Bloody Mary (cocktail)

A Bloody Mary is a cocktail containing vodka, tomato juice, and usually other spices or flavorings such as Worcestershire sauce, Tabasco sauce, beef consomme or bouillon, horseradish, celery or celery salt, salt, black pepper, cayenne pepper, and lemon juice.

Related Topics:
Vodka - Tomato juice - Spices - Worcestershire sauce - Tabasco sauce - Consomme - Bouillon - Horseradish - Celery - Salt - Black pepper - Cayenne pepper - Lemon juice

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The epithet "Bloody Mary" is associated with a number of historical and fictional women,

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most notably Queen Mary I of England (see Bloody Mary (person) for others);

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Queen Mary I of England - Bloody Mary (person)

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however, there is no known connection between the name of the cocktail and any of these people.

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The order of preparation can be crucial, and many bartenders jealously guard secret recipes for the drink. It is sometimes garnished with a celery stick and is served in a tall glass, often over ice. It is one of the few cocktails traditionally served in the morning, along with the Screwdriver and the Mimosa.

Related Topics:
Screwdriver - Mimosa

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The first citation of ?bloody mary? in the Oxford English Dictionary is from Punch (August 15, 1956): ?Those two ? are eating raw steaks and drinking Bloody Marys.? But bartender Fernand Petiot of Harry?s New York Bar in Paris claims to have invented the drink some time during the 1920s. Says Petiot, ?One of the boys suggested we call the drink ?Bloody Mary? because it reminded him of the Bucket of Blood Club in Chicago, and a girl there named Mary.?

Related Topics:
Oxford English Dictionary - Punch - August 15 - 1956 - 1920s

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Petiot moved from the New York Bar to its namesake, the City of New York, in 1934, where he worked at the King Cole Bar at the St. Regis Hotel.

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City of New York - 1934

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The hotel unsuccessfully tried to rename the drink to the ?Red Snapper?.

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To suit New Yorker tastes, he added spices that were not in his original recipe, including black pepper, cayenne pepper, Worcestershire sauce, lemon juice, and Tabasco sauce.

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