[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.
           | 
           | 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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