Many New Year’s Eve revelers and college football fans around the country will begin New Year’s Day with the eye-opening benefits of the Bloody Mary.
While there is no real cure for a hangover other than time (for the alcohol to leave the body), water (to correct the dehydration) and rest, many people tout supposed medicinal benefits of the Bloody Mary.
The primary ingredient of the Bloody Mary is tomato juice which contains Vitamin C. The other beneficial ingredient is hot sauce. The chemical capsaicin is found in the veins of most varieties of chilies and its pain relief benefits are documented.
The Bloody Mary was invented in Paris in the 1920s and has undergone many changes through the years. Serving Bloody Marys to both Ernest Hemingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald, inventor Fernand Petiot immigrated to the United States and settled in Canton, Ohio, nursing his drink. Transplanting to New York City at the end of Prohibition, Petiot perfected the Bloody Mary at the St. Regis Hotel.
The Bloody Mary as a basic drink is simply tomato juice and vodka. Many variations include using V-8 juice, Clamato cocktail and a whole myriad of spices making the Bloody Mary a drink as unique as each bartender.
This Bloody Mary mix can be prepared ahead of time to make the morning after a little easier to deal with. If using pint glasses, this mix will make 6-7 Bloody Marys.
Ingredients
- 1 46-ounce can tomato juice
- 2 tablespoons prepared horseradish (not creamy spread)
- 2-3 tablespoons lime juice
- 1 tablespoon celery salt
- 1 tablespoon ground black pepper
- 2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
- 1-2 tablespoons Frank’s Original Hot Sauce (to taste)
- Ice
- Vodka
- For garnish: celery stalks, olives, dill pickles, Old Bay seasoning, lime wedges
Directions
- In large pitcher, combine tomato juice, horseradish, lime juice, celery salt, black pepper, Worcestershire sauce and Frank’s Hot Sauce. Stir well.
- Fill a pint glass with ice.
- Add one jigger of vodka to pint glass.
- Fill with Bloody Mary mix.
- Mix by pouring contents of the pint glass into a cocktail shaker, then back into the pint glass.
- Add the garnish of choice. If using Old Bay seasoning, while the contents of the pint glass are in the shaker, rim the glass with a lime, then dip the moistened rim into a plate filled with Old Bay. Then pour the mixed Bloody Mary into the pint glass.
Wake up the taste buds on New Year’s morning or any football day with a Bloody Mary and enjoy the benefits of Vitamin C and capsaicin.
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