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Bloody Mary Mix

16 oz tomato juice
3/4 cup beef consomme
1/2 tsp Tabasco hot pepper sauce
1/2 tsp lemon juice
2 1/2 tsp worcestershire sauce
1/2 tsp celery salt
1 tsp salt
1/2 tsp pepper

Combine all ingredients and mix well. Store covered under refrigeration. Mix will keep several days. Makes 1 1/2 quarts.

From the book Terrific Tropicals by Inge Adolpho, Ala Hou Publishers, Honolulu, Hawaii USA (1983)
The Bloody Mary was first introduced during the great tomato glut of 1954. Faced with a shortage of grapes, vintners put tomatoes in their stomping vats hoping to create the first tomato wine. A russian named Barolovsky was quite enamored with a tomato stomper named Mary. While chasing her around the vat, he slipped on a tomato skin and spilled a bottle of vodka which he had hidden in his pocket. The vintner thought that he had indeed created the first tomato wine. But Barolovsky knew better and named the drink Bloody Mary because Mary was some tomato!