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Bloody Mary

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Fox & Hounds Tavern • St. Louis

Bartender Mark Pollman owns more than 5,000 cocktail-related books and is himself the author of one called Bottled Wisdom, a collection of 1,008 quotations about drinking.

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  1. Pinch of celery salt
  2. Pinch of salt
  3. 2 or 3 dashes of Worcestershire sauce
  4. 3 or 4 drops of Tabasco sauce
  5. Juice of 2 lime wedges
  6. 5 ounces tomato juice
  7. Small pinch of cayenne pepper
  8. 1/2 teaspoon finely grated fresh horseradish
  9. 1 1/2 ounces vodka
  10. Ice
  1. Combine all of the ingredients in a pint glass. Pour the drink back and forth between the pint glass and a cocktail shaker four times, then pour the Bloody Mary into a highball glass over ice.