As every year passes here in Bermuda, sadly….Thanksgiving Holiday seems to disappear. As Thanksgiving is not a holiday in Bermuda and since our immediate family is in California, it is not the big holiday it once was for us.
But this year we had decided that starting in 2017, I will take this day off and we will celebrate.
On my way home today I was craving a Bloody Mary. When I stopped at the local liquor store in Somerset Village, SpencerIsland, I noticed that every Bloody Mary mix had a ton of High Fructose syrup….so I decided to make my own from scratch. And…for my first try, it was pretty damn good.
This will be my recipe, until I can get the recipe from
Hemmingway’s, a place we found in the heart of Florence, Italy.
So, here it goes:
32 oz V8 (which gives you tomatoes, carrots, celery, beets, parsley, lets, watercress & spinach)
14.5 oz can organic crushed fire roasted tomatoes (don’t ask, I just added this)
1 tsp crushed garlic (I would have used horseradish, but I didn’t have any)
2 tsp black pepper
Dash or 2 of tobacco
Juice of one lemon
Juice of 2 limes
Place in blender…and blend, set aside
In a shaker add the following
Ice
Pinch of salt
Dash (or 2) of Worcestershire sauce
Add 1.5 – 2 oz Tito’s Gluten free Vodka (or 2.5 ounces..)
Pour in newly blended mix made earlier
Shake and serve w garnish of choice
Garnish List
Bacon
Basil Sprig
Beef Jerky
Carrot Stick
Celery
Cherry Tomatoes
Cheese Cubes – cheddar, pepper-jack, pretty much anything that doesn’t fall apart
Chili Peppers
Cilantro Sprig
Cocktail Onions
Cucumber Spear
Dill Sprig
Green Pepper Ring
Horseradish – freshly-grated pinch
Jalapeno Popper
Lemon, Lime, Orange or Grapefruit wedges, wheels, twists or zest
Olives – olives stuffed with blue cheese or peppers always impress
Onion Rings – hang ’em over a straw or another garnish!
Parsley Sprig
Pepperoncini
Pepperoni Stick
Peppers – pickled or fresh
Pickle Spears
Pickled Asparagus, carrots, cherry peppers, okra…pickled pickles!
Prawns
Radishes
Roasted Garlic
Rosemary Sprig
Scallion (green onion)
Skewered Steak Bites
Smoked Oysters or Mussels
Stuffed Olives – Stuff your own with bleu cheese, chile-peppers, garlic
Thyme Sprig
Water Chestnuts
Zucchini Planks or Wheels
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