is rather insipid, although the spices make it palatable. V-8 adds extra flavor plus an unhealthy delicious jolt of salt. Clamato adds clam. Throw in the reserved lime twist (or entire half-rind) and stir once again. Ready! Okay, now, everyone tell me why I’m wrong and your version is the correct one. ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2019, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-in-your-bloody-mary/834904/2 "2019-06-02T02:05:20Z")
I’m a wierdo - I like a splash of 7-Up. Try it and you’ll never go back. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2019, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-in-your-bloody-mary/834904/3 "2019-06-02T02:08:45Z")
In addition to, or instead of, the fresh lime (or lemon)? ---
**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2019, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-in-your-bloody-mary/834904/4 "2019-06-02T02:32:46Z")
In addition. IMHO most bloody’s are either so thick that it’s hard to even drink them or if they’re smooth it’s because there’s enough vodka to get you buzzed off just one. A traditional bloody with just a splash of 7 thins it out enough to drink just a bit more like a micheleda without running the integrity of the drink. ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2019, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-in-your-bloody-mary/834904/5 "2019-06-02T02:36:06Z")
I"m fond of the Spicy-Hot variety of V8 juice anyway, so that’s what goes into my bloody mary. Ditto on the horseradish. And I like to wet the rim of the glass and then dust it in celery salt before making the drink. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2019, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-in-your-bloody-mary/834904/6 "2019-06-02T02:38:58Z")
> [@zoid](#): > > In addition. > IMHO most bloody’s are either so thick that it’s hard to even drink them or if they’re smooth it’s because there’s enough vodka to get you buzzed off just one. A traditional bloody with just a splash of 7 thins it out enough to drink just a bit more like a micheleda without running the integrity of the drink. I applaud your wisdom, and will try your version if I can find a 7 ounce bottle of Mexican 7-UP with cane sugar instead of corn syrup. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2019, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-in-your-bloody-mary/834904/7 "2019-06-02T02:43:58Z")
> [@AHunter3](#): > > I"m fond of the Spicy-Hot variety of V8 juice anyway, so that’s what goes into my bloody mary. Ditto on the horseradish. And I like to wet the rim of the glass and then dust it in celery salt before making the drink. I havn’t tried the spicy V-8, but I use the Clamato “preparado,” which is meant to go straight into a michelada. The addition of horseradish I always thought was a New York thing. When I edited a cookbook by a NYC breakfast restauranteur, I suggested adding it to her Bloody. She tasted it and concurred. Dusting the rim with celery salt makes you the greatest human being since Leonardo. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2019, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-in-your-bloody-mary/834904/8 "2019-06-02T02:46:21Z")
I mix Spicy V-8 with Scotch, provoking eyerolls from my wife as I always, _always,_ declare the ensuing concoction to be “Bloody Mary, Queen Of Scotch.” How she hasn’t left me yet remains a mystery. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2019, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-in-your-bloody-mary/834904/9 "2019-06-02T02:46:41Z")
No Celery or Celery Salt. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2019, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-in-your-bloody-mary/834904/10 "2019-06-02T02:51:10Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > No Celery or Celery Salt. Oh…I forgot to mention…after stirring, use a leafy celery stalk as garnish. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2019, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-in-your-bloody-mary/834904/11 "2019-06-02T02:52:36Z")
> [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](#): > > I mix Spicy V-8 with Scotch My god, why? Did you lose a bet? ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2019, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-in-your-bloody-mary/834904/12 "2019-06-02T03:01:22Z")
> [@Ukulele\_Ike](#): > > My god, why? Did you lose a bet? Agreed. Why ruin perfectly good Spicy V-8 like that? ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2019, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-in-your-bloody-mary/834904/13 "2019-06-02T03:40:59Z")
The basic Casa Silenus Bloody Mary is V-8, vodka, Lea & Perrins, Crystal, celery salt, fresh-cracked pepper, prepared horseradish, lemon juice in a pint glass with ice. Usually Texas-style.\* - - “Honey, if I can’t see through it, it ain’t doin’ me a lick of good.” ---
**Author:** ![Spud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spud/32/347_2.png) [@Spud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spud)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2019, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-in-your-bloody-mary/834904/14 "2019-06-02T04:23:51Z")
V-8, Tito’s, Worcestershire, a dash of hot sauce of your choice, and some cracked black pepper. Add a stalk of celery and use it to stir. Throw the celery stalk and anything else someone wants to garnish the drink with in the garbage. ---
**Author:** ![minlokwat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/minlokwat/32/2844_2.png) [@minlokwat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minlokwat)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2019, 10:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-in-your-bloody-mary/834904/15 "2019-06-02T10:54:32Z")
I never order Bloody Mary’s but my wife does. This may be just a Maryland thing but Bloody Mary’s usually come rimmed with Old Bay seasoning. Such that, when we were visiting her sister in Illinois, my wife ordered a Bloody Mary and got it rimmed with salt. She asked the bartender, where’s the Old Bay and he looked at her like she had two heads. Her sister intervened and said, “Oh right, they don’t do that out here.” ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2019, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-in-your-bloody-mary/834904/16 "2019-06-02T11:50:40Z")
I am totally good with the OP’s version if we eliminate the Clamato possibility. And I’d like to thank each and every one of you for not garnishing with strips of bacon, chicken wings, Hot 'N Ready pizzas, and whole turkey legs. mmm ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2019, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-in-your-bloody-mary/834904/17 "2019-06-02T12:21:44Z")
The OP’s sounds perfect except for the possibility of clamato :shudder:. V8 though is the way to go. Oh, and don’t for get a green olive or three. How could you forget the green olive? ---
**Author:** ![Royal\_Nonesutch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ecb155/32.png) [@Royal\_Nonesutch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Royal_Nonesutch)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2019, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-in-your-bloody-mary/834904/18 "2019-06-02T12:34:18Z")
Some ambitious ideas here, but for me, the World’s Best Bloody Mary can be realized in three simple steps. 1-Turn on computer and book the next available flight to New Orleans. 2-After landing at the airport, get a cab and instruct the driver to drop you off at either Liuzzas By The Track or Mother’s (on Poydras) which ever one is quicker, depending on traffic. 3-Go inside and order a Bloody Mary, with a cold longneck bottle of the cheapest beer they have on the side. (at Liuzzas, a BBQ shrimp po-boy is also acceptable as a side order, but, please, for the love of all that is Good and Holy, avoid the food at Mother’s at all possible costs) (failing that, I think that ZingZang and Mr & Mrs T make perfectly fine Bloody Mary mixes, in fact both are much better than many homemade or bar “house” recipies, too many of which seem to think that “More Exotic=Better” which is rarely true) ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2019, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-in-your-bloody-mary/834904/19 "2019-06-02T12:53:09Z")
The OP’s version sounds like mine, but I have to add some olives (ideally stuffed with something interesting), a dilly bean or two, a tiny boiled potato, and maybe even a sprig of leftover asparagus. A Meal In A Glass. Also, I have to question the OP claim that a standard pint glass is “enormous”. ETA: had a Bloody Ceasar in NOLA once that was garnished with shrimps, and had the rim dusted with Old Bay!! ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2019, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-in-your-bloody-mary/834904/20 "2019-06-02T13:22:46Z")
Mine contains no alcohol, and is either Mr. & Mrs. T bloody Mary mix or just a glass of spicy hot V-8. Tho sometimes I go crazy and add a little Worcestershire sauce and lemon juice to the V-8. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-s-in-your-bloody-mary/834904.md?page=2)