About Me
The noun Bloody Mary has 2 meanings:Meaning #1: daughter of Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon who was Queen of England from 1553 to 1558; she was the wife of Philip II of Spain and when she restored Roman Catholicism to England many Protestants were burned at the stake as heretics (1516-1558)
Synonyms: Mary I, Mary TudorMeaning #2: a cocktail made with vodka and spicy tomato juice, as i am the later!!Fernand Petiot, an ex pat who bartended at Harry’s New York Bar in Paris in the ‘20’s, is my famed inventor.When he mixed the tomato juice and vodka, a patron suggested that I be named the Bloody Mary, because it was reminiscent of the Bucket of Blood Club in Chicago, and a girl there named Mary. Another account is that the I am named after the lovely Bloody Mary herself, Queen Mary I, famous for her persecution of the Protestants. Whatever my origins, I quickly became popular back in the US when Petiot began bartending at the St. Regis Hotel, and spiced it up for his classy New York clientele.I am a cocktail containing vodka, tomato juice, and usually other spices or flavorings such as Worcestershire sauce, Tabasco sauce, beef consomme or bouillon, horseradish, celery or celery salt, salt, black pepper, cayenne pepper, and lemon juice.also, I am one of the few cocktails traditionally served in the morning.If I is served without the vodka, I am called a "Virgin Mary," a "Bloody Shame," or a "Bloody Virgin."When tequila is used instead of vodka, I am known as a "Bloody Maria".When whiskey is used instead of vodka, I am known as a "Brown Mary" or a "Whiskey Mary".When rum (typically Captain Morgan) is used instead of vodka, I am known as a "Bloody Morgan".When sake is used instead of vodka, I am known as a "Bloody Geisha".When beer is used instead of vodka and Clamato (a juice made of clam broth and tomato juice) mixed with a raw egg is used in place of the tomato juice, i am known as a Calgary Red Eye, a popular Canadian hangover remedy. I prefer to not be known as "Canadian"...When Mexican beer flavored with a couple of dashes of Worcestershire sauce and Tabasco sauce is used instead of vodka, I am known as a "Michelada".When beef bouillon is used instead of tomato juice, I am known as a "Bullshot".When Clamato is used instead of tomato juice, I am known as a "Caesar", "Bloody Caesar", or "Clammy Mary," a popular Canadian cocktail.( see Clamato above)When V8 is used instead of the tomato juice - or a mixture (usually half of each) of V8 and tomato juice - Iam called a "Bloody Eight" or an "Eight Ball".When an exceptionally hot pepper, such as the Red Savina is added to the drink, I am sometimes known as a "Screaming Emo". A sans-alcohol version is known as a "Virgin Emo".The "Mile High Mary", popularized in restaurant chains originating in the Rocky Mountain region of the United States, has its glass rimmed with a mixture of salt and paprika.
