National Bloody Mary Day

Evan Swigart from Chicago, USA [CC BY 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)]

January 1st is National Bloody Mary Day in the United States.

The Bloody Mary is a cocktail. Although at its most basic, according to the IBA, it contain 3 parts of vodka to 6 parts of tomato juice to one part of lemon juice, it is actually much more complex.

First, Worcestershire Sauce, Tabasco Sauce, salt and pepper should be added to a highball glass, then they and the rest of the ingredients should be poured over ice into another highball glass and stirred. The drink is then garnished with a celery stalk and, optionally, a lemon wedge.

Other ingredients that have been added include beef consommé, horseradish, piri piri sauce, cayenne pepper, celery salt and olive.

Commonly a hair of the dog drink drunk to cure hangovers (it doesn't), January 1st is an ideal day to have it after the celebrations of New Year's Eve.