Bloody Mary

Doesn't a rainy day scream "Bloody Mary" to you? No? It did to me! I don't always want what I'm supposed to want.

I've searched high and low for a good Bloody Mary mix and have always been disappointed. The other day in the grocery store I was hit with a sudden "duh" moment-- what kept me from making my own from scratch? Absolutely nothin.

Ingredients
1 small can of tomato juice (about 3/4 of a cup)
1 jigger of vodka (about 1/4 of a cup)
the juice of 1 lemon
1 teaspoon horseradish
1/2 teaspoon celery salt
7 dashes of Worcestershire sauce
5 dashes of Tabasco (or more. I like more.)
a splash of olive juice

How To
Stir all the ingredients together. Pour into a glass with ice, a celery stalk and some olives to garnish. Caperberries are nice too. You can also skip the ice and vodka and add it to a beer (and now you've got a Red Eye or a Bloody Tom.) Sip and stare out at the rain and dream of summer brunches.