The Weekend Cocktail: Bloody Mary (or the Hair of the Dog)

BY GWEN KENNEALLY

So you rang in the New Year with great enthusiasm. Perhaps a little too much enthusiasm. Some common ways that people believe relieve the hangover are tomato juice, aspirin and a long, hot shower, coffee made with tonic water, orange juice and honey, Buttermilk, A “Red-Eye” — whiskey, coffee, Tabasco sauce, a raw egg — perhaps, as my brother in Australia does — have Vegemite on toast.

While there is no real evidence that any of these remedies really work, my mama would say, “The best approach to hangovers is to avoid them by not over imbibing in the first place.” Thanks Mom, but I think I’ll have a Bloody Mary!

The Bloody Mary, invented during the Roaring Twenties, is still believed to be the perfect morning-after pick-me-up. So, however you celebrate, I wish you a New Year full of love, prosperity and joy!

Bloody Mary

4 ounces vodka

6 ounces tomato juice

1 ounce lemon juice

6 dashes of Worcestershire sauce

6 dashes of Tabasco sauce

Celery salt

Ground white pepper

Shake all the ingredients in a shaker and strain into two highball glasses over ice cubes. Add more Tabasco to taste.

Virgin Mary

6 ounces tomato juice

1 ounce lemon juice

3 dashes of Worcestershire sauce

3 dashes of Tabasco sauce

Celery salt

Ground white pepper

Shake all the ingredients in a shaker and strain into two highball glasses over ice cubes. Add more Tabasco to taste.

Gwen Kenneally is the owner of Back to the Kitchen, Full Service Catering and Party Planning. Check out her website and blog www.Backtothekitchen.net and www.gwenkenneally.blogspot.com