[HN Gopher] The Origins of the Bloody Mary (2014)
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The Origins of the Bloody Mary (2014)
Author : thunderbong
Score : 14 points
Date : 2024-08-19 03:48 UTC (2 days ago)
(HTM) web link (www.esquire.com)
(TXT) w3m dump (www.esquire.com)
| helsinkiandrew wrote:
| I think this is a slightly better history:
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| https://www.diffordsguide.com/encyclopedia/496/cocktails/blo...
| motohagiography wrote:
| I call them a vodka salad, which is closer to how they are served
| these days. It's a buffet trip on a skewer over a half cup of
| dressing with a shot of vodka in it.
| calmbonsai wrote:
| Truth. Unless I know the place, I never order a Bloody Mary.
|
| The same applies to a Penicillin, but for different reasons.
| Most places don't take the time to make/age the ginger cordial
| or use a properly smokey Islay topper so they inevitability
| come out too sweet and lack smoke.
| beerandt wrote:
| I'm opposite- it's actually one of my 'judge-a-place' items-
| I'll get one as a general proxy for the quality of the place.
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| It's good if done well, easy to screw up, but enough
| flexibility to make it unique if you want.
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| And it's not just testing for if someone happens to know some
| obscure recipe.
| cafard wrote:
| Oddly enough, that sounds like something that Harry Crews said
| in an article probably in Esquire many years ago--he was
| dismissing a class of drinks as inferior to whiskey.
| bluedino wrote:
| My favorite variation is the Chubby Mary
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| https://www.leelanauticker.com/news/the-leelanau-legends-chu...
| guyzero wrote:
| It's not the Canadian fave that is the Bloody Caesar (where you
| add clam juice, of all things)
| ziddoap wrote:
| Clamato juice (tomato juice with some spices and clam broth),
| not just clam juice. And generally ordered as just "Caesar".
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| They're great! Despite the clam part sounding gross.
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