[Professor S]

Yes, I have finally done it. After years of toiling in frustration I have perfected the Bloody Mary. For your edification I shall list the ingredients:

1 bottle Spicy V8
1 bottle Clamato
4 oz Clam juice
Zest 2 Lemons
Juice 1 Lemon
1/2 bottle Crystal Hot Sauce*
6 oz Stewed Currants
3 oz Stewed Dried Cherries
3 tbsp Horseraddish
3 tsp Celery Seed
1 tbsp Crushed Balck Pepper
1 tbsp Chesepeake Bay Seasoning
3 Shakes Worchestershire Sauce
6 Olives + brine

Add all ingredients except currants and cherries into a large pitcher.

Stew currants and cherries in a skillet witha little water untl the water cooks off and the fruits are very soft. Place stewed fruit in a large strainer and with a large spoon mash the fruit until the soft pulp separates from the skins and pushes through the strainer. Scrape pulp into pitcher. The fruit is the "secret" ingredient and 100% necessary to the recipe. Otherwise it just tases like any other bloody mary.

Mix and serve with olive, lemon wedge and celery stalk in a glass with a Chesapeake Bay Seasoning encrusted on the rim.

ENJOY!



* If you want it a little hotter, use Frank's Red Hot instead. A lot hoter, use Franks + Tabasco and Cheyenne pepper.