I don't understand the big deal with Bloody Mary's. Everyplace seems to advertise that they make "The World's Best Bloody Mary's!" but they all just taste like spicy V8 and vodka to me. And then they're always stuffing green olives, lettuce and shit in the glass as well. And why the hell does anyone get theirs served in a salted glass? The tomato juice is full of pure salt already.

Seriously. They taste horrible.

Depending on how much pepper and how thick a tomato juice you use, a bloody can taste almost like breakfast. I don't think a Bloody Mary has ever been represented as anything other than a hangover cure/postponer, so the more perceived nutritional value you can pack into one drink the better drunks feel about drinking them the morning after a bender.

I love a good Bloody Mary, and what most people who claim to make the best Bloody Mary are trying to claim is that theirs doesn't just taste like tomato juice, most people fail, but not all.

However...

For me, some drinks have a very specific time and place while others don't. For example, I only like Gin & Tonics outdoors in the summer (late afternoon or early evening). I always associate them with cooking on the BBQ.

Bloody Mary's are an early morning and cool weather after-party drink. Even more specifically I think of it as a primarily a rural location drink, occasionally a town drink, but never a beach drink. Of course, screwdrivers are the early morning beach drink, and greyhounds are the preferred warm weather non-beach morning drink.

I feel like Miss Manners' alcoholic husband.

nah, we all associate our drinks with locations and sensations so don't feel like an outcast. I'm with you on the gin and tonics though I want the best gin I can afford now of days whereas when I was young any gin would do. vodka soda is another good warm weather drink.

Let me recommend a Makers Mark or Woodford Reserve neat with a beer on the side as the perfect winter drink.

I'd be interested to hear Charin's thoughts on this...Charin what was your favorite winter drink back when you were allowed alcohol and what warm feelings does it bring to mind?

Steezo's missing here somehow, might be drunk.

I'm with you on the Makers and a dark beer on a cold night. Although a Wild Turkey and a New Castle will do if the bar is right.

Nothing wrong with Wild Turkey. I showed up at my Old Man's house with a bottle of Makers and he quickly corrected me and said I was putting on airs. We drank his Wild Turkey the rest of the weekend.

Edit: He kept the Makers Mark in his cabinet, unopened for the duration of my visit. Here's to you, Pop.

Whatever I could get. If I had a choice, Yukon Jack maybe, or Ouzo. Alcoholics drink primarily for effect. Sorry, not much to add, but I'm enjoying the conversation. FWIW, I hate tomato juice and never drank a bloody Mary.

I'm with ya there, Chuck. Tomato Juice and tomato soup make me think I'm drinking ketchup. Tomato sauce I'm fine with.

A Bloody is the go-to Sunday morning hangover drink for this guy. Get the good vodka for the clean burning fuel.

A bunch of places will put bacon in it now, or a thimblefull of Guinness, or whatever. Thing is, one is enough, more than that and trouble ensues.

Good reading skills, genius. I actually started the current Bloody Mary tangent of this thread.

Anyhow, getting back to Bloody Mary's and what people add to them to make them better... I kind of view the additives in the same way as Octane Booster. Like they make hardly any difference. When you buy Octane Booster, the package will say it raises octane by 7 points. What they don't tell you is that really means it raises it from 92 octane to 92.7 octane, not from 92 to 99. The additives in Bloody Mary's do almost nothing to improve the flavor to me and it all tastes pretty much like I said: Spicy V8 & Vodka.

Sure thing, alehole.

PipeD you troll so hard. Do you crave human interaction so badly?

Bornyo, (comma) your take on pop analysis doesn't deliver much; just like the postman heading your hickish way.

My hickish way delivers self-satisfaction and sufficiency in a way you will never understand. Anyone who needs to pose as a member of the opposite sex just to elicit a response from another human being is clearly missing something in their life. I blame your parents but now that it's been pointed out to you by so many, it's your responsibility to correct your problem.

About as lame as expected.
You don't want to get it or are doing a mediocre job making up your version. If that's your trolling angle - man, correct the mishap of your existence, prevent what wasn't prevented when it should've been, but don't expect to be taken seriously with that shit.
Same blubber, different ID. Shocking.

^this..

i never understood the appeal of spicy fruit drinks when the stuff you had the night before was so good.

Homebrew and Woodford Reserve.

There's a bar here that serves like fifty different types of bloody marys. They put everyting except the kithcen sink in those things.

Picked quail eggs......

Worst hangover I've ever had started with several bloody marys , a trip to a strip joint and several beers on top. Me and my buddy laughed at each other's misery all day the next day.

Haven't tried this and don't plan to. First saw the phenomenon of adding tomato juice to your beer in a little honky tonk up the road from my house.

My neighbor doesn't really like beer, 90% of what he drinks is Johnny Red, and he adds tomato juice to his beer when he does partake. Nasty. Also, while I'm at it, I think there is no easier way to detect a retard than seeing a Bud Lite Lime in his or her hands.

Congrats XPT on 6 weeks of sobriety!

A1 and Tabasco sauce in a Bloody Mary makes for a good drink.

This is for anyone that enjoys Irish Whiskey. What is your favorite? Mine is Redbreast which is a single malt aged 12 years. It is what I am drinking right now. It is better than Jameson's or Powers in my opinion.

ha! well played chuck.

Me, a six pack of Modelo, and some deet. Too nice to be inside tonight.

am trying me one of these. shit's good..





http://thugkitchen.com/post/51069719327/you-wont-be-stressing-this-summer-if-youre

Where are you that you can get fresh blackberries already?

They're in season now. Every supermarket.

Btw, I LOVE thugkitchen. If you want healthy recipes that are so easy to make, even my cooking illiterate ass can make them, click that site. I also like how his recipes are only a few ingredients and basic / non-exotic ingredients at that.

Shit, his mission statement is that healthy isn't just a socioeconomic privilege.

The best bloody Mary is served with pure tomato juice, not V8, not too much booze (though not too little) a celery stick, small amount of nutmeg and Worcestershire sauce. Nothing more, nothing less.

The blueberries have lots of potassium and B12, which help avoid a hangover. Much the same as the orange juice in a screwdriver.

1 cup blueberries is the same amount of resveratrol as a bottle of red wine. Great for anti-aging due to more rapud production of mitochondria in cells. Also lowers cholesterol.

Really? I had no idea. I each about 1/4 cup of them a day for breakfast. Because I like them. I also have strawberry and blackberry, when readily available. I had no idea I was doing something healthy. Much like my eating of garlic. Or the fact the herring I like has tons of Omega3s or some such silliness.

My brother wants me to eat black raspberries. Which is somehow different from blackberries. Something special in those for cancer or some new age nonsense.

these were imported from CA..

thug kitchen is very cool. eat a fucking burrito!

We dont get them locally until July.

Hate blackberries and raspberries. I have a patch of wild strawberries behind my pasture that I didn't mow. They looked to need another week before they are ripe. I like them.

I used to pick strawberries out east on LI. Memorial Day to the 4th of July was the season.

on further inspection I found that they are actually from mexico, distributed from CA.

Abu Dhabi Co-Operative Society??




What a UAE dirham going for these days? A quarter or so?

was out drinking with my moms at my bro's work. Resveratrol is bullshit.............................

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/12/scienc...rcher.html?_r=0

Last night

Abuse.

LOL! Those are some loud growls too. Love it.

I thought Padover was a wino.

What about this here?

Tasty looking. Is drinking OK since your stroke? Not baiting or anything. Just curious.

Bottle of Glenmorangie, will tip one for Johannes Floofinberg later tonight. Then one for h2c, finally I'll mix one with some peach wine for Ronnie's niece, The Butterface.

How ya been, P?